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Virginia Foster Durr Biography

Virginia Foster DurrAge: 95 inspirational white civil rights activist who helped put an end to racist poll taxes and, with her husband (civil rights lawyer and activist Clifford Durr), posted…

Robert Bresson Biography

Robert BressonAge: 98 iconoclastic French film director and screenwriter known for his austere, spiritual films that often dealt with redemption and were driven by emotion rather than…

Sir Rudolf Bing 1997 Deaths

Sir Rudolf Bing former general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Bing, who ran the Met from 1950 to 1972, revolutionized the opera house by hiring African Americans Leontyne Price and Marian…

Jimmy Dudley Biography

Jimmy DudleyAge: 89 radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians from 1948-67; greeted fans with signature line "Hello, baseball fans everywhere," and when the count was full, he would say "the…

Charlie Bradshaw Biography

Charlie BradshawAge: 75 former Kentucky and Troy State head football coach who, as an assistant, won a national title with Bear Bryant's 1961 Alabama team; was 25-41-4 at Kentucky (1962-68)…

Eric Roberts

Eric RobertsactorBorn: 4/18/1956Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi Older brother of actress Julia Roberts, Eric Roberts appeared on the stage as a child and starred in the 1989 Broadway production of…

Roger Moore Biography

Roger MooreactorBorn: 10/14/1927Birthplace: London, England Urbane British television and film actor who starred in the television series The Saint before becoming Sean Connery's successor…

Johnny Rotten Biography

Johnny Rotten(John Lydon)musician, singer, songwriterBorn: 1/31/1956Birthplace: England Rotten stomped and screamed his way into music history with punk anthems like “ God Save the Queen” and “…

Eric Roberts Biography

Eric RobertsactorBorn: 4/18/1956Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi Older brother of actress Julia Roberts, Eric Roberts appeared on the stage as a child and starred in the 1989 Broadway production of…

Woody Allen Biography

Woody Allen(Allen Stewart Konigsberg)writer, actor, playwrightBorn: 12/1/1935Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor and playwright whose films range from…