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In addition, Roth developed aliterary career, penning six bookson crime and screenwriting.Rothbecamepopularas a publicspeakeron the art of writing, lecturing atseveralmajoruniversities.

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UCLA is also sponsoring a ret-rospective series on the d.p.'s work."Avalon" will screen May 15 and"Empire of the Sun" on June 5.Daviau will be on hand at the cam-pus's James Bridges Theater for aquestion-and-answer session fol-lowing both screenings.

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TimKileyTimothy M. Kiley, who directed

numerous TV specials and series,including the 1964 episode of "TheEd Sullivan Show" that featured theBeatles in their first American TVappearance, died Saturday in LosAngeles following a battle withlung cancer. He was 74.

The six-time Emmy-nominateddirector is best remembered for hiswork on the Sullivan show from1961-69 , but he also directed TVseries such as "The SmothersBrothers Comedy Hour," "TheSonny & Cher Show," "The MacDavis Show," "Star Search" and"The Flip Wilson Show" in addi-tion to several awards shows. Fornearly two decades he also helmedTV specials starring such luminar-ies as Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra,Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lewis.

The Milwaukee native got hisfirst taste of broadcasting in col-lege, but not before serving inWWII with Gen. George Patton'sThird Army in Europe. The much-decorated Kiley was later commis-sioned as a first lieutenant in theAir Force Reserve, in which heserved from 1950-57.

After the war, he attendedNorthwestern u., where he co-hosted a college radio show and re-ceived a B.A. He then landed a jobat a small Memphis television sta-tion, WMCT.

His work as an assistant directorin the early 1950s on CBS TVshows such as "Look Up and Live"and "As the World Turns" eventu-ally led to a permanent job on theSullivan show.

He is survived by five children,eight grandchildren, a brother andtwo sisters.

Memorialservices will be held10:30 a.m. today at Forest Lawn-HollywoodHills.

- Mark Pfeiffer..................................................................

Larry E. LeshanskyLarry E. Leshansky, longtime

sales exec with WarnerBros., diedSaturdayat ShermanOaksHospitalfollowinga lengthyillness.He was87.

LeshanskyservedasVP of salesadministration for Warners fol-lowedby another10yearsas a con-sultant.

Born in Brooklyn, Leshanskyattained his law degree from St.John'sU.inNewYork.He servedinthe Armed Forces during WWIIand was woundedat Normandy.

He is survivedby his wife of 57years, Mae, a son, a daughter andtwo sisters.

A memorialservicewill be heldat 3 p.m. on Thursday at MountSinai Memorial Park at MountSinai Mortuary.In lieu of flowers,familysuggestscontributionsin hisname be made to the Alzheimer's'Foundation or a charity of thedonorschoice...................................................................

RoseWeintraubRose Weintraub, mother of pro-

ducer Jerry Weintraub, died Sun-dayof natural causes in New York.She was 89.

In addition to Jerry, she is sur-vived by daughters Jane and Linda,sons Melvyn and Douglas, sixgrandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

Donations in her name may bemade to the Rose and Sam Wein-traub Elementary School, Chabad,c/o Douglas and Jerry Weintraub,Warner Bros., Bungalow I, 4000Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91522...................................................................

ArthurMortonComposer-orchestrator Arthur

Morton, who worked in moviemusic for more than six decades,died April 15, at his Santa Monicahome. He was 91 and had been indeteriorating health since sufferinga stroke three years ago.

Morton scored dozens ofmovies and hundreds of TV showson his own, but he was best-knownas an orchestrator for other com-posers, including Jerry Goldsmith,John Williams, George Duning,David Raksin, Alfred Newman andHugo Friedhofer.

Born in Duluth, Minn., he stud-ied at the U. of Minnesota andworked his way through school byplaying in a jazz band and writingarrangements. He moved to LosAngeles in 1934 and scored hisfirst film, "Night Life ofthe Gods,"for Universal in 1935.

Morton spent much of the 1940sand '50s at Fox and Columbia. AtFox, he orchestrated such classicsas "Laura" and "The Lodger,"while at Col he orchestrated manymore, including "Picnic" and "TheLady From Shanghai." His Colum-bia films as composer included1954's "Pushover" and 1956's "HeLaughed Last," the latter includingboth songs and score.

Shifting into television in thelate 1950s, Morton wrote the Cop-land-style Americana music for theWestern "Black Saddle" and, thelyrical theme for Fox's TV versionof "Bus Stop."

From 1964-69, he scored morethan 400 episodes of the nighttimesoap "Peyton Place." His other se-ries as composer included "ShirleyTemple's Storybook," "MedicalCenter," "The Waltons," "Apple'sWay" and "Medical Story."

Morton also. wrote several con-cert works in the '30s and early,40s, including "Variations on aTheme of Vittoria," "Tango" and aballet, "The New Deal."

In recent years, Morton workedmostly for Goldsmith, orchestrat-ing nearly all of his films beginningwith "Take Her, She's Mine" in1963 and continuing through "StarTrek: First Contact" in 1996.

Survivors include four children,six grandchildren, a great-grandsonand a brother.

- Jon Burlingame..................................................................

DaveMorrisLongtime ABC television pro-

duction executive Dave Morris diedApril 20 at his home in La Cres-centa of cancer. He was 53.

Morris worked for ABC Televi-sion for 23 years, starting as a pageand eventually becoming the direc-

tor of production at the ProspectAvenue facility. During his tenurehe worked on Oscar and PrimetimeEmmy shows as well as the "Amer-ican Music Awards" and the Sum-

mer Olympics in 1984.He left ABC in 1995 and went

on to become the production man-ager on "Sunset Beach" and associ-ate producer on such shows as the"1999 Creative Arts EmmyAwards," "All Star TV Bloopers,""New Years Rockin' Eve" and "Ice

Capades Special."He is survived by his wife,

Nancy; two daughters; and hismother....................................................................

BarryShermanBarry Sherman, director of the

Peabody broadcasting and cableawards, died Tuesday after collaps-ing at the U. of Georgia in Athens.He was 47.

Sherman had directed the an-nual broadcast and cable awardssince 1992. The Peabodys are ad-ministered by the university'sGrady College of Journalism andMass Communication.

He is survived by his wife andtwo children.

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AlfredScalponeAlfred Scalpone, longtime tele-

vision executive, writer for radioand TV died April 21 at his home inRancho Sante Fe, Calif. of conges-tive heart failure. He was 86.

After attending Columbia u.,Scalpone began work as an officeassistant in the advertising firm ofYoung & Rubicam in New York andsoon became a copy writer as-signed to top radio shows including"Burns and Allen," "The ScreenGuild Theater," and "The Fred As-taire Packard Hour."

During WWII, Scalpone servedas liaison between the Pentagonand the Armed Forces Radio Ser-vice. After the war, he relocatedback to New York to become VP in

charge of radio and TV program-ming at McCann Erikson.

In 1953 he became a VP at CBS

Television in Hollywood, wh~re heworked on such shows as "The Red

Skelton Show," "Playhouse 90,""Rawhide" and "Gunsmoke."

Scalpone also worked as awriter for Father Patrick Peyton'sradio and TV programs for severalyears starting in 1945 and was avolunteer consultant for the non-profit TV and radio producer Fam-ily Theater Prods. for 40 years.

Scalpone is credited as the au-thor of the phrases "The family thatprays together stays together" and"A world at prayer is a world atpeace," both written for Peyton, apriest who produced the FamilyTheater weekly radio series that ranfor 22 years on the Mutual Broad-casting Co. network.

In addition, Scalpone served onthe Board of Regents of Mary-mount College in Los Angeles.

Scalpone is survived by his sec-ond wife, Rosemary, a daughter, ason, seven grandchildren, and threegreat-grandchildren.

Donations may be made to Loy-ola Marymount U. or San DiegoHospice.