Milestones: Mar. 19, 1984

DIVORCED. Sting (real name Gordon Sumner), 32, spiky-haired lead singer for the rock group the Police; by Frances Tomelty, 36, English stage actress; after eight years of marriage (the last two living apart), two children; in London.

DIED. Tito Gobbi, 70, Italian baritone considered one of the finest singing actors of his generation, best known for such operatic roles as the sinister Scarpia in Tosca, lago in Otello, and the title character in Rigoletto; of cancer; in Rome.

DIED. Eleanor Gehrig, 79, widow of New York Yankee Star Lou Gehrig; in New York City....

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