Died. Gary Sanders, 25, popular pro golfer; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Buena Park, Calif. At 16, Sanders won the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship, then turned pro after college and earned $22,665 during last year's tour, which included a victory in Florida's Amelia Island Open. He was competing in the Western Open in June when he learned he had lymph-gland cancer, which was thought to be unrelated to his death.

Died. Dr. Edward T. Tyler, 62, gynecological researcher whose work helped to develop the Pill; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. As medical director of the Los Angeles Planned Parenthood center, Tyler ran many early studies of oral contraceptives, and investigated such variants as antipregnancy "vaccines" and a male sperm suppressor. He also tested the fertility drugs that have sharply reduced sterility and made multiple pregnancies common.

Died. Hyman Kraft, 76, playwright and author; of complications arising from injuries suffered when he was struck by a bicycle; in Manhattan. Kraft wrote his first play at 33, later collaborated with Theodore Dreiser on the screenplay for An American Tragedy and became a journeyman playwright of comedies and musicals, among them Cafe Crown and Top Banana, a caustic, dizzy homage to comedy that Phil Silvers made into a hit in 1951.

Died. Leigh Whipper, 98, veteran black character actor; in Manhattan. Among his early parts was a role in an 1898 production of Uncle Tom's Cabin in which he sang Old Black Joe. After serving in the Spanish-American War, Whipper spent 74 years in character roles in plays and films like Porgy and Of Mice and Men. In 1920 he became the first black member of the Actors Equity Association, which did not know his color when he was admitted.

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