Died. Frank Gimmons Leavitt, 62, bewhiskered, massive (5 ft. 11 in., 317 lbs.) "Man Mountain Dean" of U.S. wrestling; of a heart attack; in Norcross, Ga.

Died. Albert Spalding, 64, world-famed American violinist; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan. Chicago-born son of Sporting-Goods Millionaire James W. Spalding, he made his musical debut in Paris at the age of 16, became America's first internationally famed violin virtuoso. Spalding regularly toured the U.S. and Europe as a soloist, was the first American violinist ever to be invited to play with Paris' Conservatory Orchestra.

Died. Otto Lebrecht Meissner, 73 ("Sphinx of the Wilhelmstrasse"), enigmatic Man Friday to three successive heads of the German state after World War I; in Munich. Meissner got an Iron Cross in World War I, in 1923 became Socialist President Ebert's trusted State Secretary, was kept as confidant by Hindenburg, and a behind-the-scenes negotiator between Hindenburg and the up & coming Nazis. He turned up after Hitler's 1933 rise to power as a gaudily uniformed Minister of State for the new Fuehrer. Tried and acquitted as a war criminal after World War II, he lived out his last days in retirement, writing his memoirs.

Died. Juana Sosa de Peron Canosa, 78, mother of Argentine Dictator Juan Domingo Peron; in Argentina.

Died. Jesse C. Burkett, 84, Hall of Fame baseball star, and one of three players (the others: Rogers Hornsby, Ty Cobb) ever to bat over .400 in two consecutive seasons (with Cleveland, 1895-96); in Worcester, Mass.

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