Milestones: Mar. 24, 1986

BORN. To Crystal Gayle, 35, sultry-voiced country-pop singer (Making Up for Lost Time), and Bill Gatzimos, 33, her manager-husband: their second child, first son; in Nashville. Name: Christos James. Weight: 6 lbs. 5¾ oz.

DIED. Howard Greenfield, 49, pop-rock lyricist whose hits with collaborator (and high school buddy) Neil Sedaka included the 1975 Grammy winner Love Will Keep Us Together as well as Stupid Cupid, Calendar Girl, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen; of a brain tumor; in Los Angeles.

DIED. Eugen Gerstenmaier, 79, West German political leader who helped establish democratic reforms after World War...

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