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* Margaret Mason; Soap Opera Actress

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Margaret Mason, 58, actress best known for her work on television soap operas, including “The Young and the Restless.” Mason portrayed Eve Howard on the popular CBS series intermittently from the 1970s into the 1990s. She also starred in the soap operas “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” and portrayed Selena Cross on “Return to Peyton Place” in 1972. Born in Phoenixville, Pa., Mason appeared on Broadway in “Boys Will Be Boys” and had bit parts in several films. She also appeared on such television series as “Wagon Train,” “Ironside,” “The Wild, Wild West,” “Adam 12” and “Playhouse 90.” On Friday in Silverdale, Wash., of a heart attack.

* Cecile Salomon; Philanthropist, Musician

Cecile Salomon, 95, San Diego philanthropist and classical musician. Born in St. Joseph, Mo., she married Irving Salomon, who made a fortune manufacturing metal furniture in Chicago and in the late 1950s served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. After the couple moved to San Diego in 1946, they raised prize-winning Hereford cattle and thoroughbred racehorses on their Rancho Lilac in Valley Center and had many real estate interests. The artistic “Cee Cee” played classical piano and composed liturgical music still used in many Jewish temples across the country. After her husband’s death in 1979, Salomon continued their philanthropic endeavors and was particularly known for her donations to UC San Diego Hospital, KPBS-TV, the Jewish Family Service and Congregation Beth Israel. She personally commissioned a sculpture of William Shakespeare by Roy Madsen, which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II, for San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. The Salomons also donated Salomon Hall to the University of San Diego and the Salomon Theater at Point Loma Nazarene College. Her daughter, Abbe Stutz, served on the San Diego City Council. On Friday in San Diego.

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