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Lewis, Jerry Lee

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Jerry Lee, 1935–2022, American singer and composer, b. Ferriday, La. Combining country music elements with an energetic…

Left Behind

Director:Vic SarinWriters:Allan McElroy, Paul Lalonde, Joe GoodmanCloud 10 Pictures and Namesake Entertainment; NR; 95 minutesRelease:2/01Cast:Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens Most…

Buss, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Buss, Jerry (Gerald Hatten Buss), 1933–2013, American businessman and basketball executive, b. Salt Lake City. He worked in the…

Newsom, Gavin Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Newsom, Gavin Christopher, 1967– American businessman and politician, b. San Francisco. He was a cofounder (1991) of the PlumpJack Group, whose businesses grew from a wine store to…

West, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) West, Jerry (Jerome Alan West), 1938–, American basketball player, b. Cheylan, W.Va. One of the game's great shooting guards, he led West Virginia Univ. to the 1959 National Collegiate…

Brown, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jerry (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938–, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905–96), governor of California (1959–67), Brown…

Payton, Walter Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Payton, Walter Jerry, 1954–99, American football player, b. Columbia, Miss. He played at Jackson State College (now Jackson State Univ.) in Mississippi before being drafted as a…

Unser, Al

(Encyclopedia) Unser, Al (Alfred Unser, Sr.) Unser, Al ŭnˈsər [key] 1939–2021, American automobile racing driver, b.…

Adler, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) Adler, Jerry: see under Adler, Larry.

Davis, Gray

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Gray (Joseph Graham Davis, Jr.), 1942–, U.S. politician, b. the Bronx, N.Y. A graduate of Stanford Univ. (1964) and Columbia Univ. Law School (1967), he entered the army and…