Milestones

BORN. To Angelina Jolie, 31, and Brad Pitt, 42, a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt; in Namibia.

SELECTED. Taylor Hicks, 29, exuberant Alabama roadhouse singer; as the new winner of American Idol, whose finale generated from viewers nearly 64 million votes, more than any U.S. President has received. He overcame a midseason thumbs-down from judge Simon Cowell, who likened Hicks to a "drunken father singing at a wedding."

CONVICTED. Kenneth Lay, 64, and Jeffrey Skilling, 52, former chiefs of Enron; of fraud and conspiracy; in Houston. (See page 34.)

DIED. Edouard Michelin, 42, who in 1999 succeeded his father Franc,ois as CEO of the tire company bearing the family name; in a boating accident near Ile de Sein, France. An engineer and onetime assembly-line worker who rose through the ranks, he controversially cut thousands of jobs in an effort to best rival Bridgestone/ Firestone and modernized the company by combatting its longsecretive image, freshening its marketing efforts, and sponsoring the annual Challenge Bibendum, in which automakers worldwide compete to create the most eco-friendly cars.

DIED. Ian Copeland, 57, weighty booking agent who in the 1970s helped develop the U.S. rock-club circuit and popularized such new-wave acts as the Police (for which his brother Stewart played drums), Squeeze and the B-52s; of melanoma; in Los Angeles. Frontier Booking International, the agency he later co-founded, represented Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Go-Gos and R.E.M.

DIED. Lee Jong-wook, 61, impassioned, respected South Korean director general of the World Health Organization, who, in his 23 years at the agency, successfully campaigned to expand access to drugs and vaccines for diseases, including tuberculosis and polio, and championed treatment for the world's neediest, especially AIDS victims; after emergency surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain; at the start of WHO's weeklong annual meeting; in Geneva. Loudly focusing global attention on AIDS--which had fallen off the organization's radar--he pushed a bold "3x5" plan with the hope of treating by 2005 at least half of the more than 6 million living with AIDS. The plan fell short of its goal, but Lee's efforts helped triple the number of patients in poor countries receiving treatment.

DIED. Desmond Dekker, 64, Kingston welder turned rocker who introduced ska and reggae to the world beyond Jamaica, scoring a Top 10 single in both the U.S. and England with his 1968 song Israelites; of an apparent heart attack; in Surrey, England. Before most people had heard of Bob Marley, Dekker chronicled Jamaican street life in songs like Rude Boy Train; 007 (Shanty Town), which appeared on the sound track of the film The Harder They Come; and a cover of Jimmy Cliff's You Can Get It If You Really Want.

DIED. Anthony Li Du'an, 79, Chinese Archbishop of Xian who spent years in jail under Mao Zedong, then helped revive the Catholic Church after the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution; in Xian. One of four Chinese bishops invited to a conference at the Vatican last fall by Pope Benedict XVI (the Chinese government barred them from attending), Li grew his diocese--part of China's state-run church, which does not officially recognize Rome's authority--to 60 parishes and 20,000 members. Steadfastly loyal to the Holy See, he pushed for reconciliation between Beijing and the Vatican. "We publicly pray for the Pope," he said, "and have no reticence about saying the church is one."

DIED. Lloyd Bentsen, 85, courtly, influential former Senator from Texas and Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1988; in Houston. As the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1987-92 and Bill Clinton's first Treasury Secretary, the pro-choice, pro-business Democrat was widely admired as a bipartisan coalition builder. Yet Bentsen will be forever remembered for a singularly potent moment during a 1988 debate. The vice presidential candidate on Michael Dukakis' ticket, he bridled at Dan Quayle, then 41 and a Senator from Indiana, who was defending his youth and experience by comparing himself to John F. Kennedy. "Senator," Bentsen said, seething, "I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

DIED. Katherine Dunham, 96, anthropologist and choreographer who founded the first black modern-dance company and influenced artists from Alvin Ailey to James Dean with her Dunham Technique, a blend of Afro-Caribbean folk, classical and modern movement; in New York City. The exacting "Miss D" worked on Broadway and in Hollywood, and staged sensual, often political pieces--1951's Southland depicted a lynching--that delighted and jarred audiences. The National Medal of Arts recipient was equally ardent about the world in which her art was received. She founded a school in impoverished East St. Louis, Ill. In Haiti, where she had a home, she trained as a voodoo priest and grew apricots and avocados in a lush oasis that she opened to the public. At 82, she went on a 47-day hunger strike to protest the U.S.'s forced repatriation of Haitian refugees. "My job," she said, "is to create a useful legacy."

With reporting by Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Kathleen Kingsbury, Ellin Martens, Rebecca Myers, Joseph R. Santo