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Larry Doby 2003 Deaths

Larry DobyAge: 79 Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first black player in the American League. He joined the Cleveland Indians just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson debuted…

Sam Jaffe 2000 Deaths

Sam JaffeAge: 98 agent during Hollywood's golden age who represented the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Richard Burton. He invented shooting night for day, which allowed…

Gene Fowler Jr. 1998 Deaths

Gene Fowler Jr. Age: 80 An Academy and Emmy Award-winning director and editor of more than 100 movies and television shows, Fowler will perhaps be best remembered for his 1957 cult classic,…

Maggie Dixon 2006 Deaths

Maggie DixonAge: 28 women's collegiate basketball coach who in March 2006 brought Army to its first NCAA tournament. She started coaching, as an assistant at DePaul, in 2000 after being cut…

Richard Farnsworth 2000 Deaths

Richard FarnsworthAge: 80 actor who began his career as a stunt man and turned to dramatic roles at age 57. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, first for Comes a Horseman in 1978 and…

Julius Epstein 2000 Deaths

Julius EpsteinAge: 91 prolific screenwriter who earned four Academy Award nominations for his witty, often cynical scripts. With his twin brother, Philip, and Howard Koch, Epstein won an…

Clash by Night <span class="date" >(1952)</span>

Turner; $19.98; NRDirector: Fritz LangCast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes and J. Carrol Naish Stanwyck portrays tough gal Mae Doyle, a wayward woman…

Scott Adams

Scott AdamscartoonistBorn: 6/08/1957Birthplace: Catskill, New York American cartoonist who created (1989) the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” which features a likeable but hopelessly nerdy…

Scott Adams Biography

Scott AdamscartoonistBorn: 6/08/1957Birthplace: Catskill, New York American cartoonist who created (1989) the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” which features a likeable but hopelessly nerdy…

John Dos Passos Biography

John Dos PassosnovelistBorn: 1/14/1896Birthplace: American novelist who wrote the trilogies U.S.A. (completed 1936) and District of Columbia (completed 1949), as well as several other…