Milestones Jul. 6, 1998

MUGGED. BARBARA MARX SINATRA, 71, widow of Frank Sinatra; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mrs. Sinatra was strolling home from dinner with friends when, according to Beverly Hills police, three men “used physical force” to wrest approximately $17,000 in cash and valuables from the victims. No one was seriously injured.

MARRIED. MACAULAY CULKIN, 17, yesterday’s Hollywood boy wonder, to RACHEL MINER, 17, actress whose credits include a soap and Broadway; in Connecticut.

DIED. CONRAD SCHUMANN, 56, unwitting cold war icon whose impromptu 1961 border crossing produced one of the era’s most searing images; after hanging himself; in Bavaria, Germany. Shutterbug Peter Leibing stood by–and snapped–as the defiant 19-year-old East German soldier hurdled the tangle of barbed wire that would soon become the Berlin Wall.

DIED. MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN, 87, demure silver-screen actress who originated Tarzan’s sarong-clad jungle-gal Jane; in Scottsdale, Ariz. The convent-educated colleen scandalized ’30s audiences with her tree-house trysts. Though she appeared in some 60 films (Pride and Prejudice among them), to her dismay, O’Sullivan remained best known as homemaker for Johnny Weissmuller and his simian sidekicks–and for mothering a real-life brood of seven that included actress Mia Farrow.

DIED. AL CAMPANIS, 81, behind-the-scenes Dodgers exec for four decades who became a household name–and killed his career–after remarking on national TV that black people lacked “some of the necessities” to be major league managers; in Fullerton, Calif. As short stop on the Dodgers farm team, Campanis worked with second baseman Jackie Robinson to perfect the double play. But during a 1987 ABC tribute to his former teammate’s breaking the color barrier, Campanis dropped the ball. He was fired two days later.