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Cyrus Vance 2002 Deaths

Cyrus VanceAge: 84 public official and lawyer who served under presidents Kennedy and Johnson as secretary of the army (1961–62), deputy secretary of defense (1964–67), and U.S. negotiator to…

Ed Bradley

Ed Bradley was a broadcast journalist for CBS News and one of the co-hosts of TV's weekly news magazine 60 Minutes. Bradley, one of the first nationally known African American TV reporters, got his…

John McCain

John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. A 1958 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, John McCain had a 22-…

Wesley K. Clark

Wesley Kanne Clark is the former U.S. Army general who ran as a Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 2004 election. Clark grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and, at the age of 16, started at…

Spiro Agnew

As Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Theodore Agnew served from 20 January 1969 until 10 October 1973, when he resigned over matters unrelated to the Watergate scandal. Agnew, the son of Greek…

Denise Levertov Biography

Denise LevertovpoetBorn: 11/24/1923Birthplace: Ilford, England Levertov published more than 30 books, including her critically acclaimed poetry, translations, and essays. Her poems range in content…

Ben Raeburn Biography

Ben Raeburnpublisher Raeburn owned Horizon Press from 1953 to 1984 and published a roster of distinguished writers, including Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin, and Oriana Fallaci. He produced the…

Martha Gellhorn Biography

Martha Gellhorn international correspondentBorn: 11/8/1908Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Gellhorn dropped out of Bryn Mawr College in 1927 to become a writer. The New Republic accepted a few of…

Peter Jennings 2005 Deaths

Peter JenningsAge: 67 Canadian-born broadcast journalist who anchored ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 to April 2005, when he announced that he was battling lung cancer. By age 9, Jennings…