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Ralph Burton Rogersphilanthropist A successful businessman, Rogers was one of the founders of PBS and served as its chairman for several years. He is credited with having fended off the Nixon…
Dwight LowryAge: 39 award winning minor league manager and former major league player; played catcher for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers; named Tigers minor league manager of…
Syd HoffAge: 91 writer and illustrator whose children's book Danny the Dinosaur has sold more than 10 million copies. He wrote more than 60 children's books and contributed 571 cartoons to…
Alex HaleyauthorBorn: 8/11/1921Birthplace: Ithaca, New York Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for Roots (1976), his ancestral saga encompassing the entire African-American experience…
Dennis Hopperactor, director, producerBorn: 5/17/1936Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas Film actor, director and producer known for his swaggering screen persona and colorful personal life.…
Vincent PerezactorBorn: 6/10/1965Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland Perez is best know for his performances in three French films, Cyrano De Bergerac (1990), Indochine (1992), and Queen Margot (1994…
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