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Bobby Short 2005 Deaths

Bobby ShortAge: 80 singer and pianist who performed popular standards at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel for nearly 40 years. Died: New York City, March 21, 2005Roger ShattuckR - ZClaude Simon…

Gregory Shuker 2000 Deaths

Gregory ShukerAge: 67 award-winning documentary filmmaker who was one of the first to use cinema verité. His films include The Chair (1963) and Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963…

Ruth Warrick 2005 Deaths

Ruth WarrickAge: 88 actress who made her film debut in Citizen Kane but gained fame for her role as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on the soap opera All My Children. Died: New York City, Jan. 15,…

Fred Raphael 2001 Deaths

Fred RaphaelAge: 80 TV innovator whose work with the Emmy-winning "Shell's Wonderful World of Golf" and the Legends of Golf in 1978 led to the creation of the Senior PGA Tour in 1980. He died…

Howard “Sandman” Sims 2003 Deaths

Howard “Sandman” SimsAge: 86 famed Apollo Theater tap dancer who taught his fancy footwork to Gregory Hines, Ben Vereen, Muhammad Ali, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Died: Bronx, New York, May 20,…

Ben Gregory Biography

Ben GregoryAge: 50 University of Colorado assistant football coach in charge of running backs since 1991; is credited with developing Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam; a two time All-Big…

Ron Grinker Biography

Ron GrinkerAge: 57 Cincinnati attorney and sports agent whose most famous client, Danny Manning, was selected first overall in the 1988 NBA Draft; he also represented Xavier coach Skip…

David Hawkins 2002 Deaths

David HawkinsAge: 88 philosopher of science and historian who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant on the Manhattan Project and served as the project's official historian. At the University of…

Jimmy Smith 2005 Deaths

Jimmy SmithAge: 76 jazz organist whose scintillating music, called “soul jazz,” combined jazz, R&B, and bebop. He played on a Hammond B-3 electronic organ, an instrument not previously…