Tiffany RobertsBorn: May 5, 1977Soccer M defensive specialist for U.S. women's soccer team; won olympic gold medal in 1996 and World Cup title in 1999; led North Carolina to NCAA…
Joan BaezsingerBorn: 1941 Soprano Joan Baez brought folk music into the mainstream with her best-selling albums and beautiful renditions of traditional ballads and spirituals. Her first album, the…
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Frank DeVolAge: 88 composer and conductor. In a career that spanned seven decades, DeVol wrote music for dozens of Hollywood films, including the original Parent Trap, and earned five Oscar…
Joey AdamsAge: 88 borscht-belt comedian, actor, and writer whose comedy career spanned seven decades. He wrote more than 40 comedy books and a syndicated column for The New York Post.Died:…
Frank AnnunzioAge: 86 former U.S. congressman who served in the House for 28 years. A Democrat, Annunzio was first elected in 1964 and served on the former Banking Committee.Died: Lincolnwood…
Elmer HendersonAge: 88 government lawyer and civil rights activist who wrote the government's brief opposing the separate-but-equal principal in the Brown v. Board of Education case.Died:…
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