Milestones

DIED

Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, a Nobel Prize--winning neurologist who discovered nerve growth factor, a protein vital to the survival of certain nerve cells.

FIRED

Andy Reid, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 14 years--the longest tenure in the NFL--after a 4-12 season. Also axed: Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith.

DIED

Jean Harris, 89, who as headmistress of the Madeira School for girls was front-page news in 1980 for killing her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, author of The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, after he took up with a younger woman.

DIED

Harry Carey Jr., 91, who acted in more than...

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