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Richard Crenna 2003 Deaths

Richard CrennaAge: 76 prolific character actor who began his 65-year show-business career as a child in radio. Known for his broad range, Crenna played a squeaky-voiced teen in Our Miss…

Tom Harmon

Tom HarmonBorn: Sept. 28, 1919Football HB 2-time All-America at Michigan; won Heisman Trophy in 1940; played with AFL NY Americans in 1941 and NFL LA Rams (1946-47); World War II fighter…

Leon Hart

Leon HartBorn: Nov. 2, 1928Football E only player to win 3 national championships in college and 3 more in the NFL; won his titles at Notre Dame (1946-47,49) and with Detroit Lions (1952-53,…

Rochefort, Victor Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Luçay

(Encyclopedia) Rochefort, Victor Henri, marquis de Rochefort-LuçayRochefort, Victor Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Luçayvēktôrˈ äNrēˈ rôshfôrˈ märkēˈ də rôshfôrˈ-lüsāˈ [key], 1831–1913, French…

Roon, Albrecht Theodor Emil, Graf von

(Encyclopedia) Roon, Albrecht Theodor Emil, Graf vonRoon, Albrecht Theodor Emil, Graf vonälˈbrĕkht tāˈōdôr āˈmēl gräf fən rōn [key], 1803–79, Prussian field marshal. A military reformer, he…

Ferry, Jules

(Encyclopedia) Ferry, JulesFerry, Juleszhül fĕrēˈ [key], 1832–93, French statesman. A member of the government of national defense established after the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in the Franco-…

Faidherbe, Louis Léon César

(Encyclopedia) Faidherbe, Louis Léon CésarFaidherbe, Louis Léon Césarlwē lāôNˈ sāzärˈ fādĕrbˈ [key], 1818–89, French colonial administrator. He was a leading participant in the establishment of the…

Collor de Mello, Fernando

(Encyclopedia) Collor de Mello, FernandoCollor de Mello, FernandofərnäNd&oomacr; kôlôrˈ də mĕlˈ&oomacr; [key], 1949–, president of Brazil (1990–92). In 1990, he became the youngest president…

Giers, Nikolai Karlovich

(Encyclopedia) Giers, Nikolai KarlovichGiers, Nikolai Karlovichnyĭkəlīˈ kärˈləvĭch gēyĕrsˈ [key], 1820–95, Russian statesman. Appointed deputy foreign minister in 1875, he increasingly took over the…

Garnier-Pagès, Louis Antoine

(Encyclopedia) Garnier-Pagès, Louis AntoineGarnier-Pagès, Louis Antoinelwē [key]Garnier-Pagès, Louis AntoineäNtwänˈ [key]Garnier-Pagès, Louis Antoine gärnyāˈ-päzhĕsˈ [key], 1803–78, French…