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1998–1999 Obie Awards

The 1998–1999 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 1999, at New York's Webster Hall.Best Production:…

Ann Curtis

Ann CurtisBorn: Mar. 6, 1926Swimming won 2 gold medals and 1 silver in 1948 Olympics; set 4 world and 18 U.S. records during career; 1st woman and swimmer to win Sullivan Award (1944). Larry…

Stokely Carmichael 1998 Deaths

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)Age: 57 Radical civil rights leader whose phrase “black power” created white backlash in the mid-1960s. Died: Nov. 15, 1998.Harry CarayA - FBetty Carter

Henderson Forsythe 2006 Deaths

Henderson ForsytheAge: 88 character actor who played Dr. David Stewart for 31 years on As the World Turns. Died: Williamsburg Landing, Va., April 17, 2006John M. FordA - FBetty Friedan…

Violet Carson Biography

Violet CarsonactressBorn: 9/1/1898Birthplace: Ancoats, Manchester, England Radio and television actress who played (1960–80) the strong-minded and sharp-tonged Ena Sharples on Coronation Street (1960…

Arthur Schawlow Biography

Arthur SchawlowAge: 77 Nobel-winning physicist who collaborated with Dr. Charles H. Townes in the development of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, now commonly known as…

Reid Shelton Biography

Reid Shelton stage and television actor Shelton was the first Daddy Warbucks in the original production of Annie. He played the part of the billionaire, who adopts orphan Annie, more than 2,…

William Rufus Scott Biography

William Rufus Scott children's book publisher With his wife, Ethel McCullough Scott, William Scott opened a small publishing house, W.R. Scott in 1938, offering literary works for children.…

Milton Friedman 2006 Deaths

Milton FriedmanAge: 94 economist who championed free-market theory and advocated for less state power, predicting and accounting for 1970s “stagflation.” An academic scholar who gave rise to…