Jim ThompsonAge: 60 CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), who came out of retirement in January to fill the post left vacant by Carol Anne Letheren, who died in February 2001;…
Paul BowlesAge: 88 maverick writer and composer who influenced a generation of Beat writers with his moody, dark stories and novels and his eccentric lifestyle. He's best known for his 1949…
Kim StanleyAge: 76 versatile actress who bewitched Broadway audiences as a tomboy in Picnic, a spent chanteuse in Bus Stop, and a young single mother in The Traveling Lady. She earned Oscar…
Mike DarrAge: 25 San Diego Padres utility outfielder killed in a car accident hours before spring training was set to begin; first full season in the majors was 2001; appeared in 105 games…
Wilson PickettAge: 64 gravelly voiced soul singer whose delivery and offstage antics earned him the nickname “Wicked Pickett.” His hits include “In the Midnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally.”…
Arthur WinstonAge: 100 legendary Los Angeles transportation worker who missed only one day in a 72-year career, that being the day his wife died in 1988. The bus yard at which he worked was…
Jack WilliamsonAge: 98 writer of countless science fiction novels and short stories whose career spanned almost 80 years. His best-known novel was The Humanoids, a Puritan dystopia written in…
softball playerDied: February 9, 2007 (Huntsville, Alabama) Best Known as: hard-throwing softball player Hard-throwing softball player who toured the globe…
Pee Wee ReeseBorn: July 23, 1918Baseball SS member of Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940-58; led NL in runs scored (132) in 1949 and stolen bases (30) in 1952; hit over .300 in a season…
Mario AndrettiBorn: Feb. 28, 1940Auto racer 4-time USAC-CART national champion (1965-66,69,84); only driver to win Daytona 500 (1967), Indy 500 (1969) and Formula One world title (1978); Indy…
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