Carl Ballantine</p><p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92.</p><p>His daughter says he died Nov. 3 in his sleep at his home in the Hollywood Hills.</p><p>Ballantine, who was born Meyer Kessler in Chicago, switched from straight magic to comedy in the 1940s. He would fumble tricks while joking with the audience. He appeared in Las Vegas, in nightclubs and on TV variety shows, including "The Tonight Show."</p><p>Steve Martin says Ballantine influenced him and a generation of magicians and comedians.</p><p>Ballantine was crewman Lester Gruber in "McHale's Navy" and had roles in several other TV shows and movies.</p><p>He also did voiceovers in many cartoons and commercials.</p><p>---</p><p>Henry Kimelman</p><p>MIAMI (AP) - Henry Kimelman, whose fundraising and support for Sen. George McGovern in the 1972 presidential campaign earned him a spot on President Richard Nixon's "enemies list," has died. He was 88.</p><p>Kimelman died Monday of heart failure at his home in West Palm Beach, his son Donald said Wednesday.</p><p>Henry Kimelman turned to politics after building a business career in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was chief of staff for Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall during the final year of the Johnson administration. During his time in Washington, he befriended Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.</p><p>Kimelman encouraged McGovern to pursue the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination and became the senator's chief fundraiser. Kimelman's his house in Washington was the scene where the campaign told Sen. Thomas Eagleton that he could not continue to be McGovern's running mate after it was revealed he had received electroshock treatment for depression, Donald Kimelman said.</p><p>His support for McGovern landed him on Nixon's notorious "enemies list" of 200 political opponents.</p><p>President Jimmy Carter named Kimelman ambassador to Haiti in 1980, during the regime of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.</p><p>---</p><p>Peter Francis Storer</p><p>SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) - Radio, television and cable industry leader and prominent philanthropist Peter Francis Storer has died. He was 81.</p><p>Storer died Sunday at his home in Saratoga, his daughter, Elizabeth Storer, said Tuesday.</p><p>Peter Storer was chief executive officer of Storer Communications, the nation's fourth-largest multiple system cable operator with stock valued at $2 billion at the time of its sale in 1986.</p><p>Storer began his career in broadcasting at WJBK-TV in Detroit, a Storer Broadcasting Company television station owned by his father.</p><p>He later became general manager of WSPD (now WTVG) in Toledo. In 1960, he opened one of the first national television representative firms, Storer TV Sales, in New York City.</p><p>Seven years later, Storer became executive vice president of Miami-based Storer Broadcasting. He became CEO following his father's death in 1975 and renamed the company Storer Communications.</p><p>He remained chief executive officer until the company was bought out in 1986.</p><p>---</p><p>Gheorghe Dinica</p><p>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Gheorghe Dinica, a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died Tuesday. He was 75.</p><p>Dinica, famous throughout Romania, died at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest from pneumonia with complications, said hospital spokesman Dr. Bogdan Oprita.</p><p>Dinica began his long acting career with a role in a Romanian film version of Albert Camus' "The Stranger" in 1963. He went on to perform in many Romanian and foreign movies, soap operas and plays, right up until his death.