MILESTONES

CONVICTION OVERTURNED. Of "Hollywood Madam" HEIDI FLEISS, 30, found guilty in 1994 of pandering; by a state appeals court; in Los Angeles. The court ruled jurors had made a "farce" of the trial by trading votes. The ruling does not affect a separate federal money-laundering conviction, for which she awaits sentencing.

AILING. HERB CAEN, 80, prolific Pulitzer-prizewinning San Francisco Chronicle columnist-humorist; of lung cancer; in San Francisco. Caen announced his illness in his column.

DIED. JERRY JUNKINS, 58, strong free-trade advocate and chairman of Texas Instruments; of a heart attack; while on a business trip to Germany.

DIED. TIMOTHY LEARY, 75, the Harvard psychology professor and lsd guru who encouraged the rebellious 1960s generation to "turn on, tune in, drop out"; of cancer; in Beverly Hills, California. A cyberspace enthusiast, he turned his battle with cancer ("the beginning of the most fascinating part of my life") into a public event that fans could follow on his Website. His last lucid conversation was apparently with author William Burroughs, to whom he said, "I hope someday I'm as funny as you."

DIED. TAMARA TOUMANOVA, 77, one of George Balanchine's 1930s "baby ballerina" prodigies; in Santa Monica, California. During a long, prolific and internationally acclaimed career, she danced and collaborated with some of the century's greatest artists.

DIED. LASH LARUE, 78, character actor best remembered for his bullwhip-cracking, black-outfitted cowboy roles in B westerns of the 1940s; in Burbank, California. His films include Song of Old Wyoming, Law of the Lash and King of the Bullwhip.

DIED. JENNINGS LANG, 81, producer of the blockbuster Airport disaster films and the Sensurround sensation Earthquake; in Palm Desert, California.