Billy SooseAge: 83 middleweight boxing champion in 1941; relinquished the title in 1942 when he joined the U.S. Navy and fought in World War II; inducted in to the World Boxing Hall of Fame…
Holly SolomonAge: 68 influential art dealer who championed pop art and the early works of Robert Kushner, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Laurie Anderson. She was the subject of portraits by Andy…
John FrankenheimerAge: 72 acclaimed director known for his social dramas and thrillers, such as The Birdman of Alcatraz and The Manchurian Candidate. He won Emmy Awards for the cable…
Carl HubbellBorn: June 22, 1903Baseball LHP led NL in wins and ERA 3 times each; 2-time MVP (1933,36) with NY Giants; fanned Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession in 1934 All-…
Fritz PollardBorn: Jan. 27, 1894Football 1st Black All-America RB (1916 at Brown); 1st Black person to play in Rose Bowl; 7-year NFL pro (1920-26); 1st Black NFL coach, at Milwaukee and Hammond,…
Phil SmithAge: 50 All-American guard at the University of San Francisco and a member of the Golden State Warriors' 1975 NBA championship squad; not heavily recruited out of high school, he…
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…
J. J. JohnsonAge: 77 influential jazz musician and composer who is considered the greatest trombonist of all time. He played with such speed and agility that many thought he was playing the…
Douglas T. JacobsonAge: 74 World War II hero who, as a U.S. Marines private, single-handedly stormed Iwo Jima, decimating 16 enemy posts and killing 75 Japanese soldiers. He was awarded the…
Dick JamesAge: 66 two-way football player who played running back and defensive back for the University of Oregon and professionally from 1956-63 with Washington, New York and Minnesota;…
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