Milestones

By Kathleen Adams, Daniel Eisenberg, Tam Gray, Anita Hamilton, Declan McCullagh, Michele Orecklin, Alain Sanders

HONORED. HUGH THOMPSON, LAWRENCE COLBURN and GLENN ANDREOTTA, who 30 years ago halted the My Lai massacre by turning their weapons on fellow U.S. soldiers; in Washington. Andreotta was killed in battle three weeks later.

DIVORCED. MARIAH CAREY, 27, chart-topping singer-songwriter; from Sony Music Entertainment chief TOMMY MOTTOLA, 49; after five years of marriage and a 10-month separation. Carey recorded her biggest hits for Sony labels.

DIED. ALBERT LIPPERT, 72, diet-business fat cat who, as a founder of Weight Watchers, turned a flair for business and an expanding girth into a menu for success; in South Africa. While dieting in 1963, Lippert decided to market his regimen, ultimately spawning national franchises, a frozen-food line, and a new obsession with the scale.

DIED. FRED FRIENDLY, 82, broadcasting pioneer and former president of CBS News whose early documentary work set the standard for journalistic integrity; in New York. Friendly quit CBS when the network ran a repeat of I Love Lucy while NBC broadcast a live Senate hearing on Vietnam. (See EULOGY below.)

DIED. HENRY STEELE COMMAGER, 95, pre-eminent chronicler of American history and ardent defender of the Constitution upon which the country was founded; in Amherst, Mass. For close to 70 years, Commager's essays, books and meditations probed the nation's politics and psyche. A teacher for 65 years, Commager wrote books that served as lucid primers for generations of students. An early and vocal opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Commager embraced the Jeffersonian view that given adequate information, Americans would ultimately use common sense to make informed decisions.