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Dick Trickle was a race car driver, who competed in he ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC. He was in over two thousand races, and logged a million laps. He won about 1,000 feature races.
Billie Sol Estes was an American businessman who is probably best known for his involvement in agricultural scandals that took place in the 1950s. Estes was convicted of fraud in 1964, and his case spawned investigations into the highest levels of power, as Estes had ties to Lyndon Johnson. The journalist who uncovered Estes’ ruse [...]
Joyce Brothers was a psychologist well known for her TV appearances. She also wrote a daily advice column in newspapers from 1960 to 2013.
Kenneth Battelle, 86, was a famous hairdresser. He was so famous, in fact, that he could be classified as the first celebrity hairdresser. Over the years, he created the distinctive hairstyles worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and more. He is also the only hairdresser to win the prestigious Coty Award.
Alex Rovello was a star tennis player for the University of Oregon. He went 21-8 during his junior year with the Ducks, and 50-0 during his time in high school, winning four consecutive Oregon state singles titles.
Ron Weaver was a long-time daytime TV producer. He produced The Bold and the Beautiful for 27 years.
Andrew Simpson, 36, was an Olympic gold medalist in Men’s Sailing. He got his start in 2003 after he won a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Championships. He would go on to win a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver in the 2012 London Olympics.
Jeanne Cooper was an actress best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was also actor Corbin Bernsen’s mother.
Ray Harryhausen, 92, was an American filmmaker best known for his special effects work in films like Mighty Joe Young, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and Jason and the Argonauts. Harryhausen was first inspired to get into special effects after seeing King Kong for the first time in 1933. After that, he was involved in [...]
Otis Bowen was the 44th Governor of Indiana. He served for two terms, from 1973 to 1981. He also served as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989 under Reagan. He was born in Rochester, Indiana, and began is career as an intern at Memorial Hospital in South Bend in 1942. He [...]