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Enduring Love
Author:Ian McEwanPublisher:Doubleday Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan is in top form with Enduring Love. Intellectual detail and meticulous plot construction combine to create a…Clement Stone 2002 Deaths
Clement StoneAge: 100 entrepreneur who took $100 in savings and built a multi-billion-dollar insurance empire, now called Aon Corp. He attributed much of his success to positive thinking. He…Elizabeth Coblentz 2002 Deaths
Elizabeth CoblentzAge: 66 syndicated columnist who handwrote her homespun prose from her Missouri home deep in Amish country. Her column, which appeared in 105 newspapers and primarily…A.M. Rosenthal 2006 Deaths
A.M. RosenthalAge: 84 journalist who as executive editor led the New York Times for 17 years, during which time the paper won 23 Pulitzer Prizes and published articles about the Pentagon…Josephine Baker Biography
Josephine Bakersinger, dancerBorn: 6/3/1906Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri African-American expatriate jazz singer who got her start on the Harlem stage and later appeared on Broadway and…Bo Jackson
Bo JacksonBorn: Nov. 30, 1962Baseball OF and Football RB won Heisman Trophy in 1985 and MVP of baseball All-Star Game in 1989; starter for both baseball's KC Royals and NFL's LA Raiders in…Phil Rizzuto Biography
Phil Rizzuto Born: Sept. 25, 1916Died: Aug. 14, 2007Baseball SS nicknamed “the Scooter”; AL MVP with the Yankees in 1950; 5-time All-Star; retired in 1956 and became Yankees radio and…Walt Frazier Biography
Walt FrazierBorn: March 29, 1945Basketball G won the NBA championship two times (1970 and 73) with the New York Knicks; 35 points and 19 assists in the 1970 championship game vs. the Lakers;…Bobby Wilson Biography
Bobby WilsonAge: 85 Texas football star who helped SMU win a national championship in 1935; All-SWC twice and two-time All-American running back; played pro football with Brooklyn Dodgers…Marie Rudisill 2006 Deaths
Marie RudisillAge: 95 writer of several books including Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook, she gained fame as “The Fruitcake Lady” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno starting in…Trending
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