Norman Bluhm, 77, an abstract expressionist painter, died Wednesday of heart failure in East Wallingford, Vt. His large-scale works that have exhibited since the 1970s were often symmetrical compositions that packed swelling forms.

Boris Manco, 56, a folk and pop singer who had great cultural influence in Turkey and became one of the country's most beloved figures, died Feb. 1 of a heart attack in Istanbul.

Pub Date: 2/09/99