Search

Search results

Displaying 301 - 310

Christopher Midgett 1998 Deaths

Christopher MidgettAge: 22 a junior reserve defensive end in 1997, he was a part of a Northeastern football team that posted an 8-3 record, the team's best in 34 years; of gun shot wounds…

Doug Michels 2003 Deaths

Doug MichelsAge: 59 avant-garde artist and architect who, with Chip Lord, created Ant Farm, an “underground” architectural firm. The group created “Cadillac Ranch,” an installation of 10…

Joseph Moakley 2001 Deaths

Joseph MoakleyAge: 74 popular politician from Massachusetts who served for 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A quintessential Boston Irish Democrat, Moakley dedicated his career…

Jay McShann 2006 Deaths

Jay McShannAge: 90 jazz pianist and bandleader who was among the creators of the Kansas City sound in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was best known for giving Charlie Parker his first big…

George Mikan 2005 Deaths

George MikanAge: 80 professional basketball player who at 6'10" was the game's first “big man.” He was a three-time All America player for DePaul and led the Minneapolis Lakers to five titles…

Sig Mickelson 2000 Deaths

Sig MickelsonAge: 86 television-news pioneer who launched the television career of Walter Cronkite. In 1952, he called on Cronkite, then a local Washington newscaster, to anchor CBS's…

Russ Meyer 2004 Deaths

Russ MeyerAge: 82 filmmaker who crossed over from soft-core-porn “nudie” films to the mainstream with 1970's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. His 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! was…

Seventh-day Adventists

Seventh-day Adventists trace their beginnings to the preacher William Miller (1782–1849), who expounded the idea that the second coming of Christ would occur between March 21, 1843, and…

Halloween: Witchcraft in Film, Part 2

Damn Those Miscreants by Beth Rowen Related Links Halloween Trick and TreatsAll-Time Scariest MoviesInterview with a Real-Life WitchInterview with Blair Witch DirectorsBlair Witch…

Sir John Mills 2005 Deaths

Sir John MillsAge: 97 British film, television, and stage actor who appeared in more than 100 films over his 70-year career. He won an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally impaired mute in…