Born. To Mimi Benzell, 29, Metropolitan Opera soprano turned TV songbird, and Concert Manager Walter A. Gould, 34: their first child, a son; in Manhattan. Name: Jonathan Willis. Weight: 7 Ibs. 5 oz.
Married. William Vincent Astor, 61, retired U.S. Naval Reserve captain and real-estate king and Socialite Roberta Russell Marshall, fortyish; both for the third time; in Bar Harbor, Me.
Died. Kathleen Ferrier. 41, Lancashire lass who found her singing voice at 25 and was soon acclaimed one of the world's top contraltos; of cancer; in London.
Died. Nigel Bruce, 58, cinemactor, best known for his characterizations of Sherlock Holmes's bumbling friend, Dr....