Died. Rod Serling, 50, television and motion-picture writer and creator of the supernaturally spooky series Twilight Zone; of a heart attack; in Rochester, N.Y. After a grueling apprenticeship as a freelance scriptwriter, Serling went on to write Patterns, Requiem for a Heavyweight and other major television plays, earning six Emmy awards, more than any other writer.

Died. Luigi Cardinal Raimondi, 62, Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. from 1967 to 1973; of a heart attack; in Rome. Named a cardinal in 1973, Raimondi returned to Rome, where he headed the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Died. General Paul Stehlin, 67, former French air force chief of staff and advocate of U.S. weaponry; of injuries suffered when he was hit by a bus June 6. A member of the National Assembly, Stehlin last year caused a sensation by insisting that the U.S. F-16 and F17 aircraft were superior to their French competitor, the Mirage Fl. His accident occurred only hours after it was revealed that he was on the payroll of Northrop Corp., maker of the F-17.

Died. Ivy Baker Priest, 69, Republican stalwart and second woman Treasurer of the United States; of cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. Priest held the largely ceremonial Treasurer's office for all eight years of the Eisenhower Administration.

Died. Monsignor Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, 73, founder and president general of Opus Dei, the spiritually elitist Catholic lay organization that has 60,000 members in 73 countries; of a heart attack; in Rome. Founded in 1928, Opus Dei eventually became so influential in Spain that some critics accused it of wielding inordinate political and economic power.

Died. Eugene C. Pulliam, 86, conservative publisher of the Arizona Republic, the Indianapolis Star and several other newspapers; of a stroke; in Phoenix. Once a hustling young reporter for the Kansas City Star, at 23 he became editor and publisher of the Atchison Champion in Kansas and began building an empire that at one time or another included 46 papers.

Died. Robert Stolz, 94, prolific Austrian-born composer; in West Berlin. Once considered the musical heir of Johann Strauss Jr., Stolz wrote some 50 operettas, 100 film scores and 2,000 songs, including Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time, whose tune he scribbled on a menu in the early 1930s while sitting in Vienna's famed Cafe Sacher.

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