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Fort Worth, Texas

Source: iStock Mayor: Mattie Parker (since 2021) City Manager: David Cooke 2010 census population (rank): 741,206 (16); Male: 363,896 (49.3%); Female: 377,310 (50.7%); White: 452,885 (63.…

Thomas Herrion

Professional football player Thomas Herrion was an offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers who collapsed and died following an exhibition game in August of 2005. Herrion grew up in Fort Worth…

Janet Collins 2003 Deaths

Janet CollinsAge: 86 pioneering prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera House who danced in Cole Porter's 1950 Broadway musical Out of This World and in Aida and Carmen. She was the first…

2002 IRL Race Locations

March—20TH ANNIVERSARY GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway; BOMBARDIER ATV COPPER WORLD INDY 200 at Phoenix (Ari.) International Raceway; YAMAHA 400 at California Speedway in…

Clarence Iba Biography

Clarence IbaAge: 88 former Tulsa basketball coach credited with turning the program around shortly after arriving in 1949; won more games than any other Golden Hurricane coach (137) and…

Priscilla Davis 2001 Deaths

Priscilla DavisAge: 59 socialite who was wounded in a 1976 multiple shooting in Fort Worth, Texas. Davis survived a gunshot wound to the chest, but her daughter, Andrea Wilborn, and Davis's…

IRL Race Locations

March— PENNZOIL COPPER WORLD INDY 200 at Phoenix (Ari.) International Raceway. April— INFINITI GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI at Homestead Miami (Fla.) Speedway; AMS at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway…

Bill Paxton Biography

Bill Paxton actorBorn: 5/17/1955Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas With a film like the blockbuster Titanic (1997) on his resume, the future looks promising for Paxton. But that was not always the…

Distinctive Destinations for 2009

Each year the National Trust for Historic Preservation designates a dozen distinctive places for Americans to visit. According to Richard Moe, president of the…

Townes Van Zandt Biography

Townes Van Zandt(John Townes Van Zandt)songwriter, singerBorn: 3/7/1944Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas Van Zandt recorded 15 albums, none of them chart-busting hits, but his influence among other…