* Lawrence Hilford; Former Chief of Orion Home Entertainment

Lawrence Hilford, 57, former chairman and chief executive officer of Orion Home Entertainment Corp. He presided over the growth of the cable, pay-TV and syndication company from a $20-million operation in 1956, its first year, to $181 million in revenues when he retired in 1991. Hilford was chairman of CBS/Fox Video from 1982 to 1985 and a senior vice president with Columbia Pictures Industries from 1978 to 1981. He also was a consultant to the Bravo network and helped form the Playboy Channel. In New York City on Friday of lymphoma.