Linda Hamilton takes the next step in terminating her marriage to King of the World, James Cameron and files for divorce. Norman Fell, best known for his role as Mr. Roper on Three's Company, dies of multiple myeloma. He was age 74. 17 Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh undergoes liver-transplant surgery. Hepatitis C caused internal bleeding, which led to the transplant.
Doctors say the operation was successful.
A fire ravages the apartment building of Macaulay Culkin's mother and siblings. No one in the Culkin clan was seriously injured, but four other tenants of the building die of smoke inhalation. An electric heater is reportedly to blame. 27 Rapper Busta Rhymes is busted in New York City on weapons-possession charges. Police said they found a loaded gun in his car while making a routine traffic stop.