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Bo Schembechler 2006 Deaths

Bo SchembechlerAge: 77 head coach of the University of Michigan football team from 1969 to 1989, his 234-65-8 career record (over 27 years) put him in fifth place in number of wins by any…

Barnard Hughes 2006 Deaths

Barnard HughesAge: 90 character actor who frequently portrayed father figures. He won a best-actor Tony for playing the title role in Da. His films include Midnight Cowboy and Oh God! Died:…

Thomas R. Jones 2006 Deaths

Thomas R. JonesAge: 93 judge and New York state assemblyman who advocated urban renewal, spurring Senator Robert F. Kennedy to redevelop the then-rundown Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in…

Suzy Parker 2003 Deaths

Suzy ParkerAge: 69 model and actress who many consider the first supermodel. She favored Coco Chanel designs and posed for the photographers Richard Avedon and Horst. Her film credits include…

Violet Carson Biography

Violet CarsonactressBorn: 9/1/1898Birthplace: Ancoats, Manchester, England Radio and television actress who played (1960–80) the strong-minded and sharp-tonged Ena Sharples on Coronation Street (1960…

Vince Lombardi Biography

Vince LombardiBorn: June 11, 1913Football coached Green Bay to 5 NFL titles; won first 2 Super Bowls (1967-68); died as NFL's all-time winningest coach with percentage of .740 (105-35-6);…

Al Unser Jr.

Al Unser Jr.Born: Apr. 19, 1962Auto racer 2-time CART-IndyCar national champion (1990,94); captured Indy 500 for 2nd time in 3 years in '94, giving Unser family 9 overall titles at the…

Amy Van Dyken

Amy Van DykenBorn: Feb. 17, 1973Swimming first American woman to win four gold medals in one Olympics (1996); won the individual 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and was on the US team for the…

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Biography

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Age: 87 heir to one of the country's wealthiest and best-known families and horse-racing impresario. Made a career of thoroughbred racing, as he bred dozens of…

Tony Moore 1998 Deaths

Tony MooreAge: 25 sixth man for the Ragin' Cajuns — Southwest Louisiana's basketball team from 1991-94; became the first non-full time player to score 1,000 career points in school history;…