Diego Corrales

Diego Corrales

male, deceased (2007)
events as of May 2007, Diego "Chico" Corrales, Junior-lightweight, American road accident victim, Motorcycle accident victim, Mexican American…Columbia
Diego "Chico" Corrales (August 25 1977 - May 7 2007) was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. "Chico" had a...
Soichi Noguchi

Soichi Noguchi

male, 44 years old
astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, jaxa, STS-114, Space Shuttle program, Columbia disaster…Columbia
Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26...
Colin Hay

Colin Hay

male, 56 years old
Wayfaring Sons, Looking for Jack, Men at Work, Scottish, Australian, Columbia…Columbia Records
Colin Hay (born Colin James Hay, 29 June 1953, Saltcoats, Scotland) is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark in the 1980s as a member...
Aaron McGruder

Aaron McGruder

male, 35 years old
Columbia, WMUC, Oakland Mills High School, African-American, University of Maryland, suburb
Aaron McGruder (born May 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing "The Boondocks", a Universal...
Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner

male, deceased (1986)
love life, Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner, Best Song Academy Award winning songwriter, from New York City, Lyricist, Musical theatre librettist…Columbia University, Columbia
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 - June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. Born in New York City, he was the son of Joseph...
Tyrone Davis

Tyrone Davis

male, deceased (2005)
soul music, singer, Can I Change My Mind, Turn Back the Hands of Time, golden record, death by stroke…Columbia Records, Columbia
Tyrone Davis (May 4, 1938 - February 9, 2005) was a soul singer. He was born in a rural community 20 miles outside of Greenville, Mississippi in...
Alan Levy

Alan Levy

male, deceased (2004)
So Many Hero, 68 Publisher, The New York Times Magazine, cosmopolitan magazine, the saturday evening post, The New York Times…Columbia University alumni, Columbia, Columbia University
Alan Levy was an American author. Alan Levy was born in New York City in 1932 and educated at Brown and Columbia universities. He worked seven...
John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto

male
teacher, Youth empowerment individuals, University of Pittsburgh, cornell, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Army…Columbia, Columbia University
John Taylor Gatto (born John Gatto) is an American retired school teacher of 29 years 8 months and author of several books on education. He is an...
Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers

male, deceased (1985)
Coney Island, summer stock, Philip Silver, death by myocardial infarction, Lady Be Good, 20th century fox…Columbia Pictures, Columbia
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 - November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. His best-known work is "The Phil Silvers Show", a...

Burton Watson

male, 84 years old
Stanford University, lotus sutra, Japanese, chinese, Japanese language, PEN Translation Prize…Columbia University, Columbia
Burton Watson is a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature. Watson was born in New York City, United States. He has taught at Columbia,...