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David Crosthwait, Jr. Biography

David Crosthwait, Jr.engineer, inventorBorn: 1898Birthplace: Nashville, Tenn. David Crosthwait held numerous patents relating to heat transfer, ventilation, and air conditioning, the areas…

David Merrick 2000 Deaths

David MerrickAge: 88 Broadway impresario famous for his productions and his ruthless pursuit of publicity. Known as the “Abominable Showman,” Merrick remains one of the most prolific and…

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…