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Ryan Sheckler

Ryan Sheckler took the skateboarding world by storm when he won a gold medal at the age of 13 at the 2003 X Games. Sheckler grew up in California and began competing in amateur events in 1996, and…

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo is the title star of a long-running Saturday-morning cartoon of the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. A comically nervous Great Dane, Scooby spent each episode of his original series hunting…

Tim Brauch Biography

Tim BrauchAge: 25 World Cup skateboarder who was ranked No. 5 internationally; defending champion of the 1998 Vans Triple Crown of Skateboarding. Brauch died of sudden cardiac arrest.Died:…

Alan Rafkin 2001 Deaths

Alan RafkinAge: 73 Emmy Award–winning television director whose credits include M*A*S*H, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Murphy Brown.Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 6, 2001Francisco RabalR - ZJoey…

Aesop's Fables: The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner

by Aesop The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxThe Wolf and the CraneThe Trumpeter Taken Prisoner A Trumpeter marched into battle in the van of the army and put courage into his comrades by his…

Ali Larter

Ali Larter was James Van Der Beek's co-star in the 1999 football movie Varsity Blues, where she appeared briefly in a bikini made entirely of whipped cream. That appearance gave her a certain cachet…

Timothy McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh set the bomb which killed 168 people at the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 19, 1995. The bomb, made of fertilizer and oil packed into the rear of a rented van,…

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale wowed critics and audiences with her comedic performance in the BBC television movie Cold Comfort Farm (1995), but her breakthrough into leading roles came opposite Ben Affleck in the…

Aaron Brown Biography

Aaron BrownAge: 53 starting defensive end on the 1970 Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and former Green Bay Packer; was killed when struck from behind by a motorist after walking home…

Johannes Brahms

German pianist and composer Johannes Brahms is ranked among the masters of the Romantic era of classical music. His most famous composition is the lullaby, "Lied Wiegenlied" ("Cradle Song"),…