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Jim Pagel Biography

Jim PagelAge: 42 stock car driver; was beginning his sixth season on the local circuit; of injuries in a car accident during qualifying runDied: Kaukauna, Wisc., May 2, 1997Stanford…

Jim Bolus Biography

Jim BolusAge: 54 Kentucky Derby historian; was the former secretary of the National Turf Writers Association; worked for 23 years for the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times before…

Brewer's: Jim Crow

Brought out at the Adelphi in 1836. The character of Jim Crow played by T. D. Rice, as the original of the “nigger minstrels” since so popular. A renegade or turncoat is called a Jim Crow…

Brewer's: Zim and Jim

“His house was made a habitation for Zim and Jim, and every unclean thing” (Godly Man's Portion, 1663). The marginal reading of Isa. xii. 21, 22, explains Zim to be wild beasts, and Jim…

Jim Carrey Biography

Jim CarreyactorBorn: 1/17/1962Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Golden Globe-winning actor known for his inane, physical comedy. In 1995, he became Hollywood's highest paid actor, earning $20…

Jim Henson Biography

Jim HensonpuppeteerBorn: 9/24/1936Birthplace: Greenville, Mississippi A life-long puppet lover, Henson was instrumental in developing one of America's longest-running and best-loved children'…

Jim Morrison Biography

Jim Morrisonsinger, songwriter, poetBorn: 12/8/1943Birthplace: Melbourne, Florida The lead singer and songwriter for the rock group The Doors, whose hit songs include “Light My Fire”, “…

Jim (Catfish) Hunter

Jim (Catfish) HunterBorn: Apr. 8, 1946Baseball RHP won 20 games or more 5 times (1971-75); played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland and NY Yankees; threw perfect game in 1968; won AL Cy…

Jim Thorpe Biography

Jim ThorpeBorn: May 28, 18882-time All-America in football won both pentathlon and decathlon at 1912 Olympics; stripped of medals a month later for playing semi-pro baseball prior to Games;…

Jim Sheridan Biography

Jim Sheridanfilm directorBorn: 2/6/1949Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Sheridan's movies most often deal with the realities of Irish working-class life and the human consequences of Northern Ireland's…