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David Guralnik 2000 Deaths
David GuralnikAge: 79 lexicographer who served as editor in chief of Webster's New World dictionaries from 1948 to his retirement in 1985. He died of colon cancer. Died: Shaker Heights, Ohio…Terence McKenna 2000 Deaths
Terence McKennaAge: 53 New Ager and writer who preached the virtues of pyschedelic drugs. Timothy Leary called him “the Timothy Leary of the '90s.” He died of brain cancer. Died: San Rafael,…Jim Blevins 2000 Deaths
Jim BlevinsAge: 65 former Alabama lineman and assistant coach and head coach at Jacksonville St.; assistant coach at Alabama (1962-63), Jacksonville St. (1964), and UTEP (1969-71); head coach…Walter Chappell 2000 Deaths
Walter ChappellAge: 75 art photographer known for his intensely provocative photos of the human body and landscapes. He served as curator of prints and exhibits at the George Eastman Kodak…Kelly Davidson 2000 Deaths
Kelly DavidsonAge: 12 fund-raiser whose work benefited the Lance Armstrong Foundation after she befriended Armstrong while she was undergoing chemotherapy. She died of neuroblastoma, a cancer…Eugene Borowitz 2000 Deaths
Eugene BorowitzAge: 71 pyschiatrist who helped establish the MacArthur Fellows Program “genius grants,” which award recipients $500,000 over the course of five years to pursue their endeavors…Sandra Schmirler 2000 Deaths
Sandra SchmirlerAge: 36 curler who helped Canada win a team gold in 1998 Games, the first time it appeared as a medal sport; won three Canadian championships and three world championships in…Jack Haley 2000 Deaths
Jack HaleyAge: 65 surfer who helped lead the sport through its "golden age" from the 1940s to the 1960s; won first U.S. Open of Surfing in 1959; oldest son, Jack Jr., played professional…Caroline Knapp 2002 Deaths
Caroline KnappAge: 42 writer and columnist whose candid best-selling memoir Drinking: A Love Story recounted her 20-year battle with alcoholism. She died of lung cancer. Died: Cambridge, Mass…Elena Tcherkasskaia 2001 Deaths
Elena TcherkasskaiaAge: 64 a 22-year veteran of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, who found additional success in her second career as a figure skating coach to some of the world's elite skaters,…Trending
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