Milestones Aug. 23, 1999

RETIRED. STEFFI GRAF, 30, unflappable tennis star; following a series of injuries; in Heidelberg, Germany. During her 17-year career, Graf let loose her uniquely brutal forehand to win 22 Grand Slam singles titles and take home more than $20 million. Said the longtime No. 1: "I have nothing left to accomplish."

DIED. ANTHONY RADZIWILL, 40, Emmy-winning TV producer and only son of Lee Radziwill Ross, Jackie Kennedy Onassis' sister; of cancer; in New York City. He and cousin John Kennedy Jr. were each best man at the other's wedding.

DIED. JENNIFER PATERSON, 71, plump TV chef and co-star of the high-cholesterol...

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