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DIED. George Halas, 88, bluff, gruff owner of football's Chicago Bears; in Chicago. He played briefly as an outfielder with the New York Yankees in 1919, quitting after an injury that did not affect his football skills. A year later he organized, coached and played end for the Decatur Staleys. By 1922 Halas had moved the team to Chicago, renamed it the Bears, and suggested that the fledgling 18-team league he played in be rechristened the National Football League. Three years later, Halas and the N.F.L. hit the big time when he signed the famed Galloping Ghost, Halfback Red Grange, who started drawing sellout crowds five days after his last college game. Tightfisted (at first he collected the tickets himself) and tough-minded (he ran up a 73-0 victory to take the 1940 league title from the Washington Redskins), "Papa Bear" Halas developed an ongoing phalanx of stars including Sid Luckman, Johnny Lujack and Gale Sayers. In his 40-year career as head coach, he earned the N.F.L. record for most victories, with 320 regular-season winning games, and led his team to six of its eight championship titles. "I play to win," he once remarked. "I shall always play to win. I speak no praise for the good loser, the man who says, 'Well, I did my best.' "
DEATH CONFIRMED. Rick Crudale, 21, Marine lance corporal from West Warwick, R.I., who was pictured on TIME's Oct. 3 cover "Lebanon: Holding the Line"; of injuries suffered in the terrorist bombing of U.S. troops; in Beirut. Crudale had apparently returned early from leave and was among those sleeping in the Marines' headquarters at Beirut International Airport when the attack took place. At first he was reported missing, but his death was officially verified last week.