Broderick Crawford Gravely Ill

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Broderick Crawford, who played the beefy, take-charge chief in television’s “Highway Patrol” and won an Oscar in 1949 for “All the King’s Men,” was reported in poor condition today at Eisenhower Medical Center. “He’s very, very ill,” said Al Melnick, longtime agent for Crawford, 75. “He’s had a series of strokes, and a big one about a year ago. He just hasn’t been coming along.”