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Joseph Greenberg 2001 Deaths
Joseph GreenbergAge: 85 prominent linguist who specialized in classifying the 5,000 languages of the world. He organized Africa's 1,500 languages into four families: Niger-Kordofanian,…Arthur Hill 2006 Deaths
Arthur HillAge: 84 actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He was also in many films and television series, including the title role in Owen Marshall…Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah 2006 Deaths
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-SabahAge: 79 emir of Kuwait who led the country during Iraq's occupation in 1990. He guided the country back to stability after the invasion by shrewdly forming an…Earl Woods 2006 Deaths
Earl WoodsAge: 74 father of golfer Tiger Woods who introduced his son to the game before he could walk. Earl Woods, a former U.S. Army lieutenant, served two tours of duty in Vietnam. In a…Robert Hoffman 2006 Deaths
Robert HoffmanAge: 59 former business executive who in 1969 as a student at Harvard and an editor of the Harvard Lampoon cofounded the satirical magazine National Lampoon. He sold his shares…John Guedel 2001 Deaths
John GuedelAge: 88 prolific television producer of the 1940s and '50s who began his career in radio before turning to TV when it was a nascent medium. Guedel, who had a fondness for the inane…William Wyler Biography
William WylerdirectorBorn: 7/1/1902Birthplace: Alsace, France Academy Award-winning director credited with adding a new level of maturity to American films during the 1940s and 1950s. His films…Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Auburn, New York For more than a decade the legendary Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) risked her life to lead hundreds of enslaved people out of the South to…Perry Farrell Biography
Perry Farrell(Perry Bernstein)musicianBorn: 3/29/1959Birthplace: Queens, New York Lead vocalist for Jane's Addiction, the group often credited with launching alternative rock long before it was a…James Laughlin 1997 Deaths
James Laughlinpublisher, editor, poet As founder of New Directions, one of the most important and influential publishing companies in the United States, Laughlin published the works of such…