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Lewis Arquette 2001 Deaths

Lewis ArquetteAge: 65 actor, musician, and puppeteer whose credits include the 2000 film Best in Show and TV's Seinfeld. He is the father of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, David, and…

Claude Shannon 2001 Deaths

Claude ShannonAge: 84 mathematician and computer scientist whose pioneering work with binary code helped to establish digital communications networks. Later in his career, Shannon…

Joshua Nkomo Biography

Joshua NkomoAge: 82 Father of Zimbabwe. Nkomo spent years fighting Britain and later white Rhodesia for independence. Despite Nkomo's leadership, his erstwhile ally Robert Mugabe became prime…

Ralph Burton Rogers 1997 Deaths

Ralph Burton Rogersphilanthropist A successful businessman, Rogers was one of the founders of PBS and served as its chairman for several years. He is credited with having fended off the Nixon…

Uta Hagen 2004 Deaths

Uta HagenAge: 84 stage actress who won a Tony Award for her role as Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In a career that spanned seven decades, she starred in plays by…

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Dwight Lowry Biography

Dwight LowryAge: 39 award winning minor league manager and former major league player; played catcher for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers; named Tigers minor league manager of…

Syd Hoff 2004 Deaths

Syd HoffAge: 91 writer and illustrator whose children's book Danny the Dinosaur has sold more than 10 million copies. He wrote more than 60 children's books and contributed 571 cartoons to…

Alex Haley Biography

Alex HaleyauthorBorn: 8/11/1921Birthplace: Ithaca, New York Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for Roots (1976), his ancestral saga encompassing the entire African-American experience…

Dennis Hopper Biography

Dennis Hopperactor, director, producerBorn: 5/17/1936Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas Film actor, director and producer known for his swaggering screen persona and colorful personal life.…