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Jimmy Connors
Jimmy ConnorsBorn: Sept. 2, 1952Tennis No.1 player in world 5 times (1974-78); won 5 U.S. Opens, 2 Wimbledons and 1 Australian; rose from No. 936 at the close of 1990 to U.S. Open semifinals…Cedric Dempsey
Cedric DempseyBorn: Apr. 14, 1932College sports succeeded Dick Schultz as NCAA executive director (title later changed to president) in 1993 and served until the end of 2002; former athletic…Robert Benton Biography
Robert Bentondirector, screenwriterBorn: 9/29/1932Birthplace: Waxahachie, Texas Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter known for his sentimental films, which include Kramer vs. Kramer (1979…DeForest Kelley Biography
DeForest KelleyAge: 79 actor known to Star Trek fans as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. While his acting career began in 1947 and included parts in several TV shows and movies, it was his role on…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…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…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…Trending
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