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Jeff Irwin Biography

Jeff IrwinAge: 41 sports agent for several professional athletes including Cardinals DT Bernard Wilson and Bears CB Tom Carter; owned an Arizona fitness center. Irwin died of a heart attack.…

selective service

(Encyclopedia) selective service, in U.S. history, term for conscription. Conscription was established (1863) in the U.S. Civil War, but proved unpopular (see draft riots). The law authorized release…

Providence

(Encyclopedia) Providence, city (1990 pop. 160,728), state capital and seat of Providence co., NE R.I., a port at the head of Providence Bay; founded by Roger Williams 1636, inc. as a city 1832. The…

Keynes, John Maynard, Baron Keynes of Tilton

(Encyclopedia) Keynes, John Maynard, Baron Keynes of TiltonKeynes, John Maynard, Baron Keynes of Tiltonkānz [key], 1883–1946, English economist and monetary expert, studied at Eton and Cambridge…

McGovern, George Stanley

(Encyclopedia) McGovern, George StanleyMcGovern, George Stanleyməgŭvˈərn [key], 1922–2012, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1963–81), b. Avon, S.Dak. He was a decorated B-24 bomber pilot during World…

Biographies: Archaeologists

ArchaeologistsPeople in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryBelzoni, Giovanni Battista, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer Bent, James Theodore, English explorer and…

Entertainment News from September 1999

6 Allen Funt, creator and host of Candid Camera, dies of complications of a 1993 stroke. He was 84. The show, a CBS hit from 1960 to 1966, was originally created by Funt as a radio show, moved…

Bob Squier 2000 Deaths

Bob SquierAge: 65 political consultant who shaped the political campaigns and images of President Clinton, Vice President Gore, President Carter, and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.…