Milestones

By Val Castronovo, Chen Dan, Daniel S. Levy, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Chris Taylor and Josh Tyrangiel

ARRAIGNED. SHAWN CARTER (a.k.a. JAY-Z), 29, Grammy-winning rapper; on assault charges, for allegedly stabbing a record executive; in New York City.

EUTHANIZED. HSING-HSING, 28, giant panda given by China to the National Zoo to commemorate Nixon's 1972 visit; owing to kidney disease; in Washington. Hsing-Hsing, whose name means "shining star," will be preserved and displayed at the Smithsonian.

DIED. MIKE OCKRENT, 53, British director whose perky retro-musicals, Me and My Girl and Crazy for You, were hits in London and on Broadway; of leukemia; in New York City.

DIED. MADELINE KAHN, 57, devilishly ditsy singer-comedian; of ovarian cancer; in New York City. A diva of light farce, Kahn was Oscar-nominated for best supporting floozy in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974). She won a 1993 Tony for Best Actress in The Sisters Rosensweig.

DIED. MARTA DORION, 61, former TIME chief of reporters and 38-year veteran of Time Inc.; of a brain hemorrhage; in Harrington Park, N.J. (see Eulogy).

DIED. CHARLIE BYRD, 74, classically trained jazz-guitar virtuoso; of cancer; in Annapolis, Md. His 1962 album Jazz Samba, with saxophonist Stan Getz, popularized bossa nova in North America. Byrd recorded more than 100 albums, and was honored this year by Brazil as a Knight of the Rio Branco.

DIED. GENE RAYBURN, 81, unrufflable TV quizmaster who was host of The Match Game for 14 seasons; in Gloucester, Mass. His postwar show with Dee Finch on New York's WNEW helped establish comedy as a staple of morning radio. He was Steve Allen's announcer on the original Tonight Show.

DIED. JOEY ADAMS, 88, borscht-belt wit whose syndicated daily joke column proved comedy is easy ("Myron's wife underwent plastic surgery. He cut up her credit cards"); in New York City.