Milestones, Oct. 15, 1973

Born. To Melanie, 25, baby-voiced folk-schmalz singer whose most appropriate musical question was What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?, and her manager-husband Peter Schekeryk, 31: their first child, a girl; near Neptune, N.J. Name: Leilah.

Divorced. Lou Rawls, 39, onetime gospel choirboy whose charcoal-blue ballads, particularly Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, were among the first soul songs to hit the top of the pop charts in the '60s; by Lana Jean Rawls, 31; after twelve years of marriage and two children; in Los Angeles.

Divorced. Sean Connery, 43, the Scottish actor...

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