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Emery Barnes 1998 Deaths

Emery BarnesAge: 68 defensive end with the Green Bay Packers who later became the first black to serve as speaker of the British Columbia parliament; captain of the Oregon football team,…

Mark Belanger 1998 Deaths

Mark BelangerAge: 54 eight-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles and key figure in the baseball players' union after his playing career ended in 1982; nicknamed “Blade…

Richard Jaeckel Biography

Richard Jaeckel actorBorn: 10/10/1926Birthplace: Long Beach, New York Richard Jaeckel grew up in the light of the silver screen, attending Hollywood High and working as a delivery boy at Fox Studios…

John Mahoney

John MahoneyactorBorn: 6/20/1940Birthplace: Manchester, England Mahoney left his job in medical journalism in his late thirties to embark on an acting career. He won a Tony Award for his…

Elizabeth Taylor Biography

Elizabeth Taylor(Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor)actressBorn: 2/27/1932Birthplace: London, England Academy Award-winning film and television actress known for both her beauty and her seven marriages. Her…

John Mahoney Biography

John MahoneyactorBorn: 6/20/1940Birthplace: Manchester, England Mahoney left his job in medical journalism in his late thirties to embark on an acting career. He won a Tony Award for his…

Brewer's: Boa

Pliny says the word is from bos (a cow), and arose from the supposition that the boa sucked the milk of cows. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BoanergesBo-…

Brandon Tartikoff Biography

Brandon TartikoffTV executiveBorn: 1/13/1949Birthplace: Long Island, New York Tartikoff was NBC's programming genius. He helped develop many hit shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981–87),…

Brandon Tartikoff

Brandon TartikoffTV executiveBorn: 1/13/1949Birthplace: Long Island, New York Tartikoff was NBC's programming genius. He helped develop many hit shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981–87),…

Tobey Maguire Biography

Tobey MaguireactorBorn: 6/27/1975Birthplace: Santa Monica, California This young star of Pleasantville (1998) has already made a name for himself both onscreen and off. He has appeared in several…