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Rick James 2004 Deaths

Rick JamesAge: 56 musician who pioneered the “punk-funk” style of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His song “Super Freak” propelled him to fame. Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 6, 2004Illinois…

James McGreevey, 2004 News

governor of New Jersey, announced in August that he would resign because he had had an affair with another man. “My truth is that I am a gay American,” he said. Golan Cipel came forward and…

James Guckert, 2005 News

journalist, attended several White House press briefings using the pseudonym Jeff Gannon. Although Guckert signed into the White House using his real name, Press Secretary Scott McClellan…

James Brown 2006 Deaths

James BrownAge: 73 legendary singer, songwriter, and dancer acclaimed as the “Godfather of Soul.” His musical career spanned more than 50 years, with his first hit single, “Please Please…

James Oppenheim: The New God

The New GodJames OppenheimYe morning-glories, ring in the gale your bells, And with dew water the walk's dust for the burden-bearing ants: Ye swinging spears of the larkspur, open your wells…

James Stockdale 2005 Deaths

James StockdaleAge: 81 U.S. Navy vice admiral who won the Medal of Honor in 1976. He was captured by the North Vietnamese in 1965 and imprisoned for more than seven years, enduring repeated…

James Frey, 2006 News

best-selling author, acknowledged in January that he had fabricated and embellished parts of his 2003 memoir, A Million Little Pieces, a story of personal redemption that has sold about 3.5…

James Hansen, 2006 News

director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, complained in January that White House appointees within the agency had attempted to control the information released by him and other…

James Swindal 2006 Deaths

James SwindalAge: 88 U.S. Air Force pilot who flew President Kennedy's body back to Washington after his assassination in Dallas. Died: Cocoa Beach, Fla., April 25, 2006William StyronR - ZTa…

James Conway 2006 Deaths

James ConwayAge: 78 entrepreneur who, with his brother William, founded Mister Softee, the ice cream company that sells frozen treats from trucks. They started the business in 1956 with one…