Milestones

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Amanda Bower, Roy B. White, Rebecca Winters

FOUND. A dismembered body believed by Pakistani police to be the remains of DANIEL PEARL, 38, the Wall Street Journal reporter killed, allegedly by Islamic militants, last winter; on the outskirts of Karachi. Investigators are conducting DNA tests to confirm the identity.

DIED. SIHUNG LUNG, 72, Taiwanese actor who played key roles in director Ang Lee's best-known films, including last year's Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (he was Sir Te, the sage court official who receives the 400-year-old sword); of liver failure; in Taipei.

DIED. JOSE LUTZENBERGER, 75, outspoken Brazilian environmentalist; after a heart attack; in Porto Alegre. Once a salesman for a German chemical company, Lutzenberger changed jobs after visiting an apple orchard that had been sprayed with his company's chemicals. As Brazil's Secretary of the Environment, Lutzenberger pushed for punitive measures for industrial polluters and helped create an oasis in the Amazon for the Yanomami Indians.

DIED. JOE BLACK, 78, Brooklyn Dodgers right-hander who was National League Rookie of the Year in 1952, when he became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game; of prostate cancer; in Scottsdale, Ariz. Black was playing in the Negro Leagues when the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson in 1945. At that point, the Plainfield, N.J., native later told an interviewer, "I started dreaming." He went on to pitch for the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators before retiring in 1957 with a career record of 30-12.

DIED. EARL SHAFFER, 83, reclusive adventurer who in 1948 became the first person to hike the length of the Appalachian Trail in one trip; of liver cancer; in Lebanon, Pa. He made the then 2,058-mile voyage from Georgia to Maine in 124 days.

DIED. BILL PEET, 87, Disney artist and writer whose vivid stories were instrumental in defining the studio; in Studio City, Calif. Second only to Walt Disney in his talent for cartoon storytelling, Peet wrote the screenplay for 101 Dalmatians, created Dumbo and contributed to Fantasia, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. After retiring from animation in the mid-1960s, he wrote award-winning children's books.

DIED. JOSEPH STEINER, 95, co-founder of Kenner toys, producer of such hits as Play-Doh, the Easy-Bake Oven and the Close 'N Play Phonograph; near Cincinnati, Ohio. Steiner stumbled upon the idea for his 1947 Bubble Rocket while researching soap bubbles.