Doug SahmAge: 58 versatile musician who was considered the granddaddy of Texas rock and country music. He was best known for his organ-driven Tex-Mex tunes. His most recent band, the Texas…
Simon RavenAge: 73 British novelist whose acerbic novels skewered England's upper crust. He is best known for Alms for Oblivion, a 10-book series that follows a group of men from their days…
Frances R. HorwichAge: 94 matronly host of the 1950s children's educational program Ding Dong School. The show inspired Sesame Street. She won a 1953 Peabody Award.Died: Chicago, July 25,…
Donald Davisactor classical theater actor known for his Samuel Beckett interpretations, particularly as Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape, for which he won an Obie award in 1960 Born: 1929?Died:…
Jack KilbyAge: 81 Nobel Prize–winning electrical engineer who designed and developed the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, which miniaturized many consumer electronic…
Mr. WizardFat Possum/Epitaph Junior Kimbrough's labelmate on Fat Possum, R. L. Burnside is another Mississippi hill country-bluesman rescued from obscurity in the early '90s. His seminal Fat…
James (Doc) CounsilmanBorn: Dec. 28, 1920Swimming coached Indiana men's swim team to 6 NCAA championships (1968-73); coached the 1964 and '76 U.S. men's Olympic teams that won a combined 21…
Gaylord PerryBorn: Sept. 15, 1938Baseball RHP was only pitcher to win a Cy Young Award in both leagues until 1999 when Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez joined him; retired in 1983 with 314-…
John RitterAge: 54 actor who played the quirky ladies' man Jack Tripper on television's Three's Company. Ritter won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role. He also starred in ABC…
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