1992Year Joseph H. McCann Jr., a retired lawyer for the International Business Machines Corporation, died on Saturday at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 70 years old. He died after a long illness, his family said. Joseph H. McCann Jr.

1992Year Elliott B. Nixon, an expert in maritime law, died on Nov. 3 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. He was 71 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died after a brief illness, said a spokesman for his law firm, Burlingham Underwood. Elliott B. Nixon

1939Year Fox, Grant C GRANT C. FOX

1959Year HICKSVILLE, L. I., April 29 -- Charles H. Stoll, a 71-yearold lawyer who will complete fifty years of practice soon, sat behind his desk and gazed reflectively at the walls of his office here today. He was wondering where he could find space for a polar bear head and skin. More Room at the Top? Not Here

1990Year LEAD: Jerome Wolk, a lawyer and real-estate developer on eastern Long Island, died on Sunday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, L.I. He was 73 years old and lived in Great Neck. Jerome Wolk

1988Year LEAD: John S. McCook, a lawyer who headed the New York State Attorney General's election frauds bureau in the 1950's, died Sunday at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., after suffering a stroke. He was 75 years old and lived in Old Lyme, Conn. John S. McCook