ENGAGED Yet another diva's found herself a handyman. Following the Whoopi Goldberg-Lyle Trachtenberg (actress/Union official) and Roeanne-Ben Thomas (actress/bodyguard) mergers, Glenn Close,48, and theatrical carpenter Steve Beers, 39, have become engaged.
DEALS Former heavyweight Ricki Lake, 26, has signed a deal reportedly worth six figures with Pocket Books to write Sophie's Revenge, the story of a fat girl who lands the lead in the school play opposite the school's most popular boy.
RECOVERED Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, 30, after a swimming mishap near Auckland, New Zealand, on March 25. Vedder was taking a dip when he hit choppy waters. ''The riptide just opened up and took him straightaway,'' says a lifeguard. ''He was treading water but in full control.''
DEATHS Actor Hugh O'Connor, 33, son of Carroll O'Connor, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 28 in L.A. A cast member of TV's In the Heat of the Night, O'Connor reportedly committed suicide rather than get further help for drug addiction.... N.W.A founder Eazy-E (Eric Wright), 31, on March 26 in L.A., of AIDS (EW #268).... Former Giant Records president Charlie Minor 46, of gunshot wounds in Malibu on March 19. An acquaintance, exotic dancer Suzette McClure, 27, is charged with murder. Considered the consumate promo man, Minor boosted such artists as Sting and Janet Jackson.
-- CD, Jessica Shaw, and Paul Smith
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