John LydayAge: 78 surgeon who was the inspiration for the fictional character Trapper John in the film and television series M*A*S*H. He served as a combat surgeon in Korea and later as chief…
David GuralnikAge: 79 lexicographer who served as editor in chief of Webster's New World dictionaries from 1948 to his retirement in 1985. He died of colon cancer. Died: Shaker Heights, Ohio…
Milton GarlandAge: 104 refrigeration expert who held 41 patents. In 1998 he was cited as the nation's oldest worker. He began working at the Frick Company in 1920 and remained there for the…
Konrad KujauAge: 62 swindler who sold 60 volumes of bogus “Hitler diaries” to the German magazine Stern for $4.8 million in 1983. He was convicted of fraud in 1985 and served three years in…
Viktor HamburgerAge: 100 experimental embryologist who analyzed the developing nervous system. In 1954, he and two colleagues, Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen, discovered the first…
John AgarAge: 81 Air Force sergeant and actor who was briefly married to Shirley Temple. The couple appeared together in two movies, Fort Apache and Adventure in Baltimore. Died: Burbank,…
Laura PattersonAge: 43 part of a 16–member professional bungee jumping team scheduled to be part of the Super Bowl halftime show; husband and sister on the team as well; of head injuries…
Bob CopeAge: 58 former defensive coordinator for Kansas State University; on his second stint with the Wildcats; was on coach Bill Snyder's original staff from 1989–90, then left for…
Owen Bradleymusic producer helped establish Nashville as a center for country music, producing hits like Patsy Cline's, “Crazy” and “I Fall to Pieces” and Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's…
Christopher MidgettAge: 22 a junior reserve defensive end in 1997, he was a part of a Northeastern football team that posted an 8-3 record, the team's best in 34 years; of gun shot wounds…
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