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Daniel Chappie James, Jr. Biography

Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.generalBorn: 2/11/1920Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida James joined the segregated United States Army Air Corp while attending Tuskegee Institute. He was made a…

Morton Downey, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Morton Downey, Jr.Age: 67 contentious host of the short-lived but popular Morton Downey, Jr. Show, a 1980s talk show. Downey had a long and diverse career before he became an icon of the…

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 2000 Deaths

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Age: 90 debonair actor, producer, and diplomat who starred in 75 films, including The Prisoner of Zenda and Gunga Din. The son of silent film legend Douglas Fairbanks,…

Raymond Portwood Jr. 2000 Deaths

Raymond Portwood Jr.Age: 66 animator and game developer who created the popular Carmen Sandiego computer-game series. Died: Windsor, Calif., July 17, 2000Cal PokasM - QAnthony Powell

Ring Lardner Jr. 2000 Deaths

Ring Lardner Jr.Age: 85 Hollywood screenwriter who won two Academy Awards, but saw his career plunge into a free-fall after he refused to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee if he…

Walter Bishop Jr. 1998 Deaths

Walter Bishop Jr.jazz pianist recorded with Miles Davis and Charlie ParkerBorn: 1928?Died: 1998Ilse BingA - FDoug Blosser

Charles Black, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Charles Black, Jr.Age: 85 constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown…

Jack Haley, Jr. 2001 Deaths

Jack Haley, Jr.Age: 67 Emmy Award–winning director and producer who helmed the 1974 all-star documentary That's Entertainment. He was once married to Liza Minnelli. His father, Jack Haley,…

James Jordan, Jr. 2004 Deaths

James Jordan, Jr.Age: 73 advertising executive who wrote the memorable slogans “Wisk beats ring around the collar” and “Delta is ready when you are.” He worked for the firm Batten, Barton,…

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Biography

Whitney M. Young, Jr.social reformerBorn: 7/31/1921Birthplace: Lincoln Ridge, Ky. As executive director of the National Urban League (1961–1971) Young focused on gaining equality for blacks…