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Serge Lang Biography
Serge LangAge: 79 French journalist who created skiing's World Cup circuit in 1967, a format of competition that has since been adopted by countless other sports. Lang died of a heart attack.…Harry Ellis Dickson 2003 Deaths
Harry Ellis DicksonAge: 94 musician and conductor who played first violin for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 50 years and was a conductor of the Boston Pops for more than 40 years.…Vicki Manalo Draves
Vicki Manalo DravesBorn: Dec. 31, 1924Diver Filipina-American athlete who in 1948 as a member of the U.S. team became the first woman in olympic history to win gold medals in both platform…Lucile Petry Leone Biography
Lucile Petry LeoneAge: 97 founded the Cadet Nurse Corps, a government program that funded nursing training for women during World War II. More than 100,000 women enrolled in the program,…Theodore Draper 2006 Deaths
Theodore DraperAge: 93 historian whose meticulous research covered a broad range of topics, including American Communism, the Cuban revolution, and Vietnam. He's best known for A Very Thin…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,…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…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…Trending
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