Milestones

By Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Ling Minhua, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Joel Stein and Josh Tyrangiel

SETTLEMENT OFFERED. By the families of dead Columbine teen gunmen DYLAN KLEBOLD and ERIC HARRIS, and by the family of imprisoned MARK MANES (who sold the teens one of the guns used in the April 1999 rampage that killed 13 and wounded at least 23); of $1.6 million, cobbled together mostly from homeowners' insurance policies; in Denver, Colo. Relatives of the victims had requested at least $3 million in insurance funds, to be divided among more than 30 families.

DIED. SIR MALCOLM BRADBURY, 68, British biographer, novelist, critic, teacher and champion of young writers; after a long illness; in Norwich, England. In 1970, with Angus Wilson, Bradbury founded England's first creative-writing program at the University of East Anglia--to the consternation of British academics, who insisted writing could not be taught. Graduates of the program included future Booker Prize winners Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro.

DIED. HENRY GONZALEZ, 84, cantankerously quixotic former Democratic Congressman who served from 1961 to '98; in San Antonio, Texas. The first Mexican American to represent Texas, "Henry B." developed his combative style in the 1930s by boxing in illegal matches to pay his college tuition, eventually becoming a Golden Gloves champ--a skill he almost used in a Capitol Hill cloakroom on a G.O.P. colleague who called him a "pinko." In 1989 he became chairman of the powerful House Banking Committee, speaking out on the S.-and-L. scandals and Iraqi arms sales--and calling for President Bush's impeachment. Though a hero to South Texas Hispanics, Gonzalez refused to be classified "ethnic." Said he: "There are no Hispanic issues, no Anglo issues--only people issues."

DIED. LOU GROZA, 76, all-star Cleveland Browns tackle and place kicker known during his 21-year career as "the Toe"; of an apparent heart attack; in Middleburgh Heights, Ohio. Groza played during an era in which the Browns dominated. His most memorable field goal, performed in black high-top shoes and with a straight-on kicking style rarely used today, was a 16-yd. boot with seconds left, to win the 1950 championship over the L.A. Rams. College football's top kicker each year takes home the Lou Groza Award.