RETIRING. MARGARET THATCHER, 76, Europe's first woman Prime Minister, who as Conservative leader of Britain earned the nickname "Iron Lady" for her battles against socialism and the labor unions; from the public lecture circuit; after suffering a series of small strokes; in London.
AILING. PAMELA ANDERSON, 34, TV actress; with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal but often treatable virus that attacks the liver; in Los Angeles. The former Baywatch star said she contracted it by sharing a tattoo needle with her rocker ex-husband Tommy Lee, whom she is battling for custody of their children. Lee's publicist denied he had the virus,...