Milestones: May 31, 1982

SEEKING DIVORCE. Gilda Radner, 35, onetime Roseanne Roseannadanna and Ba-ba Wawa of Saturday Night Live; from G.E. Smith, 30, rock guitarist; after two years of marriage; in Hollywood. Radner and her husband split a month ago, after she and Actor-Comedian Gene Wilder teamed up both on and off the set of the film Hanky Panky, due out next month.

DIED. Fred ("Dixie") Walker, 71, hard-hitting Brooklyn Dodger outfielder whose nickname came from his Alabama childhood, but whose moniker with cheering Ebbets Field fans was "the Peepul's Cherce"; of cancer; in Birmingham. After stumbling around the majors for eight years, Walker caught fire...

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