Milestones May 29, 1995

ARRESTED. SCOTT WEILAND, 27, rock singer whose "Plush" pipes sent the Stone Temple Pilots airborne; for dwi and investigation for drug possession; in Pasadena, California.

HOSPITALIZED. LES ASPIN, 56, former Defense Secretary; after a stroke; in Washington. Now the head of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Aspin has a history of heart problems.

HOSPITALIZED. FATS DOMINO, 67, corpulent rock pioneer now touring with fellow seniors James Brown and Chuck Berry; for exhaustion and infection; in London.

DIED. JIMMY GARCIA, 23, Colombian super featherweight boxer; two weeks after collapsing in the wake of an appallingly brutal title fight with Gabriel Ruelas; in Las Vegas.

DIED. ALEXANDER BORIS GODUNOV, 45, dancer-actor; from the effects of acute alcoholism; in West Hollywood, California. After 13 years with the Bolshoi ballet, Godunov defected to the West in 1979. For three years his graceful yet powerful dancing was a fixture at the American Ballet Theater. But after a falling out with artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov, Godunov turned to film, playing a farmer in Witness (1985) and a terrorist in Die Hard (1988).

DIED. ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, 57, actress; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Montgomery developed an enduring following with her '60s series Bewitched. She played Samantha Stephens, a perky suburban helpmate who happened to be a witch. Post-Bewitched, Montgomery appeared in grim but well-received TV movies such as A Case of Rape (1974) and The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975).

DIED. JEROME BADANES, 58, acclaimed writer-filmmaker who explored themes of Jewish life and the Holocaust; of a heart attack; in New York City.

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