Lewis ArquetteAge: 65 actor, musician, and puppeteer whose credits include the 2000 film Best in Show and TV's Seinfeld. He is the father of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, David, and…
Claude ShannonAge: 84 mathematician and computer scientist whose pioneering work with binary code helped to establish digital communications networks. Later in his career, Shannon…
Uta HagenAge: 84 stage actress who won a Tony Award for her role as Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In a career that spanned seven decades, she starred in plays by…
Joshua NkomoAge: 82 Father of Zimbabwe. Nkomo spent years fighting Britain and later white Rhodesia for independence. Despite Nkomo's leadership, his erstwhile ally Robert Mugabe became prime…
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.…
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