Milestones

DIED

Less than a month after Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister, his wife Susan Tsvangirai, 50, was killed in a car accident when a drowsy truck driver crashed into their motorcade. Despite initial suspicion of foul play, investigators–and her husband, who was injured in the crash–say it was indeed an accident.

• The sport’s first female agent, Colleen Howe, 76, was “Mrs. Hockey” to husband and NHL great Gordie Howe’s “Mr. Hockey.” She not only worked as his chief negotiator but also did business for their professional-hockey-playing sons Mark and Marty.

• Though withholding in his affections, silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin did help his son Sydney Chaplin, 82, land his first movie gig. The younger Chaplin was then able to move on to such roles as his breakout performance in the 1956 Broadway show Bells Are Ringing, for which he earned a Tony Award.

• Former head of communications for the Lutheran Church, Robert E.A. Lee, 87, produced A Time for Burning, a landmark 1966 Oscar-nominated documentary about race relations and the U.S. civil rights movement.

• A first-round NFL pick in 1940, George McAfee, 90, played offense and defense for the Chicago Bears; the team won three championship titles in eight seasons.

SENTENCED

Dubbed the “Swiss gigolo” by the media, Helg Sgarbi, 44, was sentenced to six years in prison on March 9 for extorting $9 million from married German BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, 46, with whom he was having an affair.