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Willie Thrower 2002 Deaths

Willie ThrowerAge: 71 became NFL's first African-American quarterback when he appeared in a game for the Chicago Bears on Oct. 18, 1953; never appeared in another game and it would be 15…

Bo Belinsky 2001 Deaths

Bo BelinskyAge: 64 highly touted rookie pitcher in 1962, whose rapid decline will forever be associated with his rise to Hollywood playboy status; pitched a no-hitter as a rookie with the…

Phil Collier 2001 Deaths

Phil CollierAge: 75 San Diego-area baseball reporter for almost 40 years; inducted into the writers wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990; started at the San Diego Union covering the…

Roger Vadim 2000 Deaths

Roger VadimAge: 72 French director whose first film, And God Created Woman (1956), launched the career of then-wife Brigitte Bardot. One of France's pioneering New Wave directors, Vadim…

Alvin John Krueger Biography

Alvin John KruegerAge: 79 late 1930's college football star who guided USC to two straight Rose Bowl victories over undefeated, unscored-upon teams in 1939 and 1940; caught a 19-yard TD with…

Cliff Barker 1998 Deaths

Cliff BarkerAge: 77 a member of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" which went 36-3 and won the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship in 1948; later that summer Barker and his four…

Larry Brown

Larry BrownBorn: Sept. 14, 1940Basketball played in ACC, AAU, 1964 Olympics and ABA; 3- time assist leader (1968-70) and 3-time Coach of Year (1973,75-76) in ABA; coached ABA’s Carolina and…

Bill Parcells

Bill ParcellsBorn: Aug. 22, 1941Football coached NY Giants to 2 Super Bowl titles (1987,91); retired after 1990 season then returned in 1993 as coach of New England; took hapless Pats from 2-…

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherdactress, producerBorn: 2/18/1950Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Television and film actress who appeared in several films and then made the move to television. Her films…

Courtney Thorne-Smith Biography

Courtney Thorne-Smith actressBorn: 11/8/1968Birthplace: San Francisco Thorne-Smith was one of the original members of the Melrose Place cast (1992–97). She left to join another successful Fox…