Milestones Jan. 24, 2000

BORN. To Nobel-prize winning author SAUL BELLOW, 84, and fifth wife JANICE FREEDMAN, 41; a girl, Bellow's fourth child and first daughter; in Boston.

SENTENCED. NATHANIEL ABRAHAM, 13, youngest American ever tried and convicted of murder as an adult, to seven years in juvenile detention; in Pontiac, Mich. Abraham was 11 when he shot an 18-year-old to death.

RECOVERING. DAVID LETTERMAN, 52, late-night talk-show host, from emergency quintuple-bypass surgery; in New York City. Doctors predict a swift recovery.

DIED. BOBBY PHILLS, 30, Charlotte Hornets guard, when a drag race with a teammate ended in a collision; in Charlotte, N.C. A nine-year NBA veteran, he established the Bobby Phills Educational Foundation.

DIED. MARC DAVIS, 86, cartoonist who designed Tinker Bell and Bambi; in Los Angeles. An animator for Disney, he also helped dream up such theme-park rides as Pirates of the Caribbean.

DIED. IVAN DEBLOIS COMBE, 88, entrepreneur who created the acne cream Clearasil; in Greenwich, Conn. He also developed Odor-Eaters foot-care products and Just For Men hair color.

DIED. ZELJKO RAZNATOVIC, 47, notorious Serbian paramilitary leader popularly known as Arkan, after being shot in the head by unknown gunmen; in Belgrade. He and his followers, the Tigers, had been accused of ethnic cleansing during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. A close ally of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Arkan was indicted by the U.N. war-crimes tribunal in 1997.

DIED. BOB LEMON, 79, unflappable Hall of Fame pitcher; in Long Beach, Calif. His sensational sinker catapulted the Cleveland Indians to victory in the 1948 World Series. A seven-time All-Star, Lemon signed a "lifetime contract" with the New York Yankees after managing them to a World Series win in 1978.

DIED. SAM JAFFE, 98, pioneering agent and producer in Hollywood's Golden Age; in Los Angeles. A movie mogul by his mid-20s, Jaffe opened his own talent agency in 1935 and soon had a stable of stars that included Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Richard Burton.