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Leon (Red) Romo Biography

Leon (Red) RomoAge: 78 athletic trainer at the Naval Academy from 1956-97; guided midshipmen like Roger Staubach and David Robinson; played running back at LSU in the 1940s; assistant and…

Dana Plato Biography

Dana PlatoAge: 34 actress who won childhood fame as Kimberly Drummond on the popular 1980s TV show Diff'rent Strokes. Her highly publicized run-ins with the law kept her name in the news for…

Don Hume 2001 Deaths

Don HumeAge: 86 Olympic rower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; charter member of the Univ. of Washington's Husky Hall of Fame; past president of the West Coast Mining…

Greg Norman

Greg NormanBorn: Feb. 10, 1955Australian golfer 73 tournament wins worldwide including 18 PGA Tour victories; 2-time British Open winner (1986,93); lost Masters by a stroke in both 1986 (to…

George (Whitey) Kurowski Biography

George (Whitey) KurowskiAge: 81 St. Louis Cardinals third baseman whose ninth inning home run in Game 5 of the 1942 World Series earned St. Louis its fourth world championship; played from…

Byrum (By) Saam 2000 Deaths

Byrum (By) SaamAge: 85 Philadelphia radio broadcaster who called more than 8,000 baseball games over 38 years for the Phillies and A's; began broadcasting college football in 1937 and…

Clifton Daniel 2000 Deaths

Clifton DanielAge: 87 managing editor of The New York Times from 1964 to 1969. As head of the news staff, he emphasized stylish feature articles and penetrating coverage of social life and…

Ed Furgol Biography

Ed FurgolAge: 79 former golfer who won the U.S. Open in 1954 by one stroke despite being unable to bend his left arm, which never healed properly when he broke his elbow at age 12; 1954…

Max Draughon 1998 Deaths

Max DraughonAge: 17 two-way senior tackle on Triton High School team; died of heat exhaustion during summer practice; according to a spokesman from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports…

Tommy "T.J." Smith 1998 Deaths

Tommy "T.J." SmithAge: 79 Australia's winningest racehorse trainer in history; won the Sydney trainers' partnership 33 years in succession and won every major race on the Australian racing…