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Mel Hein

Mel HeinBorn: Aug. 22, 1909Football C NFL All-Pro 8 straight years (1933-40); MVP in 1938 with Giants; didn't miss a game in 15 years.Died: Jan. 31, 1992Eric HeidenG - JJohn W. Heisman…

Albert Turner 2000 Deaths

Albert TurnerAge: 64 civil rights leader who was one of the leaders of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Died: Selma, Ala., April 13, 2000 John TukeyR - ZEric…

Jared Nathan 2006 Deaths

Jared NathanAge: 21 actor who, at 13, had been in the cast of the children's television show Zoom. He died as the result of a car accident in which he had been a passenger.Died: Nashua, N.H…

Thomas Hearns

Thomas HearnsBorn: Oct. 18, 1958Boxer has held world titles as welterweight, junior middleweight, middleweight and light heavyweight; four career losses have come against Ray Leonard, Marvin…

Shinichi Suzuki 1998 Deaths

Shinichi Suzukimusic teacher introduced millions of children all over the world to his “Suzuki Method” which encourages young children to play the violin by imitation, not by reading sheet…

Robert Tools 2001 Deaths

Robert ToolsAge: 57 the first recipient of the AbioCor, a self-contained artificial heart. He was near death from end-stage heart failure when he underwent the procedure in July. He died from…

Elena Tcherkasskaia 2001 Deaths

Elena TcherkasskaiaAge: 64 a 22-year veteran of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, who found additional success in her second career as a figure skating coach to some of the world's elite skaters,…

Tara Lipinski Biography

Tara LipinskiBorn: June 10, 1982Figure Skater won the 1998 women's figure skating gold medal at the Olympics in Nagano, becoming the youngest in history (15 yrs., 7 mos.) to do so; she and…

Ella Maria Gonzalez Alvarez 1998 Deaths

Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezAge: 93 a pioneer in women's tennis in Spain; better known as "Lili Alvarez", she ruled Spanish tennis in the 1920s, making it to three consecutive Wimbledon…

Harry Usher 2000 Deaths

Harry UsherAge: 61 attorney and former executive vice president and general manager of the 1984 Olympic Summer Games; teamed with Peter Ueberroth to successfully raise money and organize the…