MILESTONES

WON. SILVER CHARM, 3, the Preakness, by a nose over Free House. Having won the Kentucky Derby, the gray colt under jockey Gary Stevens could become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown.

ENGAGED. GEORGE SHULTZ, 76, former Secretary of State, to Charlotte Mailliard Swig, 63, chief of protocol for San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

SENTENCED. JOHN DU PONT, 58, deranged chemical heir who killed an Olympic wrestler last year in a fit of paranoia; to 13 to 30 years in state custody, to be spent in prison or a mental hospital; in Media, Pa.

DIED. JAMES FOX, 59, tenacious former FBI chief who got the goods on the Teflon don, John Gotti, and the World Trade Center bombers; of sepsis; in New York City.

DIED. HARRY BLACKSTONE, 62, melodramatic magician whose sleights of hand conjured dancing hankies, floating light bulbs and the memory of his mentor, Harry Sr.; of cancer; in Loma Linda, Calif.

DIED. JOAN WESTON, 62, Roller Derby dervish who wreaked mayhem in the rink from the 1950s to the '70s; of a brain disease; in Hayward, Calif.

DIED. DEAN KELLEY, 70, vigilant United Methodist minister who crusaded on behalf of God and the Constitution; of cancer; in West Swanzey, N.H. At the National Council of Churches, Kelley defended all believers.

DIED. LAURIE LEE, 82, British poet whose memoirs traced the paths of his boyhood and the Andalusian trails of war; in Gloucestershire, England. The Edge of Day bore the musty scent of memory--and first love in the hay.

DIED. ALTON BLAKESLEE, 83, acclaimed science writer whose unpretentious prose for the Associated Press made even the atom bomb seem comprehensible; on Long Island, N.Y.