Herbert G. Klein

SAN DIEGO—Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon’s ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, died Thursday. He was 91.

Klein died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, family members told the Union-Tribune.

Klein became a special correspondent for Copley after serving with the Navy in World War II. He covered Nixon’s 1946 congressional campaign for Copley, starting an association that would eventually lead him to the White House.

Klein accompanied Vice President Nixon to Moscow in 1959 for historic meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The next year, he represented Nixon in setting the terms for his debate with John F. Kennedy—the first televised debates between presidential candidates.

Klein resigned as Nixon’s communications director in 1973, one year before the Watergate scandal forced the president to step down.



Anna Karen Morrow

ENCINO, Calif.—Anna Karen Morrow, an actress who had a regular role on the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place” and also appeared on Broadway, in films and on numerous other television shows, died Wednesday. She was 94.

Her son-in-law, Darrell Christian, confirmed Morrow’s death.

Her film credits included “The Price of Fear,” which starred Merle Oberon, “The Wrong Man” alongside Henry Fonda and “It Happened in Athens” with Jayne Mansfield.

On “Peyton Place,” she played Mrs. Chernak, the Harrington family housekeeper. Morrow also appeared in the TV series “Star Trek,” “Gunsmoke,” “Hazel” and “The Perry Como Show,” and on Broadway in the play “Red Gloves.” Before acting, she was a model in New York.

She was the widow of Jeff Morrow, who also acted on stage and screen and was perhaps best known for his performances in several science fiction films that achieved cult status. He died in 1993.