Monday, Apr. 28, 1997

MILESTONES

MARRIED. CHRIS O'DONNELL, 26, wholesome Hollywood heartthrob; and CAROLINE FENTRESS, 24, a teacher; in Washington.

DIED. EMILIO AZCARRAGA MILMO, 66, aggressive Mexican broadcasting magnate who built the $1.5 billion Televisa radio, TV, publishing and music conglomerate into the Spanish-speaking world's largest media empire; of cancer; in Miami. Known as "El Tigre," he dominated Mexican television news for decades, steering coverage to support the longtime governing party.

DIED. CAROL BOTWIN, 68, sexologist author and columnist; of cancer; in New York City. An infidelity expert, Botwin bared eye-popping findings that 60% to 75% of married men cheat at least once and 40% of wed women seek an extramarital relationship.

DIED. L. BRENT BOZELL, 71, a fixture of conservative thought and activism; of pneumonia; in Bethesda, Maryland. Founder of the Catholic journal Triumph, he wrote for the National Review, co-authored a book sympathetic to Joseph McCarthy with brother-in-law William Buckley and helped write speeches for Barry Goldwater.

DIED. PAUL HENSON, 71, bold telephone chief whose costly construction of the first major fiber-optic network turned Sprint into the third largest U.S. long-distance carrier; of complications from liver cancer; in Palm Springs, California.

DIED. JOHN LANDRY, 73, Philip Morris marketing executive who spurred the Marlboro Man into a galloping ad success; of cancer; in Bronxville, New York. A Thoroughbred enthusiast, he founded the Marlboro Cup, a leading stakes race that folded in 1987. DIED. CHAIM HERZOG, 78, urbane, articulate former President of Israel and exemplar of the nation's soldier-statesman tradition; in Tel Aviv. As U.N. ambassador in 1975, Herzog during debate defiantly tore up the infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism. (Years later, it was repealed.) As President, the ex-general worked to broker rifts in coalition Cabinets, isolate some extremists and push for voting reforms. DIED. GERALD PIAGET, 79, style-conscious co-founder of the family watchmaking firm famed for its ultraslim, ultraexpensive timepieces for women; in Areuse, Switzerland.

DIED. GEORGE WALD, 90, politically engaged biologist whose research on how the eye transmits images to the brain earned him a 1967 Nobel Prize; in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A proponent of "survival politics," he became an outspoken Vietnam War opponent, arms-race foe and human-rights advocate.

DIED. DOROTHY NORMAN, 92, Renaissance-woman photographer, writer and liberal activist who had a relationship with Alfred Stieglitz and was the subject of many of his photos; in East Hampton, New York. Among her many works: a Stieglitz biography and a book on India's Jawaharlal Nehru.