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DiMaggio, Joe

(Encyclopedia) DiMaggio, Joe (Joseph Paul DiMaggio)DiMaggio, Joedĭmăjˈēōˌ, –mäjˈēōˌ [key], 1914–99, American baseball player, b. Martinez, Calif. One of the most charismatic of 20th-century sports…

Harry Prichett, Sr. 2000 Deaths

Harry Prichett, Sr.Age: 79 graphic artist who first introduced interactive television in 1954, with Winky Dink and You, a children's show hosted by Jack Barry. Viewers who bought a Magic Kit…

Thomas John Watson, Sr. Biography

Thomas John Watson, Sr.business executiveBorn: 2/17/1874Birthplace: Cambell, N.Y. Having begun his career at National Cash Register in Dayton, Ohio (1896–1911), where he learned about punch…

Albert Gore Sr. 1998 Deaths

Albert Gore Sr.Age: 90 32–year Congressional veteran from Tennessee who served seven terms in the House and three terms in the Senate from 1939 to 1971. The father of Vice President Al Gore…

Robert McFerrin Sr. 2006 Deaths

Robert McFerrin Sr.Age: 85 baritone who was the first black man to sing with the New York Metropolitan Opera, and who dubbed Sidney Poitier's singing voice in Porgy and Bess. He was the…

Rosemary Kennedy 2005 Deaths

Rosemary KennedyAge: 86 eldest sister of President John Kennedy who was born mildly retarded. In 1941, her father, Joseph Kennedy, had her lobotomized. The operation left Rosemary in an…

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver Biography

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriverphilanthropist, mental health activistBorn: 1921Birthplace: Brookline, Mass.Died: 2009 Shriver, the daughter of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy and the sister of…

Kennedy, Anthony McLeod

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Anthony McLeod, 1936–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1988–2018), b. Sacramento, Calif., grad. Stanford (1958), Harvard Law School (1961). For many years (1965–…

Kennedy, Charles Rann

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871–1950, Anglo-American dramatist, b. Derby, England. He became a U.S. citizen in 1917. His plays, concerned with moral problems, include The Servant in the…

Onassis, Jacqueline Bouvier

(Encyclopedia) Onassis, Jacqueline BouvierOnassis, Jacqueline Bouvierb&oomacr;ˈvē-āˌ, b&oomacr;vyāˈ [key], 1929–94, b. Southampton, N.Y. Of a socially prominent family, she worked (1951–53)…