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DIED. HENRI ROL-TANGUY, 94, legendary figure of the French Resistance and hero of the liberation of Paris, who with General Philippe Leclerc presided over the German surrender on Aug. 25, 1944; in Monteaux, France. A member of the French Communist Party from the age of 17, Rol-Tanguy joined Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War, then began organizing armed resistance in Paris from mid-1941. After retiring from the Army in 1962 he remained active in the Communist Party, serving on its central committee until 1987.

AILING. WARREN ZEVON, 55, black-humored singer-songwriter known for such hits as "Werewolves of London" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"; with terminal lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Zevon, who once said that "If you're lucky, people like something you do early and something you do just before you drop dead," plans to spend his last days writing and recording as many songs as possible. "I'm okay with it," Zevon says of the diagnosis, "but it'll be a drag if I don't make it till the new James Bond movie comes out."

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IMPROVING. CHRISTOPHER REEVE, 49, former Superman actor paralyzed from the neck down in a 1995 equestrian accident; following treatment in St. Louis. After three years of innovative"activity-based" therapy, Reeve has regained a limited degree of movement and sensation in his hands and feet, and can breathe on his own for 90 minutes at a time. Doctors say that Reeve's recovery is unprecedented given the severity of his injuries.

DIED. KIM HUNTER, 79, American actress whose portrayal of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire won her an Oscar in 1951; in New York City. Hunter also appeared in three Planet of the Apes movies as chimpanzee psychiatrist Dr. Zira.

ARRESTED. GENTA OGAMI, 39, flamboyant Japanese tycoon, for allegedly swindling investors in his company's mail-order schemes; in Tokyo. At its peak last year, Ogami's G. Cosmos Japan Co. was worth hundreds of millions of dollars and employed 800 people. Six senior executives in the company have also been detained.

DIED. JOHNNY UNITAS, 69, famed football quarterback who led the Baltimore Colts to three NFL championships in the 1950s and 60s; in Timonium, Maryland. Unitas broke virtually every league passing record in the course of his 18-year career, and was named the greatest quarterback of all time in a poll commemorating the league's 50th anniversary in 1969.

DIED. UZI GAL, 79, Israeli engineer and inventor of the submachine gun that bears his name; in Philadelphia. Sales of the reliable and easy-to-use weapon, a staple in the military arsenals of over 20 countries, have earned Israel's government-run armaments industry over $2 billion in revenue since the Uzi's introduction in 1956.

NOMINATED. KIM SUK SOO, 69, former South Korean Supreme Court judge, to be the country's Prime Minister; in Seoul. His bid needs the approval of the opposition-controlled parliament, which recently rejected President Kim Dae Jung's first two nominees to the largely ceremonial post.