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Chattahoochee

(Encyclopedia) ChattahoocheeChattahoocheechătˌəh&oomacr;ˈchē [key], river, 436 mi (702 km) long, rising in N Ga., and flowing generally SW to the Ala.-Ga. border and then S along it to join the…

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 Davis 2000 Deaths

Jim DavisAge: 103 motorcycling pioneer who was part of the first class inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998; won more than 70 nationally sanctioned races and six national titles…

Jim Blevins 2000 Deaths

Jim BlevinsAge: 65 former Alabama lineman and assistant coach and head coach at Jacksonville St.; assistant coach at Alabama (1962-63), Jacksonville St. (1964), and UTEP (1969-71); head coach…

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 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 (Catfish) Hunter Biography

Jim (Catfish) HunterAge: 53 dominating right-handed pitcher of the early 1970s who was baseball's first big-money free agent; won five World Series rings with Oakland and the N.Y. Yankees;…

Jim Varney 2000 Deaths

Jim VarneyAge: 50 rubber-faced comic actor who portrayed the dolty hayseed Ernest in dozens of commercials and nine films, including Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) and Ernest Rides Again (1993).…

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…