Milestones, Aug. 16, 1971

Divorced. Vincente Minnelli, 68, Oscar-winning Hollywood director (Gigi, 1958) and father, by his previous marriage to Judy Garland, of Singer-Actress Liza Minnelli; and Denise Minnelli, 40, best-dressed and bejeweled Beverly Hills hostess; after ten years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles.

Died. Philip J. Levin, 62, multimillionaire real estate developer and president of the Madison Square Garden Corp.: of a heart attack; in Manhattan. The balding wheeler-dealer amassed much of his fortune of more than $100 million by building scores of shopping centers from Maine to Miami. He also became MGM's largest single stockholder, and in 1966 and 1967 staged unsuccessful...

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