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Pat Morita 2005 Deaths

Pat MoritaAge: 73 Japanese-American actor who lived in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He received an Oscar nomination for his role as the karate instructor in The Karate Kid…

Vicki Sue Robinson 2000 Deaths

Vicki Sue RobinsonAge: 46 singer and songwriter best known for the 1976 disco anthem, “Turn the Beat Around.” She recently starred in Vicki Sue Robinson: Behind the Beat, an autobiographical…

Bill McArthur Biography

Bill McArthurAge: 78 former Western Oregon football coach who compiled a record of 180–124–6 over 36 seasons with the team; McArthur is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame, University of Santa…

William Maxwell 2000 Deaths

William MaxwellAge: 91 writer and legendary New Yorker fiction editor who gracefully polished the work of such luminaries as John Updike, John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov, and Eudora Welty. His…

Brewer's: Bible

means simply a book, but is now exclusively confined to the “Book of Books.” (Greek, biblos, a book.) The headings of the chapters were prefixed by Miles Smith, Bishop of Gloucester, one…

Christopher Rios 2000 Deaths

Christopher Rios(Big Pun)Age: 28 charismatic rapper who weighed in at nearly 700 pounds. Big Pun was known for his rapid-fire rhymes. He classified his style as “sophisticated hard-core.” His…

Wing Commander

Director: Chris Roberts Writer: Kevin Droney 20th Century Fox; PG-13; 105 minutes Release: 3/99 Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Saffron Burrows and Matthew Lillard Freddie…

Jodie Foster Biography

Jodie Foster(Alicia Christian Foster)actress, director, producerBorn: 11/19/1962Birthplace: Los Angeles Academy Award-winning actress, director and producer whose career in show business began when…

Michael J. Fox Biography

Michael J. FoxactorBorn: 6/9/1961Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada Emmy Award-winning television and film actor who played the conservative teenager of hippie parents on Family Ties (1982–89). His films…