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Otis Redding Biography

Otis Reddingsinger, songwriterBorn: 9/9/1941Birthplace: Dawson, GA Legendary soul singer whose death at age 26 ended a career just as it was about to blossom. In 1962, Redding, a former choir…

Walter (Red) Barber

Walter (Red) BarberBorn: Feb. 17, 1908Radio-TV renowned baseball play-by-play broadcaster for Cincinnati, Brooklyn and N.Y. Yankees from 1934-66; won Peabody Award for radio commentary in…

Earl (Red) Blaik

Earl (Red) BlaikBorn: Feb. 15, 1897Football coached Army to consecutive national titles in 1944-45; 166 career wins and 3 Heisman winners (Blanchard, Davis, Dawkins). Died: May 6, 1989The…

Walter (Red) Smith

Walter (Red) SmithBorn: Sept. 25, 1905Sportswriter for newspapers in Philadelphia and New York from 1936-82 won Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1976.Died: Jan. 15, 1982Ozzie SmithR - TConn…

Red Buttons Biography

Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt)actor, comedian Born: 2/5/1919Birthplace: New York City At the age of sixteen, Buttons began working as a comedian in vaudeville, burlesque, and on the Catskills “ Borscht…

Red Skelton Biography

Red Skelton(Richard Bernard Skelton)comedian, actorBorn: 7/18/1913Birthplace: Vincennes, Indiana Skelton's father was a circus clown who died before Red was born. By age 15 Skelton was performing on…

Auerbach, Red

(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach)Auerbach, Redouˈərbăkˌ, –bäkˌ [key], 1917–2006, American basketball coach and executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As coach of the Boston Celtics (1950–66…

Smith, Red

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, American sportswriter, b. Green Bay, Wis., grad. Notre Dame, 1927. After working on newspapers in St. Louis and Philadelphia, he began a…

red algae

(Encyclopedia) red algae: see seaweed; Rhodophyta.

Red Bank

(Encyclopedia) Red Bank, borough (1990 pop. 10,636), Monmouth co., E N.J., on the Navesink estuary, in a fertile farm area; inc. 1908. Settled in the late 17th cent, it was an early shipping center…