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Morton Downey, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Morton Downey, Jr.Age: 67 contentious host of the short-lived but popular Morton Downey, Jr. Show, a 1980s talk show. Downey had a long and diverse career before he became an icon of the…

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Biography

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Born: 9/16/1950Birthplace: Keyser, W.Va.writer, critic, educator, activist   Gates has used his position as one of the country's preeminent Black scholars to promote his…

Kennedy, John F., Jr. Biography

Kennedy, John F., Jr. publisherBirthplace: Washington, D.C.Born: 1960   Click here for full length biography. Died: 1999       Kennedy, George K Kennedy, Joseph P.        

John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. Biography

John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.philanthropistBorn: 1/29/1874Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Following in his father's philanthropic footsteps, Rockefeller spent his life giving away the vast…

Charles Black, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Charles Black, Jr.Age: 85 constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown…

Jack Haley, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Jack Haley, Jr.Age: 67 Emmy Award–winning director and producer who helmed the 1974 all-star documentary That's Entertainment. He was once married to Liza Minnelli. His father, Jack Haley,…

Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Biography

Frank M. Johnson, Jr.Age: 80 uncompromising federal judge from Alabama whose rulings helped desegregate many of Montgomery's public facilities and cleared the way for Martin Luther King Jr.…

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. Biography

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr.Age: 79 the federal judge who in 1974 triggered riots and “white flight” by ordering the desegregation, by student busing, of Boston schools.Died: Boston, Mass.,…

Maurice F. Rabb, Jr. Biography

Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.OphthalmologistBorn: 8/7/1932Birthplace: Kentucky Born in Kentucky, Maurice Rabb earned a B.S. in 1954, and an M.D. in 1958 from the University of Louisville. In an…

Virgil Garnett Trice, Jr. Biography

Virgil Garnett Trice, Jr.chemical engineerBorn: 2/3/1926Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind. Virgil Trice earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University in 1945. He also received an M.S…