Discrete actions are clearly defiend events that have a definite beginning and, in most cases, a definite conclsusion. See Ornelas v. Department of Justice, EEOC Appeal no. 01995301 (September 26, 2002). Examples include terminations, non-selections, failures to promote, transfer denials, suspensions, leave restrictions, officials reprimands, etc.
The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood has a similar connection to a celebrity death that it will never be able to shake -- and perhaps doesn't want to. In 1982, Saturday Night Live's John Belushi died of a drug overdose there at the age of 33.
Upon William duPont, Sr.'s death in 1928, William duPont, Jr. inherited the family's Bellevue estate in Delaware, whereupon he had the estate's mansion converted into a replica of Montpelier (now preserved as a state park), and Marion inherited the Montpelier estate.