In the case of Scotland, use of a blue background for the Saint Andrew's Cross is said to date from at least the 15th century, with the first certain illustration of a flag depicting such appearing in Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount 's Register of Scottish Arms, circa 1542.
Dennis Johnson, a brilliant defensive player who helped propel the Seattle SuperSonics and the to N.B.A. championships, died yesterday in Austin, Tex. He was 52. The cause was a heart attack, the National Basketball Association said.
Murry Wilson died of a heart attack in 1973, aged 55. Dennis, the middle son, drowned in a Los Angeles marina in 1983. Carl, the youngest, succumbed to cancer in 1998, shortly after the death of Audree. Brian, now 67, continues to perform around the world to great acclaim.