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Ellis Clary 2000 Deaths

Ellis ClaryAge: 85 longtime baseball scout for the Twins from 1962-84, then the White Sox and Blue Jays; played with Washington and St. Louis; won an A.L. pennant as a reserve infielder with…

Evelyn P. Davis Biography

Evelyn P. Davis television executive As vice president of the Children's Television Workshop, Davis brought Sesame Street to the attention of viewers in poor, urban areas. She was also a…

Johnny Unitas 2002 Deaths

Johnny UnitasAge: 69 record-setting quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, whose black high-top cleats and dark crew cut remain indelible symbols of the franchise's success in the late 1950s and…

Carl Brashear 2006 Deaths

Carl BrashearAge: 75 the first black man to become a U.S. Navy master deep-sea diver whose battle to overcome racism, poverty, and a disability was chronicled in the film Men of Honor. He…

Donna Summer Biography

Donna Summer(Donna Gaines)singerBorn: 12/31/1948Birthplace: Boston Grammy Award-winning singer who was disco's diva and, surviving the period, emerged as a 1980s pop star. Her recordings…

Kristy McNichol Biography

Kristy McNicholactressBorn: 9/11/1962Birthplace: Los Angeles McNichol won an Emmy Award for her role in the TV series Family (1976–80). In 1988 she began playing the part of a police officer in the…

Aleixandre, Vicente

(Encyclopedia) Aleixandre, VicenteAleixandre, Vicentevēthĕnˈtā älāhänˈdrā [key], 1898–1984, Spanish lyric poet. He won the national prize for literature for La destrucción o el amor (1935, tr. 1976)…

Gond

(Encyclopedia) GondGondgŏnd [key], ethnic group of central India. The group is now found especially in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in neighboring areas of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha,…

Clapham, Sir John Harold

(Encyclopedia) Clapham, Sir John HaroldClapham, Sir John Haroldklăpˈəm [key], 1873–1946, English economic historian. He was lecturer, professor and administrator at Cambridge from 1908 to 1943.…