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Gwendolyn Brooks 2000 Deaths

Gwendolyn BrooksAge: 83 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose socio-political works chronicled the 20th century African American experience. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950 for…

Barry S. Brook Biography

Barry S. Brookeducator, musicologist A pioneer in the field of musicology, Brook helped establish doctoral programs in music at the City University of New York, the Juilliard School and Paris…

Herb Brooks 2003 Deaths

Herb BrooksAge: 66 coach who led the U.S. hockey “Miracle on Ice” team to a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Under Brooks, a former Olympian himself, the University Minnesota hockey…

Foster Brooks 2001 Deaths

Foster Brooks Age: 89 comedian who frequently performed on television and variety shows in the 1970s and '80s as a drunk trying to act sober. Died: Encino, Calif., Dec. 20, 2001Joan BoveA -…

Robert Brooks 2006 Deaths

Robert BrooksAge: 69 businessman who was chairman of Hooters, the restaurant chain that features scantily clad, buxom waitresses. There are now 430 restaurants in 46 states and 20 countries…

Brooke Astor, 2006 News

philanthropist and socialite, was allegedly the victim of elder abuse by her son, Anthony Marshall. Marshall's son, Philip, filed a court petition over the summer, accusing his father of…

Robert Somers Brookings Biography

Robert Somers Brookingsbusiness executive, philanthropistBorn: 1/22/1850Birthplace: Cecil County, Md. With little formal education, he established himself as a St. Louis businessman first in…

James L. Brooks Biography

James L. Brooks director, producer, writerBorn: 5/9/1940Birthplace: North Bergen, New Jersey Director, producer, and writer of the Oscar-winning films Terms of Endearment (1983) and As Good As…

2001 Billboard Music Awards

Artist of the YearDestiny's ChildFemale Artist of the YearAlicia KeysMale Artist of the YearShaggyCatalog Artist of the YearCreedDuo/Group of the YearDestiny's Child New Male Artist of the…