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Browning Ross 1998 Deaths

Browning RossAge: 74 formed the Philadelphia Road Runners Club in 1957 which expanded into a national organization a year later and became what is today the 180,000-member Road Runners Club…

Brown Meggs 1997 Deaths

Brown Meggsrecording executive, writer As an executive at Capitol Records in the 1960s, Meggs signed The Beatles. After resigning from Capitol, Meggs went on to publish several novels,…

Alice Brown: Hora Christi

Hora ChristiAlice BrownSweet is the time for joyous folk Of gifts and minstrelsy; Yet I, O lowly-hearted One, Crave but Thy company. On lonesome road, beset with dread, My questing lies…

Ruth Brown 2006 Deaths

Ruth BrownAge: 78 R&B singer, actress, and activist for royalty reform. Her 1950s hits included “Teardrops from My Eyes,” “5-10-15 Hours,” and “(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean.”Died:…

James Brown 2006 Deaths

James BrownAge: 73 legendary singer, songwriter, and dancer acclaimed as the “Godfather of Soul.” His musical career spanned more than 50 years, with his first hit single, “Please Please…

Ike Brown 2001 Deaths

Ike BrownAge: 59 Negro Leagues veteran and utilityman with the Detroit Tigers from 1969-74; batted .256 in 280 games with the Tigers and was 1-for-2 with 2 RBI in the 1972 A.L.C.S. The cause…

Michael Brown, 2005 News

director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), faced scathing criticism in September for his handling of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that followed in New Orleans when…

Michael Brown, 2006 News

former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), found a bit of vindication in February, when he testified before a Senate committee that he had informed the White House…

Dan Brown, 2006 News

author of The Da Vinci Code, which has sold more than 40 million copies, making it one of the best-selling novels of all time, was accused of stealing the theme of his book from an earlier…

Claude Brown 2002 Deaths

Claude BrownAge: 64 writer who vividly chronicled his experiences growing up poor in Harlem alongside drug dealers, murderers, and prostitutes in his 1965 bestseller Manchild in the Promised…