Nate Thurmond

Nate Thurmond

male, 68 years old
21.3 and 22.0 rebounds per game, Power Forward, center, National Basketball Association, Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond, 76ers…FromAkron, Ohio, Ohio State University
Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (born July 25 1941, in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob...
Tom Batiuk

Tom Batiuk

male, 62 years old
Abrahamic conceptions of God, American military, intelligent design, John Darling, Funky Winkerbean, Comic strip creator…FromAkron, Ohio
Tom Batiuk (born 1947 in Akron, Ohio) is an American comic strip creator. His best-known comic strip is "Funky Winkerbean". Batiuk attended Kent...
Ray C. Bliss

Ray C. Bliss

male, deceased (1981)
University of Akron alumni, Phi Kappa Tau member, Republican National Committee chairman, republican national committee, republican national convention, university of akron…FromAkron, Ohio
Ray C. Bliss (1907 - 1981) was one of the important national U.S. Republican Party leaders of the 1960s and served as Chairman of the Republican...
Heather Kozar

Heather Kozar

female, 33 years old
Playboy, Barker's Beauties, St Pauli Girl, FromAkron, Ohio, American, playmate of the month…born in Akron, Ohio, graduated from Green High School
Heather Kozar (born May 4 1976, in Akron, Ohio) is an American model. Kozar was "Playboy's" Playmate of the Month for January 1998, appeared on the...
Shirley Fry

Shirley Fry

female, 82 years old
tennis player, Australian Championships, Tennis Hall of Fame member, The Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships, U.S. Open…FromAkron, Ohio
Shirley June Fry Irvin (June 30, 1927) was an American female tennis player who was born in Akron, Ohio, United States. Irvin is one of a dozen...
Richard Quick

Richard Quick

male, 66 years old
Misti Hyman, Auburn Tigers, Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, Auburn, NCAA Coach of the Year, Pac-10 Coach of the Year…FromAkron, Ohio
Richard Quick (born January 31, 1943 in Akron, Ohio) was the head coach of the women's swim team at Stanford University, California, USA from 1988...
Richard Smalley

Richard Smalley

male, deceased (2005)
University of Michigan alumni, Leukemia death, Rice University, Chemist, physics, university of sussex…FromAkron, Ohio
Richard Errett Smalley was the "Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry" and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in...
Glen Buxton

Glen Buxton

male, deceased (1997)
alice cooper, guitarist, Neal Smith, FromAkron, Ohio, pneumonia, Alice Cooper member…akron, Ohio musician
Glen Edward Buxton (10 November 1947 - 19 October 1997) was a US musician, and guitarist for the original Alice Cooper group. He was born in Akron,...
R. W. Apple Jr.

R. W. Apple Jr.

male, deceased (2006)
Thoracic cancer death, war correspondent, Food writer, Gettysburg College, New York Times, The New York Times…FromAkron, Ohio, from Washington, D.C.
Raymond Walter Apple, Jr. (November 20 1934 - October 4 2006), known to all as "Johnny", but bylined as R.W. Apple, was an associate editor at "The...
Art Arfons

Art Arfons

male, 83 years old
mechanic, Walt Arfons, landing craft, Second Class Petty Officer, Land speed records, Green Monster…FromAkron, Ohio, akron
Art Arfons (born February 3, 1926 in Akron, Ohio) was the world land speed record holder three times in 1964 - 1965 with his "Green Monster" series...