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George Irving Bell 2000 Deaths

George Irving BellAge: 73 biophysicist who founded Los Alamos' Center for Human Genome Studies in 1988 and also contributed to the Human Genome Project. He died of leukemia. Died: Los Alamos…

Edmund DiGiulio 2004 Deaths

Edmund DiGiulioAge: 76 inventor who developed the Steadicam, a system for keeping motion picture cameras stable during filming. He won several Oscars for his innovations in cinematography.…

Johnnie Cochran, Jr. 2005 Deaths

Johnnie Cochran, Jr.Age: 67 media-savvy trial lawyer best known for defending O. J. Simpson in his 1995 murder trial. Died: Los Angeles, March 29, 2005Kenneth ClarkA - FLarry Collins

C. Douglas Dillon 2003 Deaths

C. Douglas DillonAge: 93 financier and government official who, although he was a lifelong Republican, served as treasury secretary under presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Died: New York City,…

Joe Cronin

Joe CroninBorn: Oct. 12, 1906Baseball SS hit over .300 and drove in over 100 runs 8 times each; player-manager in Washington and Boston (1933-47); AL president (1959-73).Died: Sept. 7,…

Fred Friendly 1998 Deaths

Fred Friendly (Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer)Age: 82 broadcast journalist and former president of CBS News. His television collaboration with Edward R. Murrow, See It Now, was the first…

Carmine De Sapio 2004 Deaths

Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…

Frank Conroy 2005 Deaths

Frank ConroyAge: 69 writer whose 1967 memoir Stop-Time about his troubled, lonely adolescence brought him celebrity and acclaim. He headed the prestigious Writers' Workshop at the University…

Matt Robinson 2002 Deaths

Matt RobinsonAge: 65 television writer and actor who wrote scripts for The Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, and Eight Is Enough. He was the first actor to play Gordon on Sesame Street. Died: Los…

Herb Ritts 2002 Deaths

Herb RittsAge: 50 celebrity photographer whose works helped to define the narcisssim and excess of the 1980s and early 90s. His subjects included Madonna, Cindy Crawford, the Dalai Lama,…