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2000 Men's Olympic Cycling Medalists

Mountain Bike Cross Country (30.7 miles): 1. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:09:03); 2. Filip Meirhaeghe, BEL (2:10:05); 3. Christoph Sauser, SWI (2:11:20). Road Individual Road Race (240 km): 1. Jan…

Melissa Hayden 2006 Deaths

Melissa HaydenAge: 83 passionate ballerina who rose to international fame while performing with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. Died: Winston-Salem, N.C., Aug. 9, 2006Jens Christian…

James Earl Ray 1998 Deaths

James Earl RayAge: 70 convicted killer of Martin Luther King Jr. He confessed to the 1968 assassination but recanted after his sentencing. Lacking evidence to back up his government…

Howard E. Johnson 2000 Deaths

Howard E. Johnson(Stretch Johnson),Age: 85 tap dancer, Communist, and activist who performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Cotton Club and the Apollo. Died: Bronx, New York, May 28…

Earl M. Ramer 1998 Deaths

Earl M. RamerAge: 84 former NCAA president in 1971 and 1972 and 34-year member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; served two decades as faculty athletics…

Dick James 2000 Deaths

Dick JamesAge: 66 two-way football player who played running back and defensive back for the University of Oregon and professionally from 1956-63 with Washington, New York and Minnesota;…

Elizabeth Janeway 2005 Deaths

Elizabeth JanewayAge: 91 writer and critic who was an influential force in the women's movement. Her books about feminist issues include Man's World, Woman's Place: A Study of Social…

Jam Master Jay 2002 Deaths

Jam Master Jay(Jason Mizell)Age: 37 DJ for the pioneering rap band Run-D.M.C. He was widely considered one of the kindest men in rap. He mentored up-and-coming musicians and remained loyal to…