Broadway choreographer-turned-filmmaker Herbert Ross, 76, who directed many hit movies including The Goodbye Girl, The Turning Point and Steel Magnolias, died of heart failure in Manhattan on Oct. 9.
Injured
Evangelist Billy Graham, 82, fell and broke his right foot in a Fresno, Calif., hotel room on Oct. 9, two days before the start of a four-day crusade. Graham, who has Parkinson's disease, will be in a splint for several weeks.
I Do!
Grammy winning singer Natalie Cole, 51, and Bishop Kenneth Dupree, 45, were wed at his Baptist church in Nashville on Oct. 13. It's the third marriage for Cole, the second for her groom.
Ailing
Country veteran Johnny Cash, 69, was admitted to a Nashville hospital on Oct. 7 with bronchitis. The singer, who suffers from the neurological disorder Shy-Drager syndrome, has been hospitalized for pneumonia several times in recent years.
Settled
The on-again, off-again marriage of bad-boy rapper Eminem, 29, and Kim Mathers, 26, was declared officially over in Mount Clemens, Mich., on Oct. 5. Married since 1999, the cantankerous couple called off divorce proceedings last year but filed again in March.
Legal Matters
Terminator 2 actor Eddie Furlong, 24, was arrested for drunk driving on Sept. 26 in Los Angeles after he rear-ended another vehicle. Last year he spent a month in an alcohol-rehab clinic.
Honored
During a trip to the Big Apple, Britain's Prince Andrew announced on Oct. 15 that New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, 57, had been made an honorary knight of the British Empire. Praising the mayor's "heroic leadership" following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the prince, 41, also bestowed the same honor on Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, 46, and Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, 55.
Update
On Oct. 9 a Texas judge dismissed a charge against First Daughter Jenna Bush, 19, for using a fake ID to buy liquor on May 29 in Austin (PEOPLE, June 18, 2001). The dismissal came after Bush proved she performed 36 hours of community service, attended alcohol-awareness classes and paid a $100 fine.
Records
On Oct. 11, 90-year-old Ronald Reagan broke a 175-year-old record, becoming the oldest expresident in U.S. history, a record formerly held by John Adams, the nation's second leader.
Happy Birthday
Winnie the Pooh, the yellow, honey-loving bear who has delighted generations of children worldwide, turned 75 on Oct. 14. British writer A.A. Milne, who died in 1956, created Pooh for a children's book after his then-5-year-old son Christopher became enamored with a bear cub named Winnie at the London Zoo.
Engaged
Former Beverly Hills, 90210 vixen Tiffani Thiessen, 27, and actor Richard Ruccolo, 29, plan to marry. The couple met on the set of the now-defunct ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl, in which Ruccolo costarred.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
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