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Frank White 2003 Deaths

Frank WhiteAge: 69 politician who served as governor of Arkansas from 1980 to 1982. He beat incumbent Bill Clinton in the 1980 race, handing the former president the second of only two…

Aaron Brown Biography

Aaron BrownAge: 53 starting defensive end on the 1970 Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and former Green Bay Packer; was killed when struck from behind by a motorist after walking home…

Edward Levy 2001 Deaths

Edward LevyAge: 74 longtime manager and coach of the N.Y. Pioneer Club, one of the country's leading amateur athletic clubs which produced U.S. track and field Olympians such as John Carlos…

Wade Boggs

Wade BoggsBorn: June 15, 1958Baseball 3B 5 AL batting titles (1983,85-88) with Boston Red Sox; 11-time All-Star; two Gold Gloves; later played with NY Yankees and Tampa Bay; got 3000th career…

Sheryl Swoopes Biography

Sheryl SwoopesBorn: Mar. 25, 1971Basketball forward for WNBA’s Houston Comets; 3-time WNBA regular season MVP (2000,02,03); Defensive Player of the Year in 2000, 3-time Olympic gold medalist…

Felix de Weldon 2003 Deaths

Felix de WeldonAge: 96 sculptor who created the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., which depicts marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Weldon crafted more than 2,000 other…

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewiczdirector, screenwriter, producerBorn: 2/11/1909Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer who directed Dragonwyck (1946…

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Biography

Joseph L. Mankiewiczdirector, screenwriter, producerBorn: 2/11/1909Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer who directed Dragonwyck (1946…

James Tobin 2002 Deaths

James TobinAge: 84 Nobel Prize–winning economist and Yale professor who was an influential adviser to President Kennedy, serving on his Council of Economic Advisers. Tobin won the 1981 Nobel…

Denise Levertov Biography

Denise LevertovpoetBorn: 11/24/1923Birthplace: Ilford, England Levertov published more than 30 books, including her critically acclaimed poetry, translations, and essays. Her poems range in content…