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Bill Bradley Biography
Bill BradleyBorn: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award…Don Budge
Don BudgeBorn: June 13, 1915Tennis in 1938 became 1st player to win the Grand Slam— the French, Wimbledon, U.S. and Australian titles in 1 year; led U.S. to 2 Davis Cups (1937-38); turned pro…Jimmy Connors
Jimmy ConnorsBorn: Sept. 2, 1952Tennis No.1 player in world 5 times (1974-78); won 5 U.S. Opens, 2 Wimbledons and 1 Australian; rose from No. 936 at the close of 1990 to U.S. Open semifinals…Cedric Dempsey
Cedric DempseyBorn: Apr. 14, 1932College sports succeeded Dick Schultz as NCAA executive director (title later changed to president) in 1993 and served until the end of 2002; former athletic…Robert Benton Biography
Robert Bentondirector, screenwriterBorn: 9/29/1932Birthplace: Waxahachie, Texas Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter known for his sentimental films, which include Kramer vs. Kramer (1979…DeForest Kelley Biography
DeForest KelleyAge: 79 actor known to Star Trek fans as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. While his acting career began in 1947 and included parts in several TV shows and movies, it was his role on…Dean Bumpus 2002 Deaths
Dean BumpusAge: 89 oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who tossed tens of thousands of bottles into the Atlantic Ocean to analyze its currents. Each bottle contained a…George Sidney 2002 Deaths
George SidneyAge: 85 director of such movie musicals as Ziegfeld Follies, Annie Get Your Gun, and Kiss Me Kate. He also directed Anchors Aweigh, the first film to combine live action and…Kenneth Koch 2002 Deaths
Kenneth KochAge: 77 poet, novelist, and playwright who, with John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara, created the New York school of poets in the 1950s. He wrote more than 20 volumes of poetry, and his…Norman O. Brown 2002 Deaths
Norman O. BrownAge: 89 philosopher and critic who analyzed history, drawing on theories by such disparate figures as Freud and Marx, to produce scholarly and often mystical works that…