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Jacques Lemaire

Jacques LemaireBorn: Sept. 7, 1945Hockey C member of 8 Stanley Cup champions in Montreal; scored 366 goals in 12 seasons; coached Canadiens (1983-85) and NJ Devils (1993-98), won 1995 Stanley…

Dawn Steel Biography

Dawn Steelfilm executive In an industry long dominated by men, Steel was the first woman to head a major movie studio. During her tenure at Paramount and later Columbia Studios, she oversaw…

Lawrence Lader 2006 Deaths

Lawrence LaderAge: 86 writer who became a steadfast abortion-rights activist while writing a biography of Margaret Sanger. Labeled the father of the abortion-rights movement by Betty Friedan…

Floyd Spence 2001 Deaths

Floyd SpenceAge: 73 Republican from South Carolina who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1970 until his death. Spence was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from…

Cardinal John O'Connor 2000 Deaths

Cardinal John O'ConnorAge: 80 conservative archbishop of New York City's Roman Catholics who was passionately opposed to abortion and homosexuality, but equally unwavering in his support of…

Frank B. Colton

Frank B. ColtonBorn: 1923Birthplace: Poland Oral contraceptives—Colton has made many important contributions to medicinal organic chemistry, and particularly to steroid chemistry. His most…

William Maxwell 2000 Deaths

William MaxwellAge: 91 writer and legendary New Yorker fiction editor who gracefully polished the work of such luminaries as John Updike, John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov, and Eudora Welty. His…

Sir Marcus Oliphant 2000 Deaths

Sir Marcus OliphantAge: 98 nuclear physicist who helped to develop the atom bomb and discovered new forms of hydrogen and helium. He was shocked at the bomb's devastating effects on Hiroshima…

Benjamin Spock 1998 Deaths

Benjamin Spock (Benjamin McLane Spock)Age: 94 world-famous pediatrician. His book Baby and Child Care is one of the biggest-selling titles of all time. While studying at Yale University Spock…