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ObituariesCompiled from Times wires© St. Petersburg Times published July 31, 2002 FRANK INN, 86, the trainer of some of Hollywood's best-known animal performers, including Benji the dog, died Saturday in Sylmar, Calif. In addition to Benji, probably the most famous of his animal proteges, Mr. Inn worked with Arnold the pig on the 1960s sitcom Green Acres and Cleo the basset hound on the 1950s program The People's Choice. DR. C. JAMES CARRICO, 67, the first physician to examine President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in Dallas, died Thursday in Greenbank on Whidbey Island in Washington state. Then a first-year surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital, he remained at the president's side for 25 minutes until a colleague pronounced Kennedy dead. LEONARD MILLER, 69, chairman and co-founder of homebuilder Lennar Corp., died Sunday in Miami. The company, which went public as Lennar in 1972, has delivered over 500,000 homes. DOLORES OLMEDO, 93, who posed for a 1955 painting by Mexican painter Diego Rivera and went on to build the largest collection of his work, died Saturday in Mexico City. Rivera's 1955 portrait showed her dressed in the colorful embroidered shift of the Tehuana Indians of southern Mexico, holding a basket of tropical fruit. BUDDY BAKER, 84, musical director for nearly 200 Disney movies and TV shows including a Daniel Boone miniseries and The Mickey Mouse Club, died Friday in Los Angeles. ALBERT WHITMORE, 102, the last known member of Australia's World War I Light Horsemen cavalry, died Friday in Barmera, South Australia, the government said. ROSCO GORDON, 74, a rhythm-and-blues singer and piano player from Memphis who influenced rock 'n' roll and reggae, died July 11 in New York City. He had a string of hits in the 1950s, including Booted and No More Doggin, but for years he earned no royalties for his songs. He was paid $250 for Just a Little Bit, which became one of the most popular rock and R&B standards of the 1960s, selling more than 4-million copies in cover versions by the Beatles, Etta James, Elvis Presley and Jerry Butler. WINNIFRED QUICK VAN TONGERLOO, 98, one the few remaining survivors of the Titanic sinking, died July 4 in East Lansing, Mich. She was 8 when the Titanic went down after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Of the nearly 2,200 people aboard, only 705 were saved. One known Titanic survivor now remains in the United States and two in Britain, all of them women, according to the Titanic Historical Society.
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