MARRIED. Rachel Ward, 25, English actress who played the cassock-chasing heroine of TV's The Thorn Birds; and Bryan Brown, 35, rugged Australian actor who was her spurned husband in the mini-series but who struck real-life romantic sparks while they were filming; both for the first time; in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England.

MARRIED. Yul Brynner, 62, the long-running King of Siam now approaching his 4,000th performance as the monarch in The King and I; and Kathy Lee, 25, Malaysian principal dancer in the current show, which is touring the Western U.S.; he for the fourth time, she for the first; in San Francisco.

MARRIAGE REVEALED. Herschel Walker, 21, University of Georgia Bulldog turned multimillion-dollar New Jersey General; and Cynthia DeAngelis, 21, Georgia business major; both for the first time; on March 31, in Bloomingdale, NJ. Three days after the wedding Walker rushed for 177 yds. and three touchdowns (vs. 261 yds. in four previous pro games), leading the way to a 35-21 win, the Generals' first, over the Arizona Wranglers.

DIED. William Henry Tunner, 76, Air Force general and genius of military air transport; of heart disease; in Gloucester, Va. He commanded three of the 20th century's historic airlifts: the World War II cargo transport over the Himalayan "Hump" from India to China, the massive 1948-49 Berlin operation that moved 13,000 tons a day of coal and food to the Soviet-blockaded city, and the Korean War's Combat Cargo Command that air-dropped supplies to U.S. troops trapped in North Korea by the Chinese.

DIED. Gloria Swanson, 84, quintessential symbol of movie glamour for seven decades; of heart disease; in New York City. Early on, Swanson said, "I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody, from the studio gateman to the highest executive, will know it." Even when she was in eclipse, everybody did. She got her Hollywood start in Mack Sennett comedies, followed by a series of naughty sex farces. Ambitious for more varied roles, Swanson formed a production company in 1927, which numbered among its backers Joseph P. Kennedy (with whom she claimed to have had an affair), and made some of her best movies, including Sadie Thompson (1928). Her career then faded, until her triumphant 1950 comeback as Sunset Boulevard's aging actress Norma Desmond. "You used to be big," the silent-screen star is told. "I am big," intones Swanson unforgettably. "It's the pictures that got small." Married six times, enthusiastic about health foods and natural cosmetics, maker and spender of millions, she never got small. In her final film role (Airport 1975), she portrayed herself. It was the role she never misplayed. This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so viewer discretion is required.