Sunday, September 3, 2006
Bob Mathias, a former Olympic decathlete and California Congressman, died of cancer at age 75. The gold medal Mathias earned in London in 1948 was earned at Mathias' third competition. His first two decathlon competitions were events qualifying him to make it to London in the first place; he hadn't... Sign in to see full entry.
Nelly Connally
Nelly Connally died at age 87, and the death was announced yesterday (September 2, 2006) by a family friend. She was 87. Her major claim to fame was that she was the last surviving passenger in President John Kennedy's car when JFK was assassinated. Her major memory of this incident was a surreal... Sign in to see full entry.