Died. Gertrude Maynard Anderson, 48, Canadian-born exactress, and second wife of Pulitzer Prizewinning Playwright Maxwell (Both Your Houses, Winterset) Anderson; by her own hand (carbon monoxide poisoning) ; near New City, N.Y.

Died. Irene Bordoni, 59, French-accented singer-comedienne of the 1920s: of cancer; in Manhattan. She made a 1940 comeback on Broadway in Louisiana Purchase, more recently played Bloody Mary in a road company of South Pacific.

Died. Seth W. Richardson, 73, attorney and self-styled "lifelong, contentious Republican," who came under right-wing attack as the Truman-appointed chief of the Government's Loyalty Review Board (1947-50) and first chairman of the Subversive Activities Control Board; of cancer; in Washington.

Died. Raoul Dufy, 75, one of the grand old men of modern school-of-Paris art, generally ranked among the top half-dozen contemporary French painters; of a heart attack; in the Provenc,al village of Forcalquier. Partially crippled by arthritis for the past 15 years, Dufy never let pain or gloom color his work. He was famed chiefly for lighthearted, bright-hued racing and yachting scenes.

Died. Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, 82, dean of U.S. magazine illustrators who helped design he Satevepost's first modern cover, illustrated John Marquand's "Mr Moto" yarns and Earl Derr Biggers' "Charlie Chan" series.

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