Milestones

By Melissa August, Greg Burke, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, John Rosenblatt, Josh Tyrangiel, Alexandra Wolfe

MARRIED. CANDICE BERGEN, 54, star of Murphy Brown and widow of director Louis Malle, and MARSHALL ROSE, 63, real estate magnate; in New York City.

DIED. JUDD ROSE, 45, co-anchor for CNN NewsStand since 1998, known for his keen wit, lucid prose and sharp reporting; of a brain tumor; in New York City. He discussed living with cancer during one of the broadcasts that marked his 16-year career at ABC.

DIED. FRANK PATTERSON, 58, Irish tenor who recorded 36 albums in six languages, in styles ranging from opera to folk ballad; of cancer; in New York City.

DIED. MICHAELA ODONE, 61, activist who developed a treatment for her son Lorenzo's degenerative brain disease and was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the film Lorenzo's Oil; of lung cancer; in Fairfax, Va.

DIED. ROBERT J. LURTSEMA, 68, host of classical-music radio show Morning pro musica, known for his sonorous voice and his practice of playing a recording of a birdsong at the opening of his show; of lung disease.

KNIGHTED. MICHAEL CAINE, 67, two-time Oscar winner (Hannah and Her Sisters, The Cider House Rules), after recently complaining he felt frozen out of his country and his profession; in London.

DIED. ROBERT TRENT JONES SR., 93, golf architect who designed or remodeled more than 450 courses, many renowned for their natural obstacles, which he believed kept golf a challenging game; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

DIED. EMPRESS DOWAGER NAGAKO, 97, widow of Japanese Emperor Hirohito and mother of reigning Emperor Akihito; at Tokyo's royal palace. She married Hirohito in 1924 and became Empress in 1926. Born a princess, Nagako reportedly had cool relations with daughter-in-law Michiko, the current Empress and the first commoner to marry a Japanese Crown Prince.