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Freddy Wittop 2001 Deaths
Freddy WittopAge: 89 Tony Award-winning costume designer who created the splendid crimson gown and headpiece Carol Channing wore in Hello, Dolly!Died: Atlantis, Fla., Feb. 2, 2001Harrison A…Margaret Harshaw Biography
Margaret Harshawopera singer a singer at the Metropolitan Opera known for her roles in Wagner productions; sang more Wagner than any other singer in the Met's historyBorn: 1909Died: 1997Les…Signe Hasso 2002 Deaths
Signe HassoAge: 91 Swedish-born stage and screen actress who played the obsessive wife of an actor in A Double Life. Died: Los Angeles, Calif., June 7, 2002Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonG - LDavid…Leon Wilkeson 2001 Deaths
Leon WilkesonAge: 49 founding member and bassist with the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. He survived the 1977 plane crash that claimed three other band members.Died: Ponte Verdra Beach, Fla.,…John Hartford 2001 Deaths
John HartfordAge: 63 Grammy Award-winning bluegrass musician and songwriter known for his virtuosic banjo and violin playing. He wrote “Gentle on My Mind,” one of country music's most…Levi P. Morton Biography
Levi P. Mortonbanker, political figureBorn: 5/16/1824Birthplace: Shoreham, Vt. Having built a small fortune working in a country store in Hanover, New Hampshire, he went on to become a…The Presidency on Film
by Beth Rowen Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were…Marvin Harris 2001 Deaths
Marvin HarrisAge: 74 controversial anthropologist who was described as “a storm center in his field” by the Washington Post. He was an expert in the theory of cultural materialism and…Max A. SANDLIN, Congress, TX (1952)
SANDLIN Max A. , a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., September 29, 1952; graduated from Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Tex.; B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Tex.,…Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner Born: 1851Birthplace: Hanover, Germany Microphone and gramophone—The Berliner microphone enhanced Bell's telephone that had been limited to short transmissions. The gramophone…