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Richard Doll 2005 Deaths

Richard DollAge: 92 British epidemiologist who was among the first scientists to link smoking with such diseases as lung cancer and emphysema. His work also showed that radiation and asbestos…

Richard Pryor 2005 Deaths

Richard PryorAge: 65 Grammy Award-winning actor and comedian known for his crude, brilliant, and hilarious characterizations of the dark side of the African-American experience. Pryor's…

Richard Fleischer 2006 Deaths

Richard FleischerAge: 89 film director whose hits include 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Fantastic Voyage. Died: Los Angeles, March 25, 2006Cy FeuerA - FGerald R. Ford…

Lloyd Richards 2006 Deaths

Lloyd RichardsAge: 87 pioneering force in theater and Broadway's first African American director who staged the premiere production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in 1959. He…

Ann Richards 2006 Deaths

Ann RichardsAge: 73 saucy Texas politician who served as the Democratic governor of Texas from 1990 to 1994, when she narrowly lost the election to George W. Bush. Richards supported rights…

Richard Gilman 2006 Deaths

Richard GilmanAge: 83 drama critic whose championing of abstract, absurd, and highly cerebral plays and disdain for more popular and commercial character-based entertainment made him a…

Richard Hatch, 2000 News

scheming game-show contestant, outwitted and outlasted the 15 other Survivor cast members to win $1 million in cash and an amount yet to be determined in endorsements, commercials, and…

Beah Richards 2000 Deaths

Beah RichardsAge: 80 film, stage, and television actress who often portrayed maternal characters. Her credits include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, for which she was nominated for a 1967…

Richard Farnsworth 2000 Deaths

Richard FarnsworthAge: 80 actor who began his career as a stunt man and turned to dramatic roles at age 57. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, first for Comes a Horseman in 1978 and…

Charles Richard Drew Biography

Charles Richard DrewphysicianBorn: 1904Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., Drew earned advanced degrees in medicine and surgery from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec,…