Cleveland Amory (1917-1998),who had been called ""the premier protector of animals on this planet,"" wrotethreeNew York Timesbestsellers about his cats-The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, andThe Best Cat Ever. A former columnist forSaturday Review, the chief critic forTV Guide, and contributing editor ofParademagazine, Amory founded theFund for Animalsin 1967, from whose headquarters in New York City he directed his far-flung anticruelty operations.