Amy Van DykenBorn: Feb. 17, 1973Swimming first American woman to win four gold medals in one Olympics (1996); won the individual 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and was on the US team for the…
Vince LombardiBorn: June 11, 1913Football coached Green Bay to 5 NFL titles; won first 2 Super Bowls (1967-68); died as NFL's all-time winningest coach with percentage of .740 (105-35-6);…
Violet CarsonactressBorn: 9/1/1898Birthplace: Ancoats, Manchester, England Radio and television actress who played (1960–80) the strong-minded and sharp-tonged Ena Sharples on Coronation Street (1960…
Gregory PeckAge: 87 distinguished Oscar-winning actor who often played dignified yet vulnerable characters, such as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, a crusading journalist in Gentleman…
Eddie Dean(Edgar Dean Glosup)Age: 91 one of the most popular singing cowboys in the 1940s, he appeared in more than 30 films. His remarkable singing voice earned him the moniker, “the golden-…
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Age: 87 heir to one of the country's wealthiest and best-known families and horse-racing impresario. Made a career of thoroughbred racing, as he bred dozens of…
Robert UrichAge: 55 Emmy Award–winning actor who starred in the television series Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire. His film credits include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Turk 182! He…
Tony MooreAge: 25 sixth man for the Ragin' Cajuns — Southwest Louisiana's basketball team from 1991-94; became the first non-full time player to score 1,000 career points in school history;…
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John JohnsonAge: 85 entrepreneur who built a publishing empire that now includes Ebony and Jet magazines and made him one of America's wealthiest people. The grandson of slaves, Johnson…
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