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0-19 Rev.1-28-59) Tolson Belmont DeLoach McGuire Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter W.C. Sullivan Tele. Room Holloman Gandy Lou Costello Dies at 51 TV,Film Comedy Star HOLLYWOOD, Mar..3.. Veteran film ycomedian 'Lou : Costello, fifty-one, died today at Doctor's Hospital of aheart attack complicated by a blood clot....... He suffered.the attacka week ago and'nad beenbe- lieved to be recovering. His manager, Edward Sher- man, said Mr. Costello's wife Ann,had been visiting him and left just before he died. He said the attack week ago had been followed by a blood clot. One of the first to be in- formed was his longtime part- Bud Abbott. bad boy" in many.of the skits When told of Mr.. Costello's he and Abbott developed.. death, he sobbed and in a The who's on First" base- barely understandable voiceball routine the two developed The Washington Post and said-I can't talk now, call me was one of the most famous in back later, please. Times Hercld modern movie comedy and was Mr. Costello teamed with played in person, too, before The Washington Daily Nev Bud Abbott in 1930, afterseveral Presidents of the United The Evening Star breaking into the entertainmentStates. New York Herald Tribune business by the vaudeville Costello. was the roly-poly New York Journal-American route. comic, while Abbott played the The two comedians broke up straight man. Costello was New Yok Mirror their team last year. working in a Brooklyn bur- New York Daily News Mr. Costello, born in Pater-lesque house when ha and At-. son, N J., was famed for his|bott got together. New York Pos The New York Times The worke The New Leade Wall Street Journal Date aCT RecoRDeD 117 . 5 .959