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David Irving, 2000 News

historian and author, was called an anti-Semite racist and a Hitler apologist in April by British High Court Judge Charles Gray, who presided over the libel case in which Irving sued…

David Guralnik 2000 Deaths

David GuralnikAge: 79 lexicographer who served as editor in chief of Webster's New World dictionaries from 1948 to his retirement in 1985. He died of colon cancer. Died: Shaker Heights, Ohio…

David Tomlinson 2000 Deaths

David TomlinsonAge: 83 British actor best known for playing the father in Mary Poppins. Other credits include The Love Bug and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Died: Buckinghamshire, England, June…

David Hall McConnell Biography

David Hall McConnelltoiletries pioneerBorn: 1858Birthplace: Oswego, N.Y. Having developed a perfume he sought to market, McConnell founded the California Perfume Company, which would later…

David Cadena 1998 Deaths

David CadenaAge: 17 outfielder for Laredo J.W. Nixon High School who was killed after being struck in the chest by a pitched ball while batting against Uvalde High School in the Border…

David Schultz, 1997 News

, heir to the chemical empire, was ordered to reimburse Delaware County $742,107 for the cost of convicting him in the murder of Olympic wrestler David Schultz. Du Pont was sentenced to 13…

David McCord 1997 Deaths

David McCordpoet A prolific poet of children's verse, McCord wrote or edited more than 40 books, including One at a Time, On Occasion and What Cheer.Born: 1897Died: 1997David A. McCann1997…

David Ignatow 1997 Deaths

David Ignatowpoet Praised as a poet for the masses, Ignatow won the Bollingen Prize in 1977. His works include, I Have a Name and Shadowing Ground.Born: 1914Died: 1997Clarence Iba1997…

David Morton: Old Ships

Old ShipsDavid MortonThere is a memory stays upon old ships, A weightless cargo in the musty hold, — Of bright lagoons and prow-caressing lips, Of stormy midnights, — and a tale untold.…

David Foster Wallace Biography

writerDied: September 12, 2008Best Known as: American writer who published Infinite Jest in 1996 Deathplace: Claremont, Calif. David Wallace…