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George V. Higgins, Biography

George V. Higgins,Age: 59 prolific novelist who parlayed his experience as a prosecutor into a series of dialogue-heavy crime novels set in Boston. He's best known for 1972's The Friends of…

George (Whitey) Kurowski Biography

George (Whitey) KurowskiAge: 81 St. Louis Cardinals third baseman whose ninth inning home run in Game 5 of the 1942 World Series earned St. Louis its fourth world championship; played from…

George Jackson 2000 Deaths

George JacksonAge: 42 media executive who began his career in film, moved to the music industry, and finally onto the Internet, where he created the Urban Box Office Network, a group of sites…

George Herman 2005 Deaths

George HermanAge: 85 journalist who worked for CBS for 43 years as a correspondent and the moderator of Face the Nation. Died: Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2005Al HeldG - LPaul Hester

George Kennan 2005 Deaths

George KennanAge: 101 influential diplomat and historian who, while working at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1946, devised the U.S. policy of containment to deal with the Soviet Union during…

George MacDonald Fraser Biography

authorDied: January 2, 2008 (Isle of Man) Best Known as: author of the Flashman novels A British writer who wrote the Flashman novels over four decades…

George Fenneman 1997 Deaths

George Fenneman television personality Fenneman was the unflappable straight man to Groucho Marx on television's You Bet Your Life. His other television credits include Anybody Can Play and…

George William Childs Biography

George William Childspublisher, philanthropistBorn: 1829Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having begun his career when he opened a Philadelphia bookstore in 1847, he soon expanded into publishing.…