Milestones, Dec. 3, 1973

Born. To Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, 41, vice chairman of the 1972 Democratic Convention and first member of the House of Representatives to be granted maternity leave, and William A. Burke, 34, health care consultant: their first child, a daughter; hi Los Angeles. Name: Autumn Roxanne.

Died. Allan Sherman, 49, whose album of folk-song parodies, My Son, the Folksinger, was a 1960s comedy hit; of emphysema; in Los Angeles. After lean years as a TV gagwriter and obscure success as one of the creators of I've Got a Secret, Sherman achieved instant stardom with such lyrics as "Do not make a stingy sandwich./...

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