BORN. To Jill Clayburgh, 38, film actress (An Unmarried Woman, I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can) and David Rabe, 42, her playwright husband (Sticks and Bones, Streamers): a daughter, their first child; in New York City. Name: Lily. Weight: 7 1bs. 14 oz.

DIED. Igor Gouzenko, 63, cipher expert in the Soviet Union's Ottawa embassy whose defection in 1945 defused a major North American Soviet spy ring bent on extracting Western atomic bomb secrets; of a heart attack; in Mississauga, Ont. The information that Gouzenko brought with him exposed for the first time the extent of the Soviet intelligence web in the U.S. and Canada. Hypersensitive to personal danger, Gouzenko thereafter never appeared in public without disguising himself or covering his head with a bag.

DIED. Harry Mills, 68, one of the original Mills Brothers, singer of most of the scat parts and baritone solos for the barbershop-swing group, whose mellow and enduringly contemporary sound (Paper Doll, Lazy River, Glow Worm) withstood shifts in musical fashions and gave Mills a singing career that spanned 57 years; of cancer; in Los Angeles.

DIED. Pierre Balmain, 68, chosen designer of the aristocracy and one of the reigning leaders of haute couture during Paris' halcyon dominance of the fashion world; of liver cancer; in Paris. A onetime architectural student who apprenticed to Couturiers Molyneux and Lucien LeLong before opening La Maison Pierre Balmain in 1945, he was one of those who introduced the postwar soft, feminine "new look," a welcome relief from the severe, mannish lines of the 1930s and 1940s. His subtly tailored suits and classic dresses could be worn from one year to the next, reflecting Balmain's wish to be timeless rather than trendy, elegant rather than eclectic. "In this heady adventure," he once said of designing, "the most difficult thing is not to be extravagant, but to strip oneself down and know when to stop.'' His only excesses were his sumptuous ball gowns. Creator in 1953 of Jolie Madame perfume, Balmain worked from his hospital bed on his final collection, which will be on the Paris runways July 26.

DIED. Henry King, 96, versatile director of more than 100 films, from silent-era chestnuts like Stella Dallas (1925) to Twelve O'Clock High (1949), The Gunfighter (1950) and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); in Toluca Lake, Calif. An early champion of location shooting who flew his own small plane to scout the areas he used, King had an especially sharp eye for spotting undiscovered talent and helped to launch careers for such stars as Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper, Jennifer Jones and Ronald Colman (whose dapper trademark mustache King first drew on the actor with a retouching pencil).

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