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Milton Garland 2000 Deaths

Milton GarlandAge: 104 refrigeration expert who held 41 patents. In 1998 he was cited as the nation's oldest worker. He began working at the Frick Company in 1920 and remained there for the…

Konrad Kujau 2000 Deaths

Konrad KujauAge: 62 swindler who sold 60 volumes of bogus “Hitler diaries” to the German magazine Stern for $4.8 million in 1983. He was convicted of fraud in 1985 and served three years in…

Gus Hall 2000 Deaths

Gus HallAge: 90 American Communist who served as secretary general of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and ran for president of the United States four times. He served eight years in prison for…

Marijohn Wilkin 2006 Deaths

Marijohn WilkinAge: 86 country music songwriter, producer, and performer who cowrote “The Long Black Veil” and “One Day at a Time.” She was the first to publish songs by Kris Kristofferson.…

Ellen Willis 2006 Deaths

Ellen WillisAge: 64 feminist journalist, cultural critic, and university professor who was a founder of the radical Redstockings group in 1969. Her books include No More Nice Girls:…

Leopoldo Galtieri 2003 Deaths

Leopoldo GaltieriAge: 76 repressive general and military dictator of Argentina who ordered the ill-fated 1982 invasion of the British-held Falkland Islands. The move led to a 74-day war with…

Viktor Hamburger 2001 Deaths

Viktor HamburgerAge: 100 experimental embryologist who analyzed the developing nervous system. In 1954, he and two colleagues, Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen, discovered the first…

Scotty Bowman

Scotty BowmanBorn: Sept. 18, 1933Hockey coach all-time winningest NHL coach in both regular season (1,244) and playoffs (223) over 30 seasons; coached a record nine Stanley Cup winners with…

Bill Bradley Biography

Bill BradleyBorn: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award…

Don Budge

Don BudgeBorn: June 13, 1915Tennis in 1938 became 1st player to win the Grand Slam— the French, Wimbledon, U.S. and Australian titles in 1 year; led U.S. to 2 Davis Cups (1937-38); turned pro…