By HANNAH BEECH

MARRIED. ROBIN COOK, 52, articulate British Foreign Secretary, and GAYNOR REGAN, 41, his former secretary, in a secret wedding; in Tunbridge Wells, England. Since he took the cabinet post last May, Cook has stayed consistently in the news, making headlines for leaving his wife of 28 years and for skirmishing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month.

DIED. ROB PILATUS, 33, half of lip-synching pop duo Milli Vanilli; of a suspected alcohol and drug overdose; in Frankfurt. The Grammy-winning artist's career crashed in 1989, when the tape at a Milli Vanilli live concert (actually containing the voices of two uncredited singers) snapped, leaving Pilatus and partner Fabrice Morvan wordless. Despite their pretty-boy looks and smooth dance steps, the frontmen's vocal hoax destroyed their musical credibility, and their Grammy was revoked the next year.

DIED. NICK AUF DER MAUR, 55, high-living Montreal columnist and ex-city councillor, whose muckraking instincts enabled him to uncover major corruption in the Canadian city's preparation for the 1976 Olympics; in Montreal. Auf der Maur was thrown in jail during Quebec's 1970 October Crisis for his separatist activities, although he later supported a united Canada. A rascally raconteur who once claimed to have pinched Rudolf Nureyev's buttocks, he was ejected from the Soviet Union during a 1971 visit after toasting a free Czechoslovakia at a reception attended by Leonid Brezhnev.

DIED. ARCHBISHOP SERAPHIM, 84, fiery head of the Greek Orthodox Church, who once called for the expulsion from Greece of the Vatican's envoy; in Athens. Roman Catholics were not the only people who earned Seraphim's ire during his record 24 years in power: The Archbishop clashed with the Greek government when it tried to seize the church's vast tracts of land, but the attempt was unsuccessful and, in anger, Seraphim excommunicated seven bureaucrats.

DIED. WENDY O. WILLIAMS, 48, raunchy queen of shock rock, whose onstage excesses included blowing up a car, pulverizing guitars with a chainsaw and pelting amplifiers with bullets; of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; in Storrs, Connecticut. As lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics, the New York native ranted her way to the top of the rock charts, earning praise for her raw, adrenaline-packed performances.

DEATH ANNOUNCED. Of MANUEL PEREZ, 62, defrocked Catholic cleric turned legendary guerrilla, whose National Liberation Army waged an unremitting terror campaign against the Colombian government. The native Spaniard is said to have died on February 14 in his jungle hideout. His 4,000 fighters protested exploitation of Colombia's resources by bombing oil pipelines and kidnapping foreign nationals. How Perez's death will affect budding peace talks between the rebels and Bogota remains unclear.

RELEASED. SIDNEY COOKE, 70, English pedophile, after serving nine years of a 16-year sentence for manslaughter; from Wadsworth prison in London. Although Cooke will wear an electronic tag so that the police can keep tabs on him, his release has stirred an uproar in Britain, where a legal loophole has ensured relatively light punishment for some convicted child killers. Because of fears of vigilante attacks, Cooke spent his first night of "freedom" in a police cell, where he has agreed to stay until suitable long-term accommodations are found.