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John Scanlon 2001 Deaths

John ScanlonAge: 66 public relations master of spin and skilled crisis manager who talked several high-profile clients out of sticky situations. He represented CBS in Gen. William…

Mitch Halpern 2000 Deaths

Mitch HalpernAge: 33 renowned boxing referee who officiated some of boxing's biggest matches; began his career in March 1991 and went on to referee 87 championship fights and hundreds of non-…

Ezer Weizman 2005 Deaths

Ezer WeizmanAge: 80 Israeli politician who served as president from 1993 to 2000. He was a founder of the Israeli air force and commanded it from 1958 to 1966. In 1967, he led Israel's easy…

James Dickey Biography

James Dickey poet, novelist, critic, lecturer Though considered one of the country's most respected poets, Dickey is best remembered for his novel Deliverance, the tale of a traumatic canoe…

Jacobo Timerman Biography

Jacobo TimermanAge: 76 progressive Argentine journalist who endured two-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in the late 1970s for his outspoken condemnation of the military…

Jerry Van Dyke

The younger brother of actor Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke was a journeyman actor before scoring a TV hit with Coach. Jerry Van Dyke joined the Air Force in 1952, where he entertained troops and…

Mary Tyler Moore Biography

Mary Tyler MooreactressBorn: 12/29/1936Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Emmy Award-winning television, film and stage actress best known for her television roles as witty, intelligent women. Her…

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is a writer with high-brow literary credibility whose novels have drawn comparisons to the science fiction novels of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard. Lethem attended Vermont's…

Men's Olympic Figure Skating

Multiple gold medals: Gillis Grafström (3); Dick Button and Karl Schäfer (2).Year 1908 Ulrich Salchow SWE1912 Not held 1920 Gillis Grafström SWE1924 Gillis Grafström SWE1928 Gillis…