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Sam Williams was an NFL football player during the 50s and 60s. He was drafted to the L.A. Rams in the 1956 NFL draft and played with the Detroit Lions from 1960 to 1965 before ending his career with the Atlanta Falcons in 1967.
Anthony Lewis, 85, is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times columnist. He was most well known for his column, “Abroad at Home,” which tackled subjects like free speech, human rights and constitutional law. He won Pulitzers in 1955 and 1963. The latter was for a book called, “Gideon’s Trumpet” that followed a [...]
Joe Weider was a fitness and bodybuilding icon who founded the Mr. Olympia and Mrs. Olympia contests. He also founded the popular fitness magazines Shape, Men’s Fitness, and Flex. Weider was also known for mentoring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Peter Banks, 65, was a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. Banks joined Yes as its original guitarist in 1969. Banks left the band in 1970, but continued performing with other bands while producing solo albums. Over his career, Banks had contributed to 19 albums.
Diane Lampert was a songwriter in the 50s and 60s, and wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Steve Lawrence, Red Foley, The Letterman, etc. She even wrote a song for The Beatles – “Nothin Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees)”. Lampert was known to have written a number of songs for movies, including some which [...]
John Kerr was an American actor who famously portrayed a college student accused of being gay in the 1953 Broadway production of “Tea And Sympathy”. He later went on to reprise the role in the film of the same name and earned critical acclaim for tackling a subject which was widely considered to be taboo.
Dave Brubeck was an influential jazz pianist and composer who gained popularity in the ’60s and ’70s. His experimental style became widely known and earned him accolades over the years; his band, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, released the first jazz LP to sell a million records. He toured through 2009 while in his 80′s and [...]
Joe South was a well-known singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. He is mostly known for his original song of “Games People Play,” which earned Grammies for both “Best Contemporary Song” and “Song of the Year.” Joe South was born as Joseph Alfred Souter, and started off his musical career in 1958 with the hit [...]
Goldman was a physicist who was Xerox’s chief scientist. He founded the company’s Palo Alto Research Center, where the modern personal computer was invented. During the latter years of the 1960s, Xerox was the dominant manufacturer of office copiers. At the time they were looking for new ways to move into new markets when Goldman [...]
Arness was an actor, who was best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, a role which lasted for 20 years. He had the privilege of playing the same character over 5 different decades.