WORLD-CLASS CHAMPION SWIMMER ∗ Born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore; mother was a middle school principal, father was a Maryland state trooper; diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) but was most able to focus while swimming ∗ Began swimming… Continue reading
FLEETWOOD MAC’S GYPSY ∗ Born Stephanie Lynn Nicks on May 26, 1948 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix; her parents were both Arizona natives ∗ Learned to perform from her grandfather A.J., an aspiring country music entertainer, who brought her… Continue reading
‘THE QUEEN OF PORN” ∗ Born Jenna Marie Massoli , April 9, 1974, in Las Vegas; her father was a police officer, her mother a showgirl who died before Jenna was 2 years old; studied ballet and entered child beauty… Continue reading
HUMORIST AND FAMOUS HOUSEWIFE ∗ Born February 21, 1927 in Dayton, Ohio; started on her career path writing a humor column for her junior high school newspaper ∗ Began working at the Dayton Herald newspaper, first as a copygirl while… Continue reading
LONGTIME TV HOST ∗ Born February 14, 1921 in Akron, Ohio; is a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett ∗ Began broadcasting career as announcer at WLOK in Lima, Ohio after his first year of college in 1939, then to WWJ… Continue reading
PIONEERING “SHOCK” ROCKER ∗ Born Vincent Damon Furnier on February 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a fundamentalist Christian minister OTHER BAND MEMBERS: Glen Buxton (lead guitar), born November 10, 1947 in Akron, Ohio; graduated from Cortez High… Continue reading
U.S. VICE PRESIDENT ∗ Born James Danforth Quayle on February 4, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana; grandson of Eugene C. Pulliam, influential publisher of the Arizona Republic, the Indianapolis Star and other newspapers ∗ Lived in Scottsdale from 1955 to 1963,… Continue reading
‘THE GREATEST” ∗ Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky ∗ Won numerous state and national boxing titles and earned a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome ∗ Finished amateur career with 100… Continue reading
“MR. CONSERVATIVE” ∗ Born January 2, 1909 in Phoenix — most of his life he believed his birthday was January 1, but eventually discovered it was actually a day later ∗ Attended the University of Arizona for one year, leaving… Continue reading
