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NASHVILLE - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died yesterday, days short of his 90th birthday.
- Alfred W. Morse, 89, of Kennett Square, a librarian at Temple University for 24 years, an advocate of world peace with Quaker organizations, and an expert in Romance languages, died of congestive heart failure April 19 at Kendal at Longwood, a retirement home where he had lived for 11 years.
- The Rev. Stephen N. Mustos, 76, a former headmaster of Devon Preparatory School who cared for the spiritual needs of Hungarian Americans, died in his native Hungary on April 20, the 50th anniversary of his priesthood. He had been in poor health after a fall in 2006.
- Norma Anita Travis Tobin, 68, of Roxborough, an administrative assistant who worked for the General Electric Co.'s missile and aerospace division in Philadelphia for 33 years, died Saturday at Roxborough Memorial Hospital.
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- Frank Richard "Cappy" Wallace Jr., 91, a former Chesterfield Township mayor who championed farmland preservation, died Sunday at the Quadrangle, a senior care community in Haverford.
- Constantine Johns, 90, formerly of West Chester, a violist, conductor, and retired professor of music at West Chester University, died April 28 at Bear Creek Nursing Home in Morrison, Colo. He had moved to Golden, Colo., three years ago.
- HARRISBURG - Clifford Jones, 80, a former Pennsylvania Republican Party chairman who served as a cabinet secretary under six governors, died yesterday of prostate cancer at his home in Mechanicsburg, according to Myers-Harner Funeral Home.
- Robert Marsh, 83, of Malvern, a decorated World War II veteran and president of American Telecast Corp., died of heart failure Sunday at home.
- RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Irvine Robbins, 90, who as cofounder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream, and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, died yesterday after a long illness.
- Cartoonist Ted Key, 95, whose characters included a bossy maid and a time-traveling dog scientist, died at his Tredyffrin home Saturday.
- June Klinghoffer, 87, a physician and educator who inspired thousands of students during the half-century she taught at the former Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, died Saturday of cardiovascular disease at home in Merion.
- Joshua Sack, 22, the drummer for the Philadelphia rock band the Brakes whose debut album A Tale of Two Cities is to be released today, has died.
- HAVANA - Robert Vesco, 71, the fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to a U.S. president's nephew, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
- Her refusal to accept a Va. ban on interracial marriage led to a ruling striking down such laws.Mildred Jeter Loving, 68, a black woman whose refusal to accept Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1967 that struck down such laws across the country, died of pneumonia Friday at her home in Milford, Va.
- Alfred B. Pentony, 82, of Villanova, former owner of an electrical contracting company, died of pneumonia Wednesday at home.
- David Cass, 71, a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania for 34 years, died of emphysema April 15 at his West Philadelphia home.
- Lee Hymel, 92, a pharmaceutical company executive, died April 1 at Dunwoody Village, a retirement community in Newtown Square.
- Albert Rundbaken, 92, a retired FBI special agent formerly of Springfield, Delaware County, died of heart failure April 26 at Granite Farms Estates in Media.
- James F. Monteith, 71, of Mount Airy, a lawyer, civic leader and sportsman, died of cancer last Sunday at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
- Former Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, 82, who presided during Spain's rocky transition from the fascist dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco to liberal democracy, died yesterday, according to his son Leopoldo Calvo. Mr. Calvo Sotelo governed from February 1981 to December 1982 after Adolfo Suarez stepped down. During a February 1981 vote to approve Mr. Calvo Sotelo's premiership, a group of right-wing Civil Guards broke into parliament, fired shots into the ceiling, and held lawmakers captive. Spain held its breath for 17 hours as it watched its nascent democratic institutions paralyzed until, following a broadcast by King Juan Carlos condemning the attack, the attackers left parliament by climbing out a window and were arrested. "A genuine political moderate, he obviously held things together through the worst moments of Spain's emerging democracy," said historian Paul Preston. Mr. Calvo Sotelo was ennobled by the king, made the marquis of Ria de Ribadeo, and named a grandee of Spain for his steady hand during the attempted coup. - AP
