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Goose Gossage Biography

Goose GossageBorn: July 5, 1951Baseball RHP Nine-time All Star (1975-78, 80-82, 84-85); intimidating relief pitcher; Fireman of the Year in 1975 with White Sox and 1978 with Yankees; led AL…

Bartow WHITE, Congress, NY (1776-1862)

WHITE Bartow , a Representative from New York; born in Yorktown, Westchester County, N.Y., November 7, 1776; attended the common schools and completed preparatory studies; studied medicine with…

Charles Gray 2000 Deaths

Charles GrayAge: 71 actor best known for his portrayal of the villainous cat lover, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. The character was the model for Dr…

Arthur Schawlow Biography

Arthur SchawlowAge: 77 Nobel-winning physicist who collaborated with Dr. Charles H. Townes in the development of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, now commonly known as…

DeForest Kelley Biography

DeForest KelleyAge: 79 actor known to Star Trek fans as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. While his acting career began in 1947 and included parts in several TV shows and movies, it was his role on…

Joseph Fuchs Biography

Joseph FuchsAge: 97violinist Widely respected by musicians as well as audiences, Fuchs was known for his performances of works by Ben Weber, Nikolai Lopatnikoff and Walter Piston. He taught…

Phyllis Cerf Wagner 2006 Deaths

Phyllis Cerf WagnerAge: 90 socialite who, in 1957, founded Beginner Books together with Dr. Seuss. She was the wife of writer and publisher Bennett Cerf from 1940 through his death in 1971;…

Hamilton Naki 2005 Deaths

Hamilton NakiAge: 78 black South African self-taught surgeon who in 1967 assisted Dr. Christiaan Barnard in the first human heart transplant. Naki's role in the groundbreaking procedure was…

Orvan Hess 2002 Deaths

Orvan HessAge: 96 pioneering obstetrician and gynecologist who, in 1942, became the first physician to successfully use penicillin clincially when he treated a woman on the verge of death…

Kim Hunter 2002 Deaths

Kim HunterAge: 79 actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Marlon Brando. She also played…