European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 9, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bill Cullen Dean of game show hosts Dies at s apr a Bill Cullen the Dean of whose 35 network credits include los Angeles game show hosts _ _ such popular series As a to Tell the. Truth and a the Price is right a died of cancer saturday. He was 70. _ Cullen who had known of his condition for months died of complications from lung cancer at 5 25 . At his Home in los Angeles said his manager George Spota. As a celebrity panellist and master of ceremonies Cullen was a Down to Earth and witty personality who was invited by americans into their living rooms for More than 40  a the certainly created the yardstick of professional ism by which air other emcees could follow Quot said Spota. Cullen was a familiar face As the glib panellist on cd so so a in be got a secret Quot from 1952 to 1967. He also hosted the original a the Price is rights from 1957 to 1964 on both Abc and later on Abc. A the was the Frank Sinatra of game shows Quot said Fred Westbrook a Friend and game show agent. A everyone learns from those they Admire Quot said colleague Dick Clark. A Bill was the ultimate Host. He had great humor intelligence and humanity. Most of All he had the great Talent of making his Job look  Bob Stewart who produced a the Price is right Quot for eight years said Cullen was in a class by himself. A professionally nobody i Ever worked with was his peer a said Stewart a Friend for 35 years. A there was a pass the Bucko was among Bill Cullen a 35 shows. Nobody like him nor will there Ever be. Off camera he was the same kind of lovable fun mischievous Guy you saw on  Cullen appeared on radio and television game shows from 1944 through 1988. A i Hope never to be a big really big Star Quot Cullen told the new York times in 1958. I May never be one in any Case. But in be seen too Many big names bum themselves out on  his game resume included a the $25,000 Pyramid Quot a three on a match Quot a pass the Buck a Quot to Tell the truth and a the jokers  he made the cover of the National edition of to guide Sech times Between 1954 and 1984, including twice in one month in 1964. Cullen was working in a garage in Pittsburgh in 1939 when he got his first Job in broadcasting As an unpaid assistant disc jockey. He later became a regular announcer earning $25 a week. In 1943, Cullen moved to new York and became a staff announcer with the lbs radio network. A year later he became announcer for the a Winner take ally game show. A a he a spent More time on broadcast air radio and television than anyone else in the business Quot said Spota. Cullen is survived by his wife of 35 years Ann Spota said funeral services will be private. A memorial service for friends and relatives May be scheduled in a few weeks he said. J St Man to survive heart Tucson Ariz apr Michael Drummond the first person to successfully receive an artificial heart As a Bridge to the transplant of a human heart died saturday night nearly two months after receiving a second Arifi Cal heart implant. Officials at University medical Center said Drummond 30, of Phoenix died of multiple Organ failure. His condition was downgraded to critical on Friday night after doctors discovered his liver had failed. Drummond was the first person to successfully undergo a Bridge to trans Plant and recover from a subsequent heart transplant. He also was the youngest Man to receive an artificial heart device when he had the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in of wanted aug. 29, 1985. Drummond suffered a stroke but recovered and received the heart of a 19-year-old Texas Man nine Days later. Drummond had been undergoing dialysis treatments for kidney failure for several weeks and was also battling an infection. He bad been placed on a. Ventilator to assist his breathing but died at 7 35 ., said Hospital spokeswoman Jan Howard. Drummond received his second artificial heart May 21. He developed complications in february after undergoing emergency Gall bladder surgery Ana had developed right Side heart failure. Or. Jack Copeland head of the hospitals transplant team said in 1987 that Drummond was a a Modem hero who accepted the risk of the total Artificia heart Bridge to transplantation when no previous patient had  his remarks were made at a Washington ceremony in which Drummond presented the artificial heart that had been implanted in his Chest to the smithsonian institutes National museum of american history. T guess i am sort of a part of Histo luring the ceremony. A a it a possible 100 3f, but not by Choice Quot Drummond said a ring. A. Years from now that the artificial heart will be As routine As a blood  firm wont pay $2 million aids claim fort Lauderdale Fla. Apr an insurance company is refusing to pay a $2 million life insurance claim to the survivor of an aids victim saying the victim used someone else a blood to qualify for coverage. Lawyers for Massachusetts general life insurance co want a Federal judge in fort Lauderdale to throw out the $2 million claim by Anthony c. Fioretti who died of aids on feb. 28, 1989, in Broward county. Fioretti 40, tested positive for the his virus and was rejected by another insurance company less than a month before virus free blood was used in his application to Massachusetts general the lawyers say. A the person submitting blood for his testing on june 29, 1987 was not in fact Fioretti but represented himself and his blood Sample to be that of Fioretti Quot the suit says. Fioretti also used the name a a Finettie on the application to make it More difficult for insurance investigators to discover through National computer records he had previously tested positive for aids the suit says. Despite the proliferation of aids cases nationwide the Massachusetts general lawsuit is one of Only a handful of cases filed in Federal court involving aids victims accused of trying to enrich survivors through fraudulent insurance claims according to a report in saturdays Sun Sentinel of fort Lauderdale. Fioretti a former new York City Florist had been paying $30,365 per year in premiums to maintain his $2 million insurance coverage since july 1987. The sole beneficiary was listed As fio Retlic a brother Vincent of Plantation who has an unlisted phone number and could not be located for comment. Last month fort Lauderdale attorney Steven Fine filed suit on behalf of Vincent Fioretti to Force Massachusetts general to pay the $2 million claim. Calls to Fine s office went unanswered saturday. Mark f. Hughes jr., an attorney for Massachusetts general in Newark n.j., said the company it a in accordance with insurance Laws a has offered to refund Fioretti a Premium payments with interest to his brother. The offer was rejected he said. Hughes said the insurance company has filed a counter suit in Federal court in new York City where the blood tests were performed asking the court to dismiss Fiort lib a claim. A How do we know that an imposter submitted the blood a Hughes asked rhetorically a we know beyond a Shadow of a doubt that Fioretti died of aids. We know that aids does not kill you immediately so he had to have had it before his death. And we know that in january j 987 his blood tested positive for  if the company knew he had the aids virus Massachusetts general would have never issued the policy he said. The suit argues that because of alleged fraudulent acts by Fioretti his application was void before it was accepted. Police arrest 44 protesters must a a on racist at Baltimore abortion clinic Baltimore apr police arrested 44 anti abortion protesters saturday after they rushed into a planned parenthood clinic sat Down in the hallways and refused to leave. If was the first such action in Baltimore by operation Rescue said James guest planned parenthood director for Maryland. The group has blockaded abortion clinics around the country in recent years 133 people were arrested in Philadelphia on saturday in the second Day of protests outside the Northeast women a clinic. There were 124 arrests at the clinic Friday. The Baltimore protesters from the anti abortion group operation Rescue entered the clinic at about 8 30 a.m., said police spokesman Dennis Hill it took about 75 police officers five hours to remove the protesters six of whom had locked themselves together or to objects. The 38 adults face Misdemeanour charges of trespassing blocking Access to a medical facility and disobeying police orders police said. Six juveniles face similar charges under juvenile Laws Maryland planned parenthood director James guest said three employees of the Center plan to file assault charges. A one person was tackled then they trampled Over him coming in. A Security guard was pushed to the ground and another person was pinned up against a Wall a guest said. He said the scheduled abortions went on As planned after police escorted or carried the protesters out on  drugs report says new York apr . Officials have plans to use december a Panama invasion As the Model for a hemispheric drag raid using the armies of three South american nations Newsweek Magazine reported. According to briefing papers Newsweek says it obtained from the . Southern come Headquarters in Panama the attack would be coordinated by the Southern come and use the armies of Colombia Bolivia and Peru to attack drug trafficking targets in those countries. The plan is the brainchild of Gen. Maxwell r. Thurman head of the Southern come the Magazine said in this weeks Issue. Thurman Jed the Panama invasion. The attack would involve a massive use of Force applied swiftly and simultaneously to a the Cartel s entire support Structure Quot possibly targeting drug lords Homes drug processing centers and secret airfields used for smuggling