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Dean Bumpus 2002 Deaths

Dean BumpusAge: 89 oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who tossed tens of thousands of bottles into the Atlantic Ocean to analyze its currents. Each bottle contained a…

George Sidney 2002 Deaths

George SidneyAge: 85 director of such movie musicals as Ziegfeld Follies, Annie Get Your Gun, and Kiss Me Kate. He also directed Anchors Aweigh, the first film to combine live action and…

Paul Nitze 2004 Deaths

Paul NitzeAge: 97 public official and nuclear expert who for more than 40 years was highly influential in shaping U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union. He was a member of the U.S. delegation…

Rosemary Kennedy 2005 Deaths

Rosemary KennedyAge: 86 eldest sister of President John Kennedy who was born mildly retarded. In 1941, her father, Joseph Kennedy, had her lobotomized. The operation left Rosemary in an…

Phyllis Cerf Wagner 2006 Deaths

Phyllis Cerf WagnerAge: 90 socialite who, in 1957, founded Beginner Books together with Dr. Seuss. She was the wife of writer and publisher Bennett Cerf from 1940 through his death in 1971;…

Shana Alexander 2005 Deaths

Shana AlexanderAge: 79 liberal journalist and commentator who frequently engaged in heated debates with conservative James Kilpatrick on 60 Minutes during the 1970s. Their repartee was…

Kenneth Koch 2002 Deaths

Kenneth KochAge: 77 poet, novelist, and playwright who, with John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara, created the New York school of poets in the 1950s. He wrote more than 20 volumes of poetry, and his…

Norman O. Brown 2002 Deaths

Norman O. BrownAge: 89 philosopher and critic who analyzed history, drawing on theories by such disparate figures as Freud and Marx, to produce scholarly and often mystical works that…

Wendy Wasserstein 2006 Deaths

Wendy WassersteinAge: 55 Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist known for her plays about educated women torn between the desire for romance and for success and independence in post…

The Family of George Washington

The Question: What were the names of George Washington's wives? How many times was he married? What were the names of his children? During what…