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Frank Brimsek 1998 Deaths

Frank BrimsekAge: 83 NHL goalie dubbed "Mr. Zero" after shutting out the opposition in six of his first eight professional games; recorded 42 shutouts in his career with the Boston Bruins…

Solomon Robert Guggenheim Biography

Solomon Robert Guggenheimbusiness executive, art collectorBorn: 1861Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. After studying in Zurich, he became a partner in the Swiss needlework importing business…

Browning Ross 1998 Deaths

Browning RossAge: 74 formed the Philadelphia Road Runners Club in 1957 which expanded into a national organization a year later and became what is today the 180,000-member Road Runners Club…

Buddy Rogers Biography

Buddy Rogers(Charles Rogers)Age: 94 dashing star of Wings (1927), the first film to win an Oscar. He was a versatile actor and musician who was also known for his 42-year marriage to “America…

Constance Cummings 2005 Deaths

Constance CummingsAge: 95 American actress who won a Tony Award for her role as aviator Emily Stilson in the Broadway production of Wings. She lived most of her life in England. Her other…

Clifford Shull 2001 Deaths

Clifford ShullAge: 85 former M.I.T. professor who shared a 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for helping to “answer the question of where atoms are.” He developed a technique, called neutron…

Jesse (TV Show)

NBCThursday 8:30–9:00 p.m.; on hiatusCast:Christina Applegate, George Dzundza, Rafer Weigel, Eric Lloyd, John Lehr and Jennifer Milmore A cushy spot in NBC's Thursday Must See TV lineup no…

Nick Nolte Biography

Nick NolteactorBorn: 2/8/1941Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska Nominated for an Academy Award in 1991 for his role as a sensitive, wounded hero of Barbra Streisand'sThe Prince of Tides, Nolte typically…

Wilford Brimley Biography

Wilford BrimleyactorBorn: 9/27/1934Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah After working as a blacksmith, ranch hand, and racehorse trainer, Brimley began his movie career working as a stuntman and extra.…

William D. Coolidge

William D. CoolidgeBorn: 1873Birthplace: Hudson, Mass. Vacuum tube—Coolidge invented ductile tungsten, the filament material still used in incandescent lamps. He also invented the “Coolidge…