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Michael Ritchie 2001 Deaths

Michael RitchieAge: 62 filmmaker who directed the films Downhill Racer, The Candidate, and The Bad News Bears. He also helmed the television movie The Positively True Adventures of the…

Michael Saylor, 2000 News

35, software and Internet company executive, lost $6 billion (on paper) in one day when the stock of his company, MicroStrategy, lost 62% of its value on March 20. MicroStrategy “cooked the…

Sir Michael Edwardes Biography

Sir Michael Edwardesbusiness executiveBorn: 1930Birthplace: South Africa After studying at Rhodes University, he began his career with the Chloride Group in Africa in 1951, becoming a…

Michael A. Spence Biography

Michael A. Spence scholar, economistBorn: 1943Birthplace: Montclair, N.J. A bi-coastal economist specializing in the study of dynamic competition and the economics of information, he taught…

Michael Paquay 1998 Deaths

Michael PaquayAge: 26 Belgian motorcyclist; died of head injuries sustained in a accident during trials for the Italian Superbike Grand Prix in northern ItalyDied: Monza, Italy, May 9,…

Michael Zaslow 1998 Deaths

Michael ZaslowAge: 54 The Emmy Award-winning daytime soap opera star on Guiding Light died from Lou Gehrig's Disease and recently portrayed a character suffering from the same disease on One…

Michael Kennedy 1997 Deaths

Michael KennedyAge: 39 head of the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and son of popular politician Robert Kennedy. He fell victim to the powerful family's fabled curse when he hit a tree in a…

Michael Dorris 1997 Deaths

Michael DorriswriterAge: 52 Dorris's breakthrough The Broken Cord brought fetal alcohol syndrome to national attention. The book about FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) and its effects on Dorris's…

Michael Brecker 2007 Deaths

Michael BreckerAge: 57 Grammy Award-winning jazz musician considered the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, his mentor. Brecker fronted his own bands and played as a sideman on…

Michael Brown, 2005 News

director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), faced scathing criticism in September for his handling of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that followed in New Orleans when…