Milestones

NOMINATED. MARION BARRY, 68, ex-mayor of Washington infamous for being caught smoking crack on an fbi videotape; as Democratic candidate for a city council seat; in Washington. He came back after serving six months in jail for his drug conviction to win re-election as mayor in 1994. After his victory last week, he crowed, “I’m back.”

UPHELD. The conviction of ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; on charges of corruption; in Putrajaya. He was freed from prison three weeks ago after a reversal of his sodomy conviction, and has since vowed to push for democratic reform. But his failure to overturn the corruption conviction means he is barred from political office until 2008.

ARRESTED. MACAULAY CULKIN, 24, actor and former child star famed for his role in Home Alone; for possession of marijuana and unauthorized prescription drugs; in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was freed after posting a $4,000 bond.

CONVICTED. JONATHAN IDEMA, bounty hunter and former Green Beret; of entering Afghanistan illicitly, making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing captives; in Kabul. He claimed he had Pentagon support in his efforts to hunt terrorists. But the U.S. military says he was operating without its knowledge, and the judge refused to admit evidence backing his claim. Idema was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Two associates also received prison sentences.

DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS VII OF ALEXANDRIA, 55, leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa; with 16 others when their helicopter crashed on the way to Mount Athos, a community of monasteries in northeastern Greece; in the Aegean Sea. Since becoming Patriarch in 1997, Petros helped revive interest in the church, expanding its missions and influence and acting as peace broker between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and North Africa.

DIED. JOHNNY RAMONE, 55, guitarist and paternal driving force behind the Ramones, the rock band that defined the 1970s punk movement; of prostate cancer; in Los Angeles. Born John Cummings in suburban New York, he and three other teens formed the group in 1974, taking the name from an alias Paul McCartney sometimes used in hotels. During the next 22 years they developed an underground following with their fast, angst-ridden music, including anthems like I Wanna Be Sedated and Blitzkrieg Bop. Despite his rebellious lyrics, Ramone, the third member of the group to die in the past three years, was a lifelong Republican who belonged to the National Rifle Association.

DIED. FRED EBB, 76, lyricist who, in partnership with composer John Kander, created the brassy, cynical-but-sweet scores of such Broadway musicals as Cabaret and Chicago; in New York City. After penning a few pop hits (including the novelty number Santa Baby), he teamed up with Kander for a long Broadway run that started with Flora the Red Menace in 1965. They were long associated with that show’s star, Liza Minnelli, who, in a 1977 Martin Scorsese film, introduced their omnipresent big-city anthem, New York, New York.

DIED. HARVEY WHEELER, 85, political scientist who in 1962 co-authored the bestselling Cold War novel Fail-Safe, about an accidental nuclear attack on the Soviet Union; in Carpinteria, California. The Texas native also authored political science books and did pioneering research on health care as well as on aging.

DIED. RAYMOND MARCELLIN, 90, conservative French politician who, as Interior Minister under President Charles de Gaulle, led the tough crackdown on the 1968 student protests; in Paris.

DIED. ROSE GACIOCH, 89, star pitcher and outfielder in the heyday of women’s professional baseball; in Detroit. As a mainstay for the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945 to its demise in 1954, she was a three-time all-star and the model for Rosie O’Donnell’s character in the 1992 film A League of Their Own.