... HORSFIELD On February 26, 1970 peacefully at his home 28 The Drive. Hove JAMES WILLIAM HORSFIELD (W Foster Horsfield) in his 82nd year the beloved husband of Averil and dear brother of Stanley. Cremation private Please no letters or flowers Donations in lieu may be sent to the P. D.S. A. or R S.P.C A. IN MEMORIAM IN LOVING MEMORY OF BONAR COLLEANO SENIOR who passed away suddenly March 7th, ...

... , the mime, died in London on February 6, aged 82. He started his career in his teens and soon became interested in mime, which took him all over the world as lec turer and performer. Marcel Marceau was one of his devoted admirers and Harold Cheshire dedicated his solo-mime, The Hands, to Marceau. He was also an authority on Japanese drama and costume. He was made an honorary member of the ...

... JAY PALMER JAY PALMER, the American comedy magician, died, on August 18, at the age of 70, in New York. He has been in show business for over fifty years and with his wife DOREEN as Comedy Partner he made his English debut at Finsbury Park Empire Tn 1948 and appeared at the London Palladium and at all the leading Stoll and Moss Empire halls until 1957 when they returned to U.S.A. ...

... BURTON SEELEY, well known and much-loved entertainer, died or January 18. After a slight stroke he retired with his wife JUNE to Bognor Regis, where they had been living for the past three years. Mrs Seeley may be contacted at 3 Braemar Way, North Bented, Bognor Regis, Sussex. GALBRAITH BARNEY GILBRAITH, who for the past three years has been cruise director with the Norwegian- America Line, ...

... DOROTHY DIX DOROTHY DIX, the actress, who has died in New York at the age of 77, made her first appearance on the stage under Lewis Waller's management in Monsieur Beaucaire at the Lyric in 1907. During the first world war she was in Peg o* My Heart at the Globe and Daddy Long Legs at the Duke of York's. In 1926 she played Mme Ranevsky in The Cherry Orchard at Barnes and made a deep impression ...

... JIMMY LANG Jimmy Lang (James Robin son), a popular music-hall and theatrical personality for many years, has died in Glasgow. He was the foil half of the (Tommy) Hope and Lang comedy team, formed in 1935, which toured in theatres all over England, Ire land and Scotland, playing largely in the music-halls of Scotland. In the 1930's he took part in an experimental programme for John Logle Balrd. ...

... JOHN FOSSETT On Sunday, August 23. 3,000 people watching the open-air show, at the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, saw 16 year old John Fossett, of the Swaying Stars, who had been sliding head first down a rope after finishing his act, fall and crash heavily on his head to the platform beneath. Although John only fell twelve feet his injuries were so severe that he died the following morning in ...

... MARY CLARE, the actress, died at Harrow-on-the-Hill, on August 29, aged 76. After touring for two years she made her London debut in 1912 at the Globe Theatre in the Earl's Court Exhibition as Noll in A Posy on a Ring. She played Muley-Wa in Turandot at the St. James's in 1913 and went to His Majesty's in 1914 to play Martha in David Copperfield and then Betsy in Oliver Twist. In 1920 she ...

... FRITZ KORTNER FRITZ KORTNER, the German actor, has died in Munich at the age of 78. He was famous as an actor and a director in Vienna, Dresden and Berlin. Being Jewish, he went to live in California in 1938 and became an American citizen. He returned lo the German stage after the war He directed Andorra at the Aldwych in 1964. ...

... Newcastle Festival A PRESS conference in con nection with the Newcastle Festival is to be held in London at the Arts Council head quarters, 105 Piccadilly, on August 18 at 11.30 a.m. ...

... Roy Rich ROY RICH, actor, producer and former head of BBC sound light entertainment, died in a Strat ford-upon-Avon hospital on March 24, aged 57. Son of a music-hall comedian, he made his first appearance at His Majesty's in 1923 as a child in Hassan. He stage-managed Bow Bells at the Hippodrome in 1932 and later became production manager for Moss Empires and General Theatres Corporation. In ...

... Hy Hazell HY HAZELL, one of the most vivid and amusing personalities in show business, died suddenly on Sunday last, aged 47. She had been appearing with Alfie Bass in Fiddler on the Roof at Her Majesty's. She had a particular success as Mrs. Squeezum in Lock up your Daughters, was in Charlie Girl for two years at the Adelphi, and had a leading part in No Strings at Her Majesty's. She was a ...