Milestones: Jun. 8, 1970

Born. To Andrés Segovia, 76, classical guitarist, and Emilia Segovia, 31, his former pupil and wife of eight years: their first son, Carlos Andrés; in London.

Died. Richard Taylor, 67, cartoonist whose drawings of bored, heavy-lidded, cocktail-party sophisticates have been a feature of The New Yorker since 1935 and in recent years of Playboy as well; of cancer; in West Redding, Conn.

Died. John Gunther, 68, journalist, author and world traveler whose Inside books have sold a phenomenal 3,500,000 copies over the past 30 years; in Manhattan. Blessed with a gregarious charm and intense curiosity, Gunther first won notice in the 1930s as...

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