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James (Jim) Carroll Biography

writer and punk rockerBorn: August 1, 1949Died: September 11, 2009 (New York, USA) Best Known as: Punk rocker, poet, and author of "The Basketball Diaries…

Jim Benton 2001 Deaths

Jim BentonAge: 84 Arkansas Razorbacks football star, NFL great and former coach at Arkansas A&M (now Ark.-Monticello); two-time All-Pro and member of the NFL all-decade team for the 1940s…

Jim Thompson 2002 Deaths

Jim ThompsonAge: 60 CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), who came out of retirement in January to fill the post left vacant by Carol Anne Letheren, who died in February 2001;…

Jim Baen 2006 Deaths

Jim BaenAge: 62 influential publisher of science fiction at Ace, Tor, and his own Baen Books. He also championed the publication of unencrypted ebooks in a variety of formats. Died: Highlands…

Jim Coleman 2001 Deaths

Jim ColemanAge: 89 colorful writer whose career as one of Canada's best-known sportswriters spanned nearly 70 years; most recently a columnist at the Vancouver Province; wrote two books about…

Jim BUNN, Congress, OR (1956)

BUNN Jim , a Representative from Oregon; born in McMinniville, Oreg., December 12, 1956; graduated Dayton Union High School; A.A., Chemeketa Community College, 1977; B.A., NW Nazarene College, 1979…

James (Sunny Jim) Fitzsimmons

James (Sunny Jim) FitzsimmonsBorn: July 23, 1874Horse racing trained horses that won over 2,275 races, including 2 Triple Crown winners— Gallant Fox in 1930 and Omaha in '35.Died: Mar. 11,…

Cy Young Award

1956 Don Newcombe, Brooklyn N.L. 1957 Warren Spahn, Milwaukee N.L. 1958 Bob Turley, New York A.L. 1959…

Albert Webb JEFFERIS, Congress, NE (1868-1942)

JEFFERIS Albert Webb , a Representative from Nebraska; born near Embreeville, Chester County, Pa., December 7, 1868; attended the public schools in Romansville, Pa., and the State normal school at…

Elijah Webb CHASTAIN, Congress, GA (1813-1874)

CHASTAIN Elijah Webb , a Representative from Georgia; born near Pickens, Pickens County, S.C., September 25, 1813; moved with his parents to Habersham, Ga., in 1821; attended the common schools…