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Tony Canzoneri

Tony CanzoneriBorn: Nov. 6, 1908Boxer 2-time world lightweight champion (1930-33,35-36); pro record 141-24-10 with 44 KOs.Died: Dec. 9, 1959Jose CansecoA - CJennifer Capriati

Tony Gwynn

Tony GwynnBorn: May 9, 1960Baseball OF 8-time NL batting champion (1984,87-89,94-97) with San Diego, 15-time All-Star; got 3,000th career hit Aug. 6, 1999 at Montreal; played basketball at…

Toni Sailer

Toni SailerBorn: Nov. 17, 1935Austrian skier 1st to win 3 alpine gold medals in Winter Olympics— taking downhill, slalom and giant slalom events in 1956.Samuel RyderR - TLenn Sakata

Tony Zale

Tony ZaleBorn: May 29, 1913Boxer 2-time world middleweight champion (1941-47,48); fought Rocky Graziano for title 3 times in 21 months in 1947-48, winning twice; pro record 67-18-2 with 44…

Hamlisch, Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Hamlisch, Marvin, 1944–2012, American composer, conductor, and pianist, b. New York City, grad. Queens College (B.S., 1967). A versatile and prolific composer of melodies ranging from…

Donald, David Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Donald, David Herbert, 1920–2009, American historian, b. Goodman, Miss. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Illinois in 1946, he taught at Columbia (1947–49; 1951–59), Smith (…

Zoar, village, United States

(Encyclopedia) ZoarZoarzôr, zōˈər [key], village, Tuscarawas co., E central Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River; founded 1817, inc. 1884. It was founded by a group of Separatists from S Germany who fled…

2004 Deaths: R - Z

Nuha al-RadiJohnny RamoneTony RandallDavid RaskinRonald ReaganChristopher ReeveDavid ReimerAlexandra RipleyLaurance RockefellerMarvin RunyonJohn SackFrançoise SaganPierre SalingerIsabel…

Lloyd Webber, Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948–, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor…

Davis, Viola

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Viola, 1965-, African-American actress and producer, b. St. Matthews, S.C., Rhode Island College (B.A., 1988), Juilliard (1993,…