Jack Kent CookeBorn: Oct. 25, 1912Football sole owner of NFL Washington Redskins from 1985-97; teams won 2 Super Bowls (1988,92); also owned NBA Lakers and NHL Kings in LA; built LA Forum for…
Max DraughonAge: 17 two-way senior tackle on Triton High School team; died of heat exhaustion during summer practice; according to a spokesman from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports…
Sylvia Sidney(Sophia Kosow)Age: 88 1930s star of the silver screen who, though tough in nature, excelled in her usual roles as the victim. Among her hits were An American Tragedy (1931), Fury…
Cleveland (Big Cat) WilliamsAge: 66 heavyweight boxer who overcame serious injuries to become a top contender in the 1960s; lost in the third round to Muhammad Ali in 1966; a state trooper…
Terry JohnsonAge: 50 Los Angeles-area sports writer and editor, who covered the L.A. Dodgers for 29 years; assistant sports editor at the Antelope Valley Press since 2000. He died of injuries…
Tony Williams
jazz drummer
Considered one of the most influential jazz musicians in the last 50 years, Williams's bold experimental improvisations helped shape fusion. He worked with…
Octavio PazAge: 84 Nobel prize-winning poet and essayist, considered by many to be one of the greatest Latin American poets ever. Paz produced over 40 volumes of poetry and essays throughout…
Claude SimonAge: 91 Nobel Prize–winning French novelist who was a leader of the nouveau roman (new novel) movement. His challenging books, which include La Route de Flandres (The Flanders…
Henry GrunwaldAge: 82 Austrian-born journalist and diplomat who presided over TIME magazine as its managing editor from 1968 to 1979. He then became the editor in chief of TIME Inc. Under his…
Genevieve BujoldactressBorn: 7/1/1942Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Known for her poise and quiet intelligence, she achieved international recognition during the 1960s starring in such films as…
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