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Earl Shinhoster 2000 Deaths

Earl ShinhosterAge: 49 civil rights activist and NAACP leader who served as the organization's national field secretary and acting executive director and CEO. He died in a car accident. Died…

Harvey Postlethwaite Biography

Harvey PostlethwaiteAge: 55 Formula One car designer and engineer who started on the circuit in 1971; his Ferraris won the constructors title in 1982-83. He died of a heart attack.Died:…

Jared Nathan 2006 Deaths

Jared NathanAge: 21 actor who, at 13, had been in the cast of the children's television show Zoom. He died as the result of a car accident in which he had been a passenger.Died: Nashua, N.H…

Alois Lipburger 2001 Deaths

Alois LipburgerAge: 44 Austria's ski jumping coach; silver medalist at the 1978 world championships; He was killed in a car accident on his way home from a World Cup event.Died: Munich, Feb.…

Louise Smith 2006 Deaths

Louise SmithAge: 89 race-car driver on the Nascar circuit from 1945 to 1956. She won 38 events and was the first woman inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Died:…

Elizabeth Neuffer 2003 Deaths

Elizabeth NeufferAge: 46 award-winning journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe. She died in a car accident in Iraq while covering the fallout from the war. Died…

J. C. Furnas 2001 Deaths

J. C. FurnasAge: 95 historian and writer known for his in-depth examination of social issues. His article “…And Sudden Death” investigated auto-related deaths. The piece led to safer designs…

Richard Le Gallienne: Song

SongRichard Le GallienneShe's somewhere in the sunlight strong, Her tears are in the falling rain, She calls me in the wind's soft song, And with the flowers she comes again.Yon bird is but…

Non-Rhyming Words

The Question: Is it true that orange, silver, and month are the only three English-language words without any rhymes? The Answer: No. Other…

James Dean Biography

James DeanactorBorn: 2/8/1931 Film actor who achieved cult-figure status after making only three films, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955) and Giant (1956). A car accident ended his…