Died. Prince Charles of Luxembourg, 49, younger brother of the reigning Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg; of a heart attack; at his estate in Florence, Italy. A dashing, fun-loving sportsman, Charles was long active in promoting business and industry in his pocket principality. In 1967 he wed Joan Douglas Dillon, daughter of former U.S. Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon.

Died. Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll of Miami, 72, powerful, hardline Roman Catholic traditionalist, civil rights warrior and champion of Florida's Cuban refugee community; of heart disease; in Miami Beach. As Florida's highest-ranking Catholic prelate, Carroll combined strong support for racial justice and the welfare of Cuban refugees with vociferous opposition to liberalization of the church. He lobbied vigorously against the repeal of the no-meat-on-Fridays rule and was in the forefront of the successful battle to defeat Dade County's gay rights ordinance in June.

Died. Oskar Morgenstern, 75, a brilliant Princeton University economist who shook the foundations of classical economic theory with his work in the fields of econometrics and the theory of games (Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, co-authored with John von Neumann; The Limits of Economics); of cancer; in Princeton, N.J. Morgenstern noted that classical economics --and many of its "neoclassical" adherents--has exhibited a dismal track record in predicting and interpreting phenomena. After viewing numerous examples of multivariable decision making in game situations (poker was a Morgenstern favorite), he used mathematics, logic and the relatively simple economic-behavioral concept of "utility maximization" to devise a general theoretical framework which often demonstrated remarkable predictive power. He also applied his theory to such diverse areas as nuclear arms negotiations, computer science and complex business decisions for the government and private industry.

Died. Louis Frederick Fieser, 78, the Harvard organic chemist who first synthesized the blood-clotting agent vitamin K and developed combat napalm; in Cambridge, Mass. His research into the chemical reactions involved in cancer--a disease the cigarette-smoking Fieser himself contracted--won him numerous awards. About his work with napalm, the gasoline-derivative jelly first used in World War II and then extensively in Viet Nam, Fieser once declared: "I'd do it again, if called upon, in defense of the country."

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