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Paul Bowles Biography

Paul BowlesAge: 88 maverick writer and composer who influenced a generation of Beat writers with his moody, dark stories and novels and his eccentric lifestyle. He's best known for his 1949…

Eddie Feigner Biography

softball playerDied: February 9, 2007 (Huntsville, Alabama) Best Known as: hard-throwing softball player Hard-throwing softball player who toured the globe…

Jack Williamson 2006 Deaths

Jack WilliamsonAge: 98 writer of countless science fiction novels and short stories whose career spanned almost 80 years. His best-known novel was The Humanoids, a Puritan dystopia written in…

Kim Stanley 2001 Deaths

Kim StanleyAge: 76 versatile actress who bewitched Broadway audiences as a tomboy in Picnic, a spent chanteuse in Bus Stop, and a young single mother in The Traveling Lady. She earned Oscar…

Wilson Pickett 2006 Deaths

Wilson PickettAge: 64 gravelly voiced soul singer whose delivery and offstage antics earned him the nickname “Wicked Pickett.” His hits include “In the Midnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally.”…

Arthur Winston 2006 Deaths

Arthur WinstonAge: 100 legendary Los Angeles transportation worker who missed only one day in a 72-year career, that being the day his wife died in 1988. The bus yard at which he worked was…

Mike Darr 2002 Deaths

Mike DarrAge: 25 San Diego Padres utility outfielder killed in a car accident hours before spring training was set to begin; first full season in the majors was 2001; appeared in 105 games…

Pee Wee Reese Biography

Pee Wee ReeseBorn: July 23, 1918Baseball SS member of Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940-58; led NL in runs scored (132) in 1949 and stolen bases (30) in 1952; hit over .300 in a season…

Mario Andretti

Mario AndrettiBorn: Feb. 28, 1940Auto racer 4-time USAC-CART national champion (1965-66,69,84); only driver to win Daytona 500 (1967), Indy 500 (1969) and Formula One world title (1978); Indy…

My Dog Skip

Director:Jay RussellWriter:Gail GilchriestWarner Bros.; PG; 95 minutesRelease:1/00Cast:Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon Set in WWII era Mississippi, My Dog Skip is an unambitious…