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Gene Jacobs Biography

Gene JacobsAge: 86 thoroughbred horse trainer who retired in 1989 after a 45-year career; trained Shelia's Reward to the sprint championships in 1951 and 1952; brother of Hall of Fame trainer…

Chuck Green 1997 Deaths

Chuck Greentap dancer Green was one of the most influential tap dancers in American dance and led the tap revival in the 1960s. He performed with James (Chuckles) Walker in the early 1940s,…

John Ehrlichman Biography

John EhrlichmanAge: 73 infamous domestic affairs adviser for President Nixon who played an integral role in the Watergate scandal. After spending 18 months in prison for obstruction of…

Denver Pyle 1997 Deaths

Denver Pyleactor Though he appeared in several television series, such as Gunsmoke and Bonanza, Pyle will be remembered for his turn as the feisty, white-haired, white-bearded Uncle Jesse…

Baskerville Holmes Biography

Baskerville HolmesAge: 32 member of Memphis State's 1985 Final Four team; tied for the lead in games played at the school with 132, scoring 1,112 points in his four-year college career; of a…

The 1988 Summer Olympic Games

The Question: We all know that when Ben Johnson was disqualified at the Seoul Olympics, Carl Lewis consequently won the gold medal. Who were third and fourth over the line,…

Larry King Biography

Larry King(Larry Zeiger)talk-show hostBorn: 11/19/1933Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Prime-time talk-show host whose show, Larry King Live (1985–present), often attracts the biggest names in…

Bob Johnson

Bob JohnsonBorn: Mar. 4, 1931Hockey coached Pittsburgh Penguins to 1st Stanley Cup title in 1991; led Wisconsin to 3 NCAA titles (1973,77,81); also coached 1976 U.S. Olympic team and NHL…

Bobby Jones

Bobby JonesBorn: Mar. 17, 1902 Won U.S. and British Opens plus U.S. and British Amateurs in 1930 to become golf's only Grand Slam winner ever; from 1922-30, won 4 U.S. Opens, 5 U.S. Amateurs…

The Celtic Twilight: Drumcliff and Rosses

by W. B. Yeats The Three O'Byrnes and the Evil FaeriesThe Thick Skull of the FortunateDrumcliff and Rosses Drumcliff and Rosses were, are, and ever shall be, please Heaven! places of…