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Robert Waggenhoffer Biography

Robert WaggenhofferAge: 39 world professional figure skating champion and silver medallist in the 1982 U.S. nationals; only U.S. skater to be the junior champion in singles and pairs in the…

Daniel Paul VanEtten Biography

Daniel Paul VanEttenAge: 19 freshman lineman on the West Virgina football team; of injuries sustained when his sport-utility vehicle went out of control after a flat tire. Three other…

Bob Cope Biography

Bob CopeAge: 58 former defensive coordinator for Kansas State University; on his second stint with the Wildcats; was on coach Bill Snyder's original staff from 1989–90, then left for…

Bo Schembechler 2006 Deaths

Bo SchembechlerAge: 77 head coach of the University of Michigan football team from 1969 to 1989, his 234-65-8 career record (over 27 years) put him in fifth place in number of wins by any…

Barnard Hughes 2006 Deaths

Barnard HughesAge: 90 character actor who frequently portrayed father figures. He won a best-actor Tony for playing the title role in Da. His films include Midnight Cowboy and Oh God! Died:…

Thomas R. Jones 2006 Deaths

Thomas R. JonesAge: 93 judge and New York state assemblyman who advocated urban renewal, spurring Senator Robert F. Kennedy to redevelop the then-rundown Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in…

Ed Turner 2002 Deaths

Ed TurnerAge: 66 television executive who as one of the first hires at CNN was a pioneer in 24-hour television news. Hired in 1980 as an editor, Turner retired as executive vice president in…

Shirley Chisholm 2005 Deaths

Shirley ChisholmAge: 80 bold politician who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. In…

Lord James Callaghan 2005 Deaths

Lord James CallaghanAge: 92 British politician who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1979. His administration was plagued by a series of trade union strikes in the winter of 1978–1979,…

Violet Carson Biography

Violet CarsonactressBorn: 9/1/1898Birthplace: Ancoats, Manchester, England Radio and television actress who played (1960–80) the strong-minded and sharp-tonged Ena Sharples on Coronation Street (1960…