MARRIED. Susan O'Neill, 32, daughter of Congressman Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the House, and sister of Massachusetts Lieut. Governor Thomas P. O'Neill III; and Bruce Daniel, 28, contractor-turned-lawyer and three-term member of the Rhode Island state legislature; both for the first time; in Chatham, Mass.

DIED. Lyman Bostock, 27, star outfielder for the California Angels and one of baseball's best-paid players; of a gunshot wound, after being shot by the estranged husband of a woman who was riding in a car with him; in Gary, Ind. Son of a Negro League first baseman, the Alabama-born Bostock played three seasons for the Minnesota Twins before signing a fiveyear, $2.25 million contract with the Angels last winter. After sinking into a hitting slump last spring, Bostock attempted to return a month's salary to Angels' Owner Gene Autry. "I didn't give him a month's service," explained Bostock. "I couldn't live with myself taking the man's money." His refund refused, Bostock donated his paycheck to charity. When he died, he was hitting .296, ninth among American League batters.

DIED. John Paul I, 65, the 263rd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, whose reign lasted less than five weeks; of a heart attack; in Vatican City (see COVER).

DIED. Edgar Bergen, 75, America's top ventriloquist and the creator of Charlie McCarthy; in his sleep; in Las Vegas. Born in Chicago of Swedish parents, Bergen was still in high school when he developed the idea for his lifelong wooden partner and paid a local carpenter $35 to carve his companion's head. Bergen went on to become a vaudeville star, then began a radio career that earned him $10,000 a week for one of the most popular weekly programs on the air. Bergen played the even-tempered foil for his wisecracking teenager, who used to get laughs by ridiculing the ventriloquist for moving his lips. Indeed, Charlie could hold his own even with Comedian W.C. Fields. One McCarthy gibe: "Pink elephants take aspirin to get rid of W.C. Fields." A typical retort by Fields: "Why, you blockhead! I'm going to feed you into a pencil sharpener!" Bergen later created Mortimer Snerd, whose country-bumpkin ways were disdained by Charlie, a flip, hep and lecherous city boy who sported a monocle. The radio show finally closed in 1956, but not before Bergen's young daughter named Candice appeared at the start of her own spectacular career. In recent years, Bergen continued to tour with his act. Last month he announced he was retiring, a statement that prompted Charlie McCarthy to ask: "How can you retire, when you haven't worked since you met me?"

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