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Mike Darr 2002 Deaths

Mike DarrAge: 25 San Diego Padres utility outfielder killed in a car accident hours before spring training was set to begin; first full season in the majors was 2001; appeared in 105 games…

Pee Wee Reese Biography

Pee Wee ReeseBorn: July 23, 1918Baseball SS member of Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940-58; led NL in runs scored (132) in 1949 and stolen bases (30) in 1952; hit over .300 in a season…

Mario Andretti

Mario AndrettiBorn: Feb. 28, 1940Auto racer 4-time USAC-CART national champion (1965-66,69,84); only driver to win Daytona 500 (1967), Indy 500 (1969) and Formula One world title (1978); Indy…

My Dog Skip

Director:Jay RussellWriter:Gail GilchriestWarner Bros.; PG; 95 minutesRelease:1/00Cast:Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon Set in WWII era Mississippi, My Dog Skip is an unambitious…

Demi Moore Biography

Demi Moore(Demetria Guynes)actressBorn: 11/11/1962Birthplace: Roswell, New Mexico Film and television actress who played Jackie Templeton on General Hospital (1981–83) before she became a…

Wallace Hume Carothers

Wallace Hume Carothers Born: 1896Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa Diamine-dicarboxylic acid salts and process of preparing same and synthetic fiber—Carothers work involved the theory of linear…

John McEnroe

John McEnroeBorn: Feb. 16, 1959Tennis No.1 player in the world 4 times (1981-84); 4-time U.S. Open champ (1979-81,84); 3-time Wimbledon champ (1981,83-84); played on 5 Davis Cup winners (1978…

Asian Americans in Government

Elaine ChaoBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

2005 Deaths: G - L

Carlo Maria GiuliniGnassingbé EyadémaFrank GorshinL. Patrick Gray IIIJimmy GriffinHenry GrunwaldRafik HaririJune HaverEdward HeathHoward HeflinRobert HeilbronerAl HeldGeorge HermanPaul…

Brewer's: Meg Merrilies

(in Sir W. Scott's Guy Mannering). This character was based on that of Jean Gordon, an inhabitant of the village of Kirk Yetholm, in the Cheviot Hills, in the middle of the eighteenth…