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<html> <head> <title>Memphis, TN</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/598/000069391/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Memphis, TN CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofmemphis.org/">http://www.cityofmemphis.org/</a> Chamber of Commerce: <a href="http://www.memphischamber.com/" target=_blank>http://www.memphischamber.com/</a>Visitors Bureau: <a href="http://www.memphistravel.com/" target=_blank>http://www.memphistravel.com/</a>Population: 650100 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1819County: <a href="/geo/415/000143983/">Shelby County</a> NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/681/000127300/">Memphis Commercial Appeal</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/642/000079405/">LeMoyne-Owen College</a></td><td><center>1968</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/961/000110631/">University of Memphis</a></td><td><center>1912</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/650/000166152/">Christian Brothers University</a></td><td><center>1871</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/765/000068561/">Rhodes College</a></td><td><center>1848</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/653/000098359/">AutoZone</a></td><td><center>1979</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/313/000058139/">FedEx</a></td><td><center>1971</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/871/000125496/">Fred's</a></td><td><center>1947</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/794/000125419/">Mueller Industries</a></td><td><center>1900</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/804/000125429/">Thomas & Betts</a></td><td><center>1898</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/861/000052705/">International Paper</a></td><td><center>1898</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/774/000124402/">Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell</a></td><td><center>1888</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/543/000124171/">First Horizon National</a></td><td><center>1864</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/780/000166282/">Johnny Ace</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td>R&B star, shot himself</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000041298/">Bill Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Arkansas, 1969-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000173707/">Deborah Allen</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baby I Lied</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000024835/">Kathy Bates</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Misery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000136481/">Michael Beck</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Warriors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/747/000280904/">William Bell</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>You Don't Miss Your Water</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000164116/">Big Daddy V</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-2014</tt></td> <td>World's Largest Love Machine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000109029/">Ben Browder</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>John Crichton on Farscape</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000116438/">Dorsey Burnette</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1979</tt></td> <td>The Rock 'n Roll Trio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/773/000101470/">Johnny Burnette</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1964</tt></td> <td>Rockabilly instigator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/149/000206528/">Charles W. Burson</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Al Gore's Chief of Staff, 1999-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000120966/">Herman Cain</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Godfather's Pizza</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000025341/">Rosanne Cash</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rhythm and Romance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000029140/">Alex Chilton</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-2010</tt></td> <td>Big Star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000355845/">Citizen Cope</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, mixologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000122657/">Steve Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Tennessee 9th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/480/000347436/">Janet Cowell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>State Treasurer of North Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000026166/">Shannen Doherty</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000347787/">Donald "Duck" Dunn</a></td> <td><center>Bassist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-2012</tt></td> <td>Booker T & the M.G.'s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/782/000402573/">William Eggleston</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pioneer of color art photography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000262754/">Stephen Fincher</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Tennessee 8th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/788/000030698/">Ric Flair</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pro wrestler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000037449/">Harold Ford</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000116195/">Harold Ford, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000060546/">Kirk Fordice</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-2004</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1992-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000055621/">Abe Fortas</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1982</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000023036/">Aretha Franklin</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>R-E-S-P-E-C-T</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000023913/">Morgan Freeman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Unforgiven</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000208327/">Ronald Lee Gilman</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>6th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000163819/">Jack Goldsmith</a></td> <td><center>Legal Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Terror Presidency</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000110187/">Ginnifer Goodwin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Margene Heffman on Big Love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000269775/">Lucy Hale</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1989</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Aria Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000023920/">George Hamilton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Well-tanned celebrity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000352212/">Anne Haney</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-2001</tt></td> <td>Mrs. Doubtfire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000177319/">Jimmy Hart</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Mouth of the South</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000023294/">Thomas Hearns</a></td> <td><center>Boxing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Light Heavyweight champ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000056732/">Willie Herenton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Memphis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000396509/">Jack H. Hexter</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1996</tt></td> <td>On Historians</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000111585/">Benjamin Hooks</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-2010</tt></td> <td>NAACP Director, 1977-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/260/000086999/">Alberta Hunter</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1984</tt></td> <td>Downhearted Blues</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000163510/">Pitt Hyde</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of Autozone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000357387/">Juicy J</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Three Six Mafia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000402528/">Leslie Jones</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000137450/">Paul Tudor Jones</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000109190/">Leslie Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/367/000135959/">Machine Gun Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Notorious bank robber, kidnapper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000041260/">Walter Lang</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1972</tt></td> <td>There's No Business Like Show Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/382/000082136/">Jerry Lawler</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bitchslapped Andy Kaufman on Letterman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000169736/">Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Choice Hotels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000118389/">Arthur Lee</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-2006</tt></td> <td>Love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000048714/">Flynt Leverett</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former National Security Council staffer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/642/000110312/">Herbert H. Lusk II</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pro-Bush preacher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000206377/">Bill Madlock</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mad Dog, MLB 3rd Baseman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/359/000163867/">Kenneth A. May</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of FedEx Kinko's, 2004-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000120531/">Robert D. McCallum, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Australia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000366073/">Frank McRae</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>48 Hrs.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000163848/">David W. Mullins</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of the Fed, 1991-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000110551/">Elise Neal</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Yvonne on The Hughleys</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000134673/">Hal Needham</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>The Cannonball Run</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000345660/">Michael Oher</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1986</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baltimore Ravens OT</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000279884/">Hermes Pan</a></td> <td><center>Choreographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1990</tt></td> <td>Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000124496/">James W. Pardew</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/005/000109675/">Chris Parnell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/463/000357389/">DJ Paul</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1977</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Three Six Mafia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/508/000025433/">Daniel Pinkwater</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/331/000168824/">John W. Poduska</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder of Apollo Computer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000063883/">Miles Poindexter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1946</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Washington, 1911-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000024127/">Lisa Marie Presley</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Daughter of Elvis Presley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000401063/">Kali Rocha</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Karen Rooney on Liv and Maddie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000044642/">William Sanderson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000345927/">J. Peter Sartain</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Catholic Archbishop of Seattle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000087336/">Jim Sasser</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Tennessee, 1977-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/061/000121695/">Margaret Scobey</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Syria, 2004-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/044/000024969/">Cybill Shepherd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Moonlighting</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000108601/">Lane Smith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-2005</tt></td> <td>The Final Days</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000108711/">Andrew Stevens</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Massacre at Central High</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/270/000109940/">Booker T</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Booker T and the MG's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000160137/">Linda Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former beauty queen, Ex-Girlfriend of Elvis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000022965/">Justin Timberlake</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1981</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>*NSYNC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000130843/">Red West</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baa Baa Black Sheep</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/898/000205283/">Maurice White</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-2016</tt></td> <td>Founder, Earth, Wind & Fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/063/000206442/">John Sharp Williams</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1932</tt></td> <td>US Senator, Representative from Mississippi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000162020/">Steven Williams</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Capt. Fuller on 21 Jump Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/170/000343138/">Virginia Williams</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lauren Reed on Fairly Legal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000168862/">Albert C. Yates</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Colorado State, 1990-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/967/000169460/">Raymond Zimmerman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Service Merchandise, 1981-97</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000062222/">Bobby Bland</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-2013</tt></td> <td>Turn on Your Lovelight</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000098932/">Jeff Buckley</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1997</tt></td> <td>Influential rock vocalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000102646/">R. L. Burnside</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-2005</tt></td> <td>A Ass Pocket of Whiskey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000166582/">Charlie Conerly</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1996</tt></td> <td>NY Giants QB, 1948-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000055322/">Shelby Foote</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-2005</tt></td> <td>Shiloh</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/328/000102022/">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1877</tt></td> <td>Confederate Cavalry General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/192/000024120/">Isaac Hayes</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-2008</tt></td> <td>Theme from Shaft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000111585/">Benjamin Hooks</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-2010</tt></td> <td>NAACP Director, 1977-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000086488/">Albert King</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1992</tt></td> <td>Blues electric guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000028998/">Martin Luther King</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Pacifist civil rights activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000118389/">Arthur Lee</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-2006</tt></td> <td>Love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000173398/">Cary Middlecoff</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1998</tt></td> <td>Winner of 3 Majors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000050757/">Little Milton</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-2005</tt></td> <td>Annie Mae's Cafe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000024291/">Elvis Presley</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td>Rock and roll icon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000166553/">Clarence Saunders</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td>Father of modern retailing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000212248/">John S. 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