Capt. Chester “Chet” LeeAge: 80 U.S. Navy captain and NASA mission director who supervised six Apollo launches, including the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, during which an oxygen tank exploded…
Edward LeviAge: 88 former attorney general who was called upon during the country's darkest hour to rehabilitate the Justice Department following the Watergate scandal. He is widely…
Milo SperiglioAge: 62 publicity-hungry gumshoe who modeled himself on television's classic private detectives. He handled more than 35,000 cases in his 20–year career. He was convinced…
David HawkinsAge: 88 philosopher of science and historian who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant on the Manhattan Project and served as the project's official historian. At the University of…
Dolph CamilliAge: 90 the 1941 National League MVP and star first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers; spent 12 years in the majors with Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies and Red Sox; helped the Dodgers…
Darrell HalloranAge: 47 head basketball coach at Pace University died during halftime of a game against American International College; Halloran, whose team won the ECAC Div. 2 title in 1990…
Evan HunterAge: 78 writer who created the police procedural genre. Using the pseudonym Ed McBain, he wrote the gritty 87th Precinct series of novels, beginning with 1956's Cop Hater, which…
Pancho GonzalesBorn: May 9, 1928Tennis won consecutive U.S. Championships in 1947-48 before turning pro at 21; dominated pro tour from 1950-61; in 1969 at age 41, played longest Wimbledon…
Elvin HayesBorn: Nov. 17, 1945Basketball C Known as “the Big E”; Overall number one pick of the 1968 NBA draft; three-time All-NBA first team (1975,77,79); 1978 Finals MVP; 12-time NBA all-…
Josh GibsonBorn: Dec. 21, 1911Baseball C the “Babe Ruth of the Negro Leagues”; Satchel Paige's battery mate with Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Negro Leagues did not keep accurate records but…
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