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Teen Idols of the 90s

Teen Idols of the 90s Right here, right now by Beth Rowen Leo and his ilk are riding high now, but will they be able to fend off the remorseless advance of obscurity? Anthony…

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, established in 1805, incorporated in 1806. It is supported by private endowment. The academy grew out of a proposal by Charles…

Tanaïs

(Encyclopedia) Tanaïs: see Don, river, Russia; Azov, city.

Don Martin 2000 Deaths

Don MartinAge: 68 Mad magazine cartoonist whose twisted humor and technology-phobic characters led the magazine to dub him “Mad's maddest artist.” Died: Miami, Jan. 6, 2000Alice Sheets…

Don Budge 2000 Deaths

Don BudgeAge: 84 tennis champion who used his attacking backhand stroke to sweep all four major tournaments in 1938, becoming the world's first Grand Slam champion; born John Donald Budge;…

Don Dunphy 1998 Deaths

Don DunphyAge: 90 the undisputed "Voice of Boxing," who broadcast more than 2,000 fights, including 200 championship bouts for the Gillette Co. (1941-60) and ABC Television (1960-64); his…

Don Klosterman 2000 Deaths

Don KlostermanAge: 70 pro football executive who helped build the American Football League into a rival of the NFL in the 1960s and 70s; credited with outbidding the NFL for players like…

Don Porter 1997 Deaths

Don Portertelevision and film actor played the widowed father of television's GidgetBorn: 1912Died: 1997Keith Piper1997 DeathsEleanor Prescott

Don Hume 2001 Deaths

Don HumeAge: 86 Olympic rower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; charter member of the Univ. of Washington's Husky Hall of Fame; past president of the West Coast Mining…