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Edmund DiGiulio 2004 Deaths

Edmund DiGiulioAge: 76 inventor who developed the Steadicam, a system for keeping motion picture cameras stable during filming. He won several Oscars for his innovations in cinematography.…

Joe Cronin

Joe CroninBorn: Oct. 12, 1906Baseball SS hit over .300 and drove in over 100 runs 8 times each; player-manager in Washington and Boston (1933-47); AL president (1959-73).Died: Sept. 7,…

Fred Friendly 1998 Deaths

Fred Friendly (Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer)Age: 82 broadcast journalist and former president of CBS News. His television collaboration with Edward R. Murrow, See It Now, was the first…

Robert Donovan 2003 Deaths

Robert DonovanAge: 90 newspaper reporter turned best-selling author who wrote PT-109, the chronicle of John F. Kennedy's war experiences. He also wrote a biography of President Truman. Died:…

Matt Robinson 2002 Deaths

Matt RobinsonAge: 65 television writer and actor who wrote scripts for The Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, and Eight Is Enough. He was the first actor to play Gordon on Sesame Street. Died: Los…

Herb Ritts 2002 Deaths

Herb RittsAge: 50 celebrity photographer whose works helped to define the narcisssim and excess of the 1980s and early 90s. His subjects included Madonna, Cindy Crawford, the Dalai Lama,…

Frank Conroy 2005 Deaths

Frank ConroyAge: 69 writer whose 1967 memoir Stop-Time about his troubled, lonely adolescence brought him celebrity and acclaim. He headed the prestigious Writers' Workshop at the University…

Mortimer Adler 2001 Deaths

Mortimer AdlerAge: 98 philosopher, educator, and writer who helped to devise the Great Book learning program, which included 443 literary classics. His books include Aristotle for Everybody (…

Carmine De Sapio 2004 Deaths

Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…

Jim Fixx

Jim FixxBorn: Apr. 23, 1932Running author who popularized the sport of running; his 1977 bestseller The Complete Book of Running, is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution;…