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Tuesday, March 16, 1999 5:16:00 PM EST

• Holly's survivors sue record label
• Kirk Alyn, movies' first Superman, dead at 88
• Doctors: Dennehy can return to 'Salesman' role
• Ankle injury sidelines Manson tour
• Brad Pitt's uninvited guest sent to counseling

LUBBOCK, Texas (CNN) -- Rock pioneer Buddy Holly's widow and several relatives are suing MCA Records, accusing the company of hoarding royalty payments and illegally producing albums without their approval.

The complaint, filed in state court, states that contracts allocating royalties to Holly's heirs are legally questionable and should be redone.

"The so-called recording agreements relied on by MCA are void and unenforceable and in certain circumstances, outright forgeries," the lawsuit states. And MCA has "grossly underpaid the fair market value of the royalties," the family alleges in the lawsuit.

Their attorney, Kevin Glasheen, said the case involves several million dollars. The lawsuit does not specify a damage amount.

"It's bad form to steal from a dead man, but unfortunately in the music industry it happens," Glasheen said. "The problem is that MCA, just like a lot of people who owe money, won't pay it until they have to."

MCA, based in Los Angeles, did not return phone calls seeking comment.

Holly died in a plane crash in 1959, at age 21. His hits included "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue."

HOUSTON (CNN) -- Actor Kirk Alyn, the first man to play Superman in the movies, has died after a long illness, his family said Monday. He was 88.

Alyn was a dancer who followed friend Red Skelton to Hollywood before donning the cape and tights of the Man of Steel in 1948. He died Sunday in a hospital near his home in The Woodlands, Texas, just north of Houston.

Alyn's real name was John Feggo Jr. The Oxford, New Jersey native appeared in vaudeville acts and chorus lines in New York before going into films. He was 37 when he appeared in the first Superman film serial, titled simply "Superman." He went on to play the part again in 1950's "Atom Man vs. Superman."

"I didn't think you could ever put Superman on film," Alyn told The Associated Press in 1987, the superhero's 50th anniversary. "They brought the people from D.C. Comics over and they said, 'Hey, he looks just like Clark Kent.'"

Alyn later complained that his role as Superman had typecast him, as it would his successor in the part, George Reeves. But he returned to the superhero's story in 1978, appearing unbilled as young Lois Lane's father while Christopher Reeve played Superman.

Dennehy

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Brian Dennehy can return to work on stage on Wednesday, doctors say.

The 59-year-old actor is now starring in a revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." He was hospitalized with high blood pressure early Sunday morning, forcing the Broadway production to cancel two performances.

Dennehy's role as Willy Loman requires him to be on stage for almost three hours. He has no understudy.

Publicist Richard Kornberg said Dennehy was expected to be released Tuesday, but doctors want him to rest at home overnight before returning to work Wednesday.

Manson

INGLEWOOD, California (CNN) -- Marilyn Manson has canceled three concerts after spraining an ankle during a show.

The shock-rocker hurt himself jumping from a speaker onto the stage Sunday night at the Great Western Forum, cutting the concert short.

"It wasn't anything spectacular or acrobatic," Manson said Monday. "It was something I'd do a million times a show."

Manson has been told to rest his ankle for five days, forcing him to pull the plug on shows in San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Rolando

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A woman who broke into Brad Pitt's home has been ordered into counseling -- immediately.

Municipal Court Judge Dale Fischer issued the order Monday after Athena Marie Rolando, 20, said she had signed up for counseling but hadn't started yet.

It was one of the terms of a three-year probation term handed down last month when Rolando pleaded no contest to misdemeanor trespassing. She was discovered wearing Pitt's clothes and sleeping in an upstairs bedroom.

Pitt, who has starred in such movies as "Meet Joe Black" and "Twelve Monkeys," was not home at the time of the break-in. Rolando has denied having an obsession with him.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.