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Foxx, Jimmie

(Encyclopedia) Foxx, Jimmie (James Emory Foxx), 1907–67, American baseball player, b. Sudlersville, Md. Foxx played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1926–35), the Boston Red Sox (1936–42), the Chicago…

Le Va, Barry Edward

(Encyclopedia) Le Va, Barry Edward, 1941-2021, American sculptor and performance artist, b. Long Beach, Ca., Otis Art Instit. (B.A., 1964; M.F.A.,…

Barry S. Brook Biography

Barry S. Brookeducator, musicologist A pioneer in the field of musicology, Brook helped establish doctoral programs in music at the City University of New York, the Juilliard School and Paris…

Barry Goldwater 1998 Deaths

Barry GoldwaterAge: 89 former Arizona senator and presidential candidate. He is credited by many with remaking the Republican party.Died: May 29, 1998.Wally GoldG - LNelson Gonzalves

Barry Took 2002 Deaths

Barry TookAge: 73 British comedian and writer who assembled six comics, including John Cleese and Graham Chapman, for a BBC television comedy that became the legendary Monty Python's Flying…

Barry Bonds, 2001 News

San Francisco Giants left fielder earned the title “home-run king” in October, when he broke Mark McGwire's single-season home-run record (70). Bonds finished the season with 73 dingers…

Barry Bonds, 2006 News

San Francisco Giants slugger, found himself once again at the center of the controversy over steroid use in March, with the release of Game of Shadows. The book attributes Bonds's phenomenal…

Barry White 2003 Deaths

Barry WhiteAge: 58 Grammy Award–winning R&B singer and disco icon known for his lush baritone bass voice. His soulful, seductive songs include “Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” and “…

Barry Levin 2001 Deaths

Barry Levin criminal lawyer who defended Erik Menendez, who was convicted with his brother, Lyle, in 1996 for killing his parents, and recently represented actor Robert Blake, in the unsolved…

William Cowsill 2006 Deaths

William CowsillAge: 58 lead singer and guitarist of the Cowsills, his family's pop band that inspired the TV series The Partridge Family. He died on the same day his family was holding a…