J. Carter BrownAge: 67 director of Washington, DC's National Gallery of Art who helped to transform the museum into a venue for blockbuster exhibits, such as King Tut and Andrew Wyeth's “…
Ronald RidenhourAge: 52 Vietnam veteran who disclosed information picked up from Army colleagues about the killing of between 175 and 400 civilians in My Lai by American soldiers in 1968. An…
Paul WinfieldAge: 62 versatile actor who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Sounder and an Emmy Award for his work on TV's Picket Fences. He also played Martin Luther King, Jr., in…
Maurice WilkinsAge: 87 British biophysicist who contributed to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA, the chemical that carries hereditary characteristics from generation to…
Jimmy SmithAge: 76 jazz organist whose scintillating music, called “soul jazz,” combined jazz, R&B, and bebop. He played on a Hammond B-3 electronic organ, an instrument not previously…
Waldo L. SemonBorn: 1898Birthplace: Demopolis, Ala. PVC plastisols—Semon's work turned polyvinyl chloride (PVC), first considered worthless, into the world's second-best selling plastic. He…
John C. SheehanBorn: 1915Birthplace: Battle Creek, Mich. Semi-synthetic penicillin—For almost 30 years after Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, the process for harvesting the…
Bonnie Raittblues-rock singerBorn: 11/8/1949Birthplace: Burbank, California Grammy Award-winning blues-rock singer and guitarist known for her powerful voice and late-career comeback. Her recordings…
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Eddie BrackenAge: 87 stage, screen, and film actor who played the comic hero in the Preston Struges films The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero. His career, which spanned…
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