DIED. Park Chung Hee, 61, since 1961 the autocratic, anti-Communist leader of South Korea; from a gunshot "accidentally" fired by the chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency; in Seoul. (See WORLD).

DIED. John K. Jessup, 72, chief writer of LIFE's editorial page for 22 years; of a heart attack; in Wilton, Conn. In 1935 Jessup was hired by Time Inc. Founder Henry R. Luce as a writer for FORTUNE. Five years later he took charge of TIME's business section, and in 1944 moved on to LIFE, where he presided over the only regular editorial page among Time Inc. publications. In that role, he wrote endorsements of seven presidential candidates and assessments of three wars. After his retirement in 1969, Jessup published The Ideas of Henry Luce (1969).

DIED. The Rev. Charles Coughlin, 88, the

Catholic "radio priest" whose political invectives boomed across the airways from 1926 to 1940; in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Father Coughlin's first broadcasts were religious sermons from his Shrine of the Little Flower Church outside Detroit, but soon he began voicing the discontent of the Depression by berating bankers. Heard in 30 million homes, Coughlin called F.D.R. "the great liar and betrayer" and tried to fuel a third-party movement. He preached against Jews and Communists, among others, and the Catholic Church finally silenced all broadcasts and writings in 1942. Despite his reputation as a demagogue, Coughlin remained a parish priest who served quietly until his retirement in 1966.

DIED. Nadia Boulanger, 92, Mademoiselle le Professeur to three generations of composers, including America's Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and Roger Sessions; in Paris. Though a promising composer, she taught indefatigably for five decades and had great influence on such American-born artists as Classicist Roy Harris and Experimentalist Philip Glass. She was also the first woman to conduct London's Royal Philharmonic, New York's Philharmonic and the Philadelphia and Boston symphony orchestras.

DIED. Eleanor Robson Belmont, 100, toast of the turn-of-the-century Broadway stage who became a leading fine arts patron; in New York City. A third-generation actress, Eleanor Robson triumphed in Merely Mary Ann and so impressed George Bernard Shaw that he wrote Major Barbara with her in mind. After a 1910 farewell bow before weeping fans, Robson married August Belmont, banker, racing-stable owner, and a multimillionaire nearly twice her age. Thus began a new role as society grande dame and philanthropist. Closest to her heart was the Metropolitan Opera, which she rescued in the lean 1930s by forming the fund-raising Met Opera Guild.

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