Alvy Moore, 75, a veteran actor best known for his role ontelevision's 'Green Acres,' died last Sunday in Palm Desert, Calif.Moore portrayed county agent Hank Kimball on the CBS series starringEddie Albert and Eva Gabor that ran from 1965 to 1971. He had guestroles in more than 30 other series, including 'Newhart,' 'Hill StreetBlues.' 'Fantasy Island' and most recently, 'Frasier.'Robert A. Beck, 71, who started out selling insurance door to doorand rose to be president of Prudential Insurance, died last Sunday inVero Beach, Fla. Beck became chairman and chief executive in 1978.For the next nine years, he moved Prudential into areas beyond itsnormal life-insurance base, including group health insurance, homeand car insurance and the credit card business. In 1987, Beck joinedthe Prudential board and went back to selling insurance, this time toexecutives.Manuel Elizalde Jr., 60, a Filipino official who discovered a tribeof Stone Age people, died May 3 in Makati, Philippines. In 1971, heannounced he had found a tribe called the Tasaday in Mindanao thatlived in isolation for thousands of years with no knowledge of theoutside world. Anthropologists and archeologists were skeptical, butlater most decided the Tasaday were genuine. Debate over the tribe'sorigins continues today.David E. Scherman, 81, a Life magazine photojournalist whosepictures of a disguised German warship that torpedoed 22 civilianvessels led to its sinking, died Monday in Stoney Point, N.Y.Scherman was on an ocean liner in the Atlantic when it was sunk bythe warship Atlantis. He took pictures of it from a lifeboat beforehe was picked up the Germans. He managed to hide his film. Hisphotos enabled the British to track down the Atlantis and sink it.Audley Moore, 98, a New York civil rights leader and blacknationalist, died May 9 in Brooklyn. Known as Queen Mother, shespent several years in Harlem working with Marcus Garvey'sBack-to-Africa movement. She also crusaded for reparations forslavery, tenants' rights and education for the poor. Moore acquiredthe name Queen Mother during a trip to Africa when a tribe in Ghanaawarded her with the honorary title.Gil Green, 90, a top leader in the Chicago and New York Communistparties, died last Sunday in Ann Arbor. Green became chairman of theIllinois District of the Communist Party in 1946 after serving asnational head of the Young Communist League. In 1949, he wassentenced to prison for plotting to overthrow the U.S. government.After serving six years, he went to New York. He was named head ofthe New York district party but quit during the Soviet invasion ofCzechoslovakia.Murray Kempton, 79, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for New Yorknewspapers, died Monday in Manhattan. Over the years, he wrote forthe New York Post, New York Review of Books and New York Worldtelegram. In 1985, he won a Pulitzer Prize for a commentary hewrote for Newsday.Charles Schlaifer, 87, a film studio executive who was so moved by amotion picture that he became a mental health advocate, died Mondayin Manhattan. He was working for 20th Century Fox when he wasassigned to promote the movie 'Snake Pit.' He was so moved by thehopelessness of mental patients that he began a movement to improvemental health treatment and fought for rights of the mentally ill.James M. Shirley, 55, former president of Drexel National Bank, diedlast Sunday in Chicago. Shirley headed South Shore Bank's DrexelBanking Center on South King; he was its president before Lake Shorebought it.Richard T. Wren Sr., 84, past president of Union Local 399 OperatingEngineers, died Tuesday in Oak Lawn. He headed the labororganization from 1957 to 1978. From 1972 to 1980, he was vicepresident of the local's international organization in Washington,D.C., and a board member of the Central Pension Fund. Wren wasregional director of International-Region 7 when he retired in 1982.Rev. Peter W. Fu, 74, pastor of the Chicago Chinese Baptist Churchand a city engineer, died May 1 in Niles. In 1959, he founded hischurch with seven parishioners. His 34 years as a city engineerincluded work on O'Hare Airport parking facilities and the Lextension to the airport.Thomas Bradley, 59, a Public Aid office manager who helpedrecipients get off relief rolls, died last Sunday in Chicago. Forthe last several years, he oversaw the Public Aid office at 57th andWestern. He also was involved in Public Aid's Project ChanceProgram, designed to help aid recipients become independent. Bradleydeveloped mentorship programs to help accomplish that goal.James E. Horsham, a Truman College professor who helped establish ablack studies department at Olive-Harvey College, died of lung cancerApril 15 in Chicago. Horsham was with the City Colleges of Chicagofor 28 years. He was on the Truman faculty since 1988, teachinginternational relations, political science and social science. Mostof his career was spent at Olive-Harvey.
