Milestones Jul. 17, 1995

DIED. KRISSY TAYLOR, 17, model; of unknown causes; in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The younger sister of supermodel Niki Taylor, Krissy seemed destined for super-ness herself. But Niki discovered her sister's body on the living-room floor of their parents' home. Investigators are focusing on her possible misuse of an asthma inhalant.

DIED. BOB ROSS, 52, TV host of pbs hit The Joy of Painting, whose rumbling, reassuring baritone guided millions through the technically accessible if aesthetically unchallenging "wet-on-wet" method of landscape oil painting; of cancer; in Orlando, Florida.

DIED. WOLFMAN JACK, 57, disc jockey; of a heart attack; in Belvidere, North Carolina....

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