Howell T. Conant, 83, the unofficial palace photographer for Princess Grace of Monaco for nearly three decades, died March 11 at his home in Carefree, Ariz.

K. B. Rao, 72, an essayist and poet who was an administrator at the University of Nevada, Reno for 19 years until his retirement last year, died Thursday in Reno.

Richard L. Yuengling Sr., 83, the fourth-generation owner of America's oldest brewery, died Thursday in Pottsville, Pa. He was the great-grandson of David G. Yuengling, the founder in 1829 of D. G. Yuengling & Son Inc. Brewery, which was recognized as the country's oldest brewery and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Pub Date: 3/30/99