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Anthony Tommasini reviews New York Philharmonic's final concert of season and Kurt Masur's last performance as orchestra's music director; Masur is named music director emeritus; photos (M)
Corporate software users fear Microsoft may be trying to set itself up as Web gatekeeper with its online identity system; have formed Liberty Alliance to develop open and neutral standards for online identity systems, seemingly arcane technology that is seen as key to coming generation of Internet services and electronic commerce growth; alliance has growing roster of major companies; Microsoft is also finding its advances elsewhere slowed by wary industry partners and rivals; photo (M)
Dist Atty Robert M Morgenthau's office reportedly probes whether Tyco International Ltd chairman L Dennis Kozlowski evaded New York State sales tax; intensity of probe reportedly surprises Tyco board, which continues to back him; at issue is whether he used family trusts to buy goods and services without paying sales taxes; photo (M)
Thoroughly Modern Millie wins six Tony awards, including best musical and best actress in musical (Sutton Foster); Urinetown: The Musical wins for best direction (John Rando), score (Mark Hollmann) and book (Greg Kotis); photos (M)
Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 7-1; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 29, 2002, covering June 3, 2002.
Various Artists
Cam'Ron
Weezer
Moby
Musiq
2002Tyrell Sloan, Australian rugby league player[†]
Tyrell Sloan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and winger for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
2002Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (born 1913)[†]
Lewis Robert Wasserman was an American businessman and talent agent, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World War II". His career spanned nearly eight decades from the 1920s to the 2000s; he started working as a cinema usher before dropping out of high school, rose to become the president of MCA Inc. and led its takeover of Universal Pictures, during which time Wasserman "brought about changes in virtually every aspect of show business". In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. Several years later, he spoke of his ongoing work at Universal to Variety, saying, "I am under contract here for the rest of my life, and I don't think they would throw me out of my office—my name is on the building."
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]