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Bill Frist, 2003 News

politician and physician from Tennessee, became U.S. Senate majority leader in January, after Trent Lott resigned the post amid a furor over racially provocative remarks he made in December…

Bill Thomas, 2003 News

Republican politician from California, made a rare apology on the House floor in July, when he admitted to using “poor judgment” in calling on Capitol police to break up a meeting of…

Bill Lann Lee Biography

Bill Lann Lee government official Son of Chinese immigrants who ran a laundry in New York City, Lee graduated from Yale University and Columbia University Law School. He became a civil rights…

William (Bill) Gardiner Biography

William (Bill) GardinerAge: 77 chief scout for the NBA's Washington Wizards since 1974 and former basketball coach at Loyola of New Orleans; won a championship ring with the Bullets in 1978;…

Bill Gates, 1999 News

44, Microsoft chairman, in September pledged $1 billion to send about 1,000 minorities to college. The scholarships will be distributed over the next 20 years to black, Hispanic, Native…

Bill Bradley, 2000 News

former U.S. senator, bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in March after losing all of Super Tuesday's 16 primaries to Vice President Al Gore. Bradley's popular…

Bill Thomas 2000 Deaths

Bill ThomasAge: 79 Oscar-winning costume designer who worked on more than 300 films, including Spartacus and Logan's Run. Died: Beverly Hills, Calif., May 30, 2000Samuel TaylorR - ZDerrick…

Bill Richardson, 2000 News

energy secretary, lost virtually any chance to become Vice President Al Gore's running mate when two computer drives containing nuclear secrets were reported missing from the Los Alamos…

Bill Meek 1998 Deaths

Bill MeekAge: 76 former SMU football coach who guided the Don Meredith-led Mustangs to the 1958 Cotton Bowl; coached SMU from 1957-61 after stints in Houston and Kansas State; finished his…