Music: Conway Twitty, Sammy Cahn, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie -- Sports: Roy Campanella, Don Drysdale, Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, Drazen Petrovic, Reggie Lewis, Jim Valvano -- Entertainment (represented only in brief film clips): Ruby Keeler, Don Ameche, Myrna Loy, Fred Gwynne, Vincent Price, Bill Bixby, Spanky McFarland, Stewart Granger, Richard Jordan, River Phoenix -- Entertainment (longer tributes): Rudolf Nureyev, Federico Fellini, Helen Hayes, Lillian Gish, Audrey Hepburn -- Heroes: Deke Slayton, Cesar Chavez -- African-Americans instrumental in the struggle against racism: Marian Anderson, Thurgood Marshall, Arthur Ashe.
Summary:
Life Remembers salutes the people who made a lasting impact on the 20th century. Life Remembers brings you in-depth video profiles of the leaders, entertainment greats, sports legends and heroes who have enriched the American cultural landscape - our history, our society, our lives.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.