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Died. Maxfield Parrish, 95, Quaker-born dean of U.S. illustrators, whose diaphanous damsels, Homeric heroes, devilish dwarfs and capering clowns enlivened magazine covers (Collier's, Harper's Weekly), made dull books popular, and helped turn Jell-O and Fisk tires into bestsellers by virtue of their ads; of chronic lung disease; in Plainfield, N.H. In 1964, with a retrospective show in Manhattan, Parrish was hailed as a precursor of pop art, and responded by saying: "How can these avant-garde people get anything out of me? I'm so hopelessly commonplace." Probably his most lasting single work, bought by John Jacob Astor in 1906 for $50,000, is a 30-ft. mural of King Cole and his merry court that still jollifies the bar of Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel.
Death Revealed. Trigger, 33, Roy Rogers' original palomino stallion, whose 65 hard-learned tricks won him star billing in 86 movies, a feat unmatched by his successor, Trigger Jr., 28, who does 45 stunts, but never went beyond rodeo appearances and television shows; of old age; last July; at Hidden Valley, Calif. Rogers says he withheld the announcement because he could not bear to break the news to the horse's devoted fans, who still write to "Trigger, U.S.A." "I just couldn't see covering him up," says Roy, and so Trigger has been stuffed, to stand at Rogers' ranch.