Born September 30

W.S. Merwin was one of America’s best known poets, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award.

Former Detroit Lions linebacker and sports broadcaster…

Sam Lovullo, the TV executive who co-created and produced the long-running comedy-variety series “Hee Haw,” died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at his Encino, California, home. He was 88. Lovullo, who …

Ruth Gruber, photojournalist and humanitarian who helped 1,000 Jewish refugees come to the U.S. during World War II, has died at the age of 105.

Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning author who told the story of his Holocaust internment in his autobiographical novel “Night,” died July 2, 2016. “When I began to write, it …

Had Marc Bolan lived past age 29, he too might have become an elder statesman of rock like David Bowie…

For anyone who thinks jazz is boring, check out this Buddy Rich drum solo.

The All-Star right-hander spent 13 years in the major leagues.

She played the widowed governess who falls for the king of Siam in “The King and I.”