DIED. Lillian Gish, 99, silent movie star; in New York City. Before cinema had sound, it had something every bit as expressive: the face of Lillian Gish, who debuted on stage at five and went on to become the pre-eminent actress of pretalkie Hollywood, best remembered for her work in such D.W. Griffith classics as Intolerance and Way Down East. Gish also triumphed in theater and talking motion pictures as recently as the 1980s (Sweet Liberty and The Whales of August).