MILESTONES

ENGAGED. MARGARET WILLIAMS, the First Lady's chief of staff, and Bill Barrett, a spokesman at the AmeriCorps service agency; in Washington.

DIVORCING. Singer LATOYA JACKSON and agent-hubby JACK GORDON; in Las Vegas. Alleging beatings and death threats, Jackson has obtained a temporary protective order.

ACQUITTED. DR. JACK KEVORKIAN, 67, the right-to-die activist; of common-law assisted-suicide charges; in Pontiac, Michigan. The jury's not-guilty verdicts marked prosecutors' third failure to convict "Dr. Death."

RETIRING. EARVIN ("MAGIC") JOHNSON, 36, Lakers basketball star; for the third time as a player, after a disappointing and controversial comeback season; in Los Angeles. His agent said the celebrated HIV-positive player's decision was not health related.

RECOVERING. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, 68, dethroned House Ways and Means chairman who last month pleaded guilty to mail fraud; after prostate cancer surgery; in Washington.

DIED. SCOTT BRAYTON, 37, the race-car driver who held the coveted pole position for the Indianapolis 500 this weekend; in a 235-m.p.h. crash during a practice run; in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DIED. RICHARD CLURMAN, 72, TIME's first chief of correspondents; of a heart attack; in Quogue, New York. Clurman built a network of correspondents around the world that he inspired with his own curiosity, energy and passion. Said TIME's Hugh Sidey last week: "He never panicked in a crisis, was always instructive when correcting you--and there was always laughter when he was around." Later Clurman took on cultural challenges, serving as New York City administrator of parks, recreation and cultural affairs and on the board of Lincoln Center. His books include To the End of Time, which was critical of the Time Warner merger.