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Harry Whittington, 2006 News

Texas lawyer, was accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in February during a hunting trip. His face, neck, and torso were sprayed with dozens of pellets. Cheney—and the entire Bush…

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…

Clarence L. Harris Biography

Clarence L. HarrisAge: 94 lunch manager who in 1960 let four black students remain at Woolworth's whites-only counter. Harris did not serve the protesters, but his insistence that police not…

Vivian Harris 2000 Deaths

Vivian HarrisAge: 97 stage actress, comedian, and chorus girl who appeared in a record 10,000 performances at the Apollo Theater. Known as the Voice of the Apollo, Harris also introduced the…

Harry Duncan 1997 Deaths

Harry Duncanhand printer of books Duncan started hand-printing books in 1939 under the Cummington Press imprint and switched to an electric press in 1985 only because he didn't have an…

Harry B. Helmsley Biography

Harry B. HelmsleyAge: 87 billionaire New York real estate broker and investor. Died: Jan. 4, 1997.Franklin Heller1997 DeathsCamille Henry

Harry Sayles Conover Biography

Harry Sayles Conovermodeling agency founderBorn: 1911Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Originally working as a radio performer and model in the 1930s, he founded his own modeling agency in New York…

Harry George Ferguson Biography

Harry George FergusoninventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making…

Paul Percy Harris Biography

Paul Percy Harrislawyer, founder of Rotary InternationalBorn: 1868Birthplace: Racine, Wis. Having grown up in Vermont and studied law in Iowa, he set up a practice in Chicago, where he…

Harry Max Markowitz Biography

Harry Max MarkowitzeconomistBorn: 8/24/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Nobel Laureate economist who pioneered the idea of a “portfolio” that investors could use to minimize their risks. The…