Milestones

By Harriet Barovick, Michelle Derrow, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, David Spitz, Flora Tartakovsky and Chris Taylor

MISTRIAL DECLARED. In Ken Starr's case against JULIE HIATT STEELE, 52, ex-friend of alleged Clinton gropee Kathleen Willey; after a jury deadlocked; in Alexandria, Va. Steele, who contradicted Willey, was accused of testifying falsely.

DIED. DIRK BOGARDE, 78, British actor who transcended matinee-idol looks with darkly serious roles; in London. He starred in A Tale of Two Cities (1958) and Hollywood films but will be best remembered for Victim (1961), a tale of homosexual blackmail, and his acclaimed performance in the film version of Death in Venice (1971).

DIED. TIBOR KALMAN, 49, Budapest-born guru of progressive graphic design; of non-Hodgkins lymphoma; near San Juan, Puerto Rico. Through his firm M&Co. and his role as editor in chief of Benetton's socio-political house magazine Colors, Kalman promoted social activism as much as innovative, anti-Establishment design techniques. (See Eulogy.)

DIED. WILLIAM WOODWARD III, 54, member of a wealthy family best known for its morbid history; after plunging 14 stories from his apartment; in New York City. In 1955 his mother, a showgirl turned society maven, accidentally shot his father to death at their Long Island estate. In 1975, as Truman Capote was to publish a fictionalized account of Woodward Jr.'s death, she killed herself.

DIED. LEON HESS, 85, former oil tycoon and owner of the New York Jets; in New York City. Hess, whose net worth last year was estimated by Forbes to be $720 million, bought in to the team in 1963, later becoming sole owner.

DIED. OLIVER REED, 61, hard-drinking British actor; after falling ill in a bar; in Valetta, Malta. Best known for his early roles in Women in Love, Oliver! and The Three Musketeers, Reed cultivated with great vigor a bad-guy image offscreen, referring to himself as a "tawdry character who explodes now and again."