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Marcello Ramos Dinsmore 1998 Deaths

Marcello Ramos DinsmoreAge: 18 a two-time All-American high school soccer player who was awarded a scholarship to play at UNC-Charlotte in the fall; of injuries sustained in a car…

Junior Wells 1998 Deaths

Junior Wells (Amos Blakemore)Age: 63 Chicago blues singer and harmonica player whose style ranged from traditional, soulful blues to funk. He played with Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.Died: Jan…

Marjory Douglas 1998 Deaths

Marjory DouglasAge: 108 writer and environmentalist who helped initiate national interest in the preservation of the Florida Everglades through her 1947 bestseller Everglades: River of Grass…

Saul Chaplin 1997 Deaths

Saul Chaplinsongwriter, producer, musical director, vocal arranger Chaplin was nominated for five Oscars and won three for his scores of An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers…

Burt Lancaster Biography

Burt Lancasteractor, directorBorn: 11/2/1913Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor and director who parlayed an imposing presence into an impressive range of Hollywood roles. His…

Roger Stevens 1998 Deaths

Roger StevensBroadway producer Stevens helped create the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and establish the National Endowment for the Arts and served as its first chairman.…

Frances Foster 1997 Deaths

Frances Foster stage actress and director, film actress Foster was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company and appeared in more than 25 of its productions. Her theater credits…

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1997 Deaths

Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanPakistani singer Khan, Pakistan's best-known, most talented qawwali singer brought Sufi devotional songs to the West through his collaboration with Eddie Vedder on the…

Millicent Carey McIntosh 2001 Deaths

Millicent Carey McIntoshAge: 102 educator and feminist who achieved icon status when she became the first married woman to serve as president of a top college. She was appointed president of…

Jan de Hartog 2002 Deaths

Jan de HartogAge: 88 Dutch writer whose play The Fourposter won the 1952 Tony Award for Best Play. He frequently wrote about fleeing from the Nazis during World War II and about his exploits…