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Rich Rice Biography

Rich RiceAge: 39 fastpitch softball player who was inducted into the Central Washington men's fastpitch softball hall of fame the day of his death, which came after he collapsed during an all…

The Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys' self-titled debut album won them a 1998 Grammy for best new artists of the year. They quickly became one of the hottest pop groups of the late 1990s, a "boy band" that included…

Beah Richards 2000 Deaths

Beah RichardsAge: 80 film, stage, and television actress who often portrayed maternal characters. Her credits include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, for which she was nominated for a 1967…

Paul Rigby 2006 Deaths

Paul RigbyAge: 82 award-winning editorial cartoonist who began his career in 1948, drawing illustrations for Australian newspapers. He was best known for his work on the New York Post's Page…

Lloyd Richards 2006 Deaths

Lloyd RichardsAge: 87 pioneering force in theater and Broadway's first African American director who staged the premiere production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in 1959. He…

Tex Rickard

Tex RickardBorn: Jan. 2, 1870Promoter who handled boxing's first $1 million gate (Dempsey vs. Carpentier in 1921) built Madison Square Garden in 1925; founded NY Rangers as Garden tenant in…

meteorology

(Encyclopedia) meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of…

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…

Michael Richards Biography

Michael RichardsactorBorn: 7/24/1949Birthplace: Culver City, California Emmy Award-winning television and film actor best known for his role as the outrageous, master-of-the-big-entrance Cosmo Kramer…

Charles Frank REAVIS, Congress, NE (1870-1932)

REAVIS Charles Frank , a Representative from Nebraska; born in Falls City, Richardson County, Nebr., September 5, 1870; attended the public schools and Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.;…