Lowell Fulson, 77, a blues singer who helped launch the careers of Ray Charles and B. B. King and whose 1954 hit "Reconsider Baby" was recorded by Elvis Presley, died Sunday in Long Beach, Calif., of kidney disease, diabetes and congestive heart failure.

Adolfo Bioy Casares, 84, an Argentine writer known for his use of fantasy and his collaborations with literary giant Jorge Luis Borges, died Monday in Buenos Aires.

William Wrigley, 66, the third-generation chief executive officer of the chewing gum company founded by his grandfather, died Monday in Chicago of complications from pneumonia. Mr. Wrigley was named the 58th-richest American last year by Forbes magazine, with an estimated wealth of $2.7 billion.

Princess Al-Anoud bint Abdel Aziz, the first wife of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, died Monday in Los Angeles. She was in her 70s.

Mike Anthony, 68, a songwriter who co-wrote the Johnny Tillotson hit "Poetry in Motion," died Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., from complications related to a heart attack and stroke.

C. Clyde Atkins, 84, a U.S. District judge in Florida who was a staunch defender of the homeless and refugees in rulings that challenged national policy, died Thursday in Miami of colon cancer. He was 84.

Camille Laurin, 76, the political architect of the controversial language law promoting the use of French in Quebec, died Thursday in Montreal of cancer.

Pub Date: 3/13/99