Lord Joseph, 76, a former British Cabinet minister and one of the main ideological architects of the Conservative Party's free-market philosophy under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, died yesterday in London of complications from a stroke last year. He was a Conservative member of Parliament from 1956 to 1987.
William P. Luce 70, a former news editor of the New York Times, died of an aneurysm Friday at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla., where he was vacationing. As a young man, he was part of the New York bohemian circle of artists and writers that included Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky. At the New York Times, he helped to shape local, national and cultural coverage, rising to the position of news editor, in which he supervised the editing of the newspaper. He retired in 1989.
Ovie Clark Fisher, 91, a former congressman whose sprawling Texas district was once the nation's largest, died Friday in Junction, Texas. A conservative Democrat, he was elected in 1942, joining the Texas delegation led by House Speaker Sam Rayburn, and served 32 years before retiring in 1974. His district, which has been redrawn, spanned 280 miles and included nearly half a million constituents.
Earl Johnson, 75, a pitcher whose eight-year career in the major leagues was interrupted for a heroic stint in the Army during World War II, died Dec. 3 in Seattle. Signed by the Boston Red Sox as a teen-ager, he recorded a 40-32 record in seven seasons with the Red Sox and one season with the Detroit Tigers. His pitching career was interrupted by World War II. He served 14 months in Europe, winning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Bronze Star Cluster and a battlefield commission.
Enrique Lister, 87, a Communist leader and general in the Spanish Civil War, died Thursday in Madrid, Spain. He fought on the republican side in the 1936-1939 war against Gen. Francisco Franco's nationalist forces. With the republic's defeat, he left to become a citizen of the Soviet Union and fought in the Soviet, Polish and Yugoslav armies during World War II. He broke with the Spanish Communist Party in 1968 after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Daniel Frankel,91, an importer and distributor of films who helped introduce a number of prominent directors to U.S. audiences, died Dec. 3 at the Applewood Health Care Center in Winchester, N.H.