Hoyt WilhelmAge: 79 knuckleball pitcher, who in 1985 became the first relief pitcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; held the record for games pitched (1,070) when he retired in 1972 (…
Henry WadeAge: 86 Dallas County, Texas, district attorney (1951–1987) who led the prosecution that won the 1964 conviction of Jack Ruby. He was also the Wade in the landmark 1973 Supreme…
Leonard BaskinAge: 77 figurative sculptor and graphic artist known for his work that conveyed a sense of urgency and drama. Mortality was a common theme in his art, and he created a bas…
Thor HeyerdahlAge: 87 Norwegian explorer and anthropologist who, in 1947, traveled 4,300 miles from Peru to the Tuamotu Archipelago near Tahiti in a primitive raft he called the Kon-Tiki to…
David Copperfield(David Seth Kotkin)magicianBorn: 9/16/1956Birthplace: Metuchan, New Jersey Magician whose tricks made him an international celebrity and a millionaire. Copperfield took to…
John Hollanderpoet, criticBorn: 1929Birthplace: New York City Hollander's complex works examine the relationships between poetry and music and art and literature. Known for his scholarship…
Nancy KerriganBorn: Oct. 13, 1969Figure skating 1993 U.S. women's champion and Olympic medalist in 1992 (bronze) and '94 (silver); victim of Jan. 6, 1994 assault at U.S. nationals in Detroit…
Don KingBorn: Aug. 20, 1931Boxing promoter First major Black promoter who has controlled heavyweight title off and on since 1978; first big promotion was Muhammad Ali's fight against George Foreman…
Darryl F. ZanuckproducerBorn: 9/5/1902Birthplace: Wahoo, Nebraska Film producer who, as Jack Warner's head of production, helped guide Warner's studio into the sound era. After a rift with Warner, he…
Owen Bradley(Williams Owen Bradley)record producerBorn: 10/21/1915Birthplace: Westmoreland, Tennessee One of country music's pioneers, he opened the first recording studio on Nashville's Music Row in…
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