Milestones: May 19, 1961

Died. Tony Bettenhausen, 44, stocky, crew-cut auto racer, two-time U.S. big-car champion (1951 and 1958), a scarred survivor of 28 crackups; in a flaming crash on the Indianapolis Speedway when the Steady Special he was testing for a friend on the eve of time trials for the Memorial Day race lost a 1ยข cotter pin, careened into a wall at nearly 145 m.p.h.

Died. Gary Cooper, 60, lovable, laconic veteran of 89 movies; of cancer; in Hollywood (see SHOW BUSINESS).

Died. Dallas E. Winslow, 68, a Michigan farm boy who quit school in the...

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