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Bill Peet 2002 Deaths

Bill PeetAge: 87 Disney writer and illustrator who wrote the screenplay for 101 Dalmatians and worked on Cinderella and Fantasia. Died: Studio City, Calif., May 11, 2002Dolores Olmedo PatiñoM…

Bill Blass 2002 Deaths

Bill BlassAge: 79 fashion designer known for his classic yet elegant designs favored by Nancy Reagan, Brooke Astor, and Jessye Norman. He was also an adept marketer, putting his name on…

Bill Mauldin 2003 Deaths

Bill MauldinAge: 81 army sergeant and cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his works featuring Willie and Joe, two bedraggled World War II infantrymen who battled not only the Germans, but…

Bill Rigney 2001 Deaths

Bill RigneyAge: 83 first manager of the San Francisco Giants, succeeding Leo Derocher in 1956; won World Series as an infielder with the N.Y. Giants in 1951 and as a coach in 1954; managed…

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 Clinton, 2004 News

former president, launched a national book tour in June with the publication of his much-anticipated memoir, My Life. More than 500,000 copies of the book were sold in its first day of…

Bill Gates, 2005 News

founder of Microsoft and philanthropist, was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in March for his charity work and for his astute…