Johnnie Cochran, Jr.Age: 67 media-savvy trial lawyer best known for defending O. J. Simpson in his 1995 murder trial. Died: Los Angeles, March 29, 2005Kenneth ClarkA - FLarry Collins
Joe CroninBorn: Oct. 12, 1906Baseball SS hit over .300 and drove in over 100 runs 8 times each; player-manager in Washington and Boston (1933-47); AL president (1959-73).Died: Sept. 7,…
Matt RobinsonAge: 65 television writer and actor who wrote scripts for The Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, and Eight Is Enough. He was the first actor to play Gordon on Sesame Street. Died: Los…
Herb RittsAge: 50 celebrity photographer whose works helped to define the narcisssim and excess of the 1980s and early 90s. His subjects included Madonna, Cindy Crawford, the Dalai Lama,…
Robert DonovanAge: 90 newspaper reporter turned best-selling author who wrote PT-109, the chronicle of John F. Kennedy's war experiences. He also wrote a biography of President Truman. Died:…
Mortimer AdlerAge: 98 philosopher, educator, and writer who helped to devise the Great Book learning program, which included 443 literary classics. His books include Aristotle for Everybody (…
Fred Friendly (Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer)Age: 82 broadcast journalist and former president of CBS News. His television collaboration with Edward R. Murrow, See It Now, was the first…
Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…
Frank ConroyAge: 69 writer whose 1967 memoir Stop-Time about his troubled, lonely adolescence brought him celebrity and acclaim. He headed the prestigious Writers' Workshop at the University…
Jim FixxBorn: Apr. 23, 1932Running author who popularized the sport of running; his 1977 bestseller The Complete Book of Running, is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution;…
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