Billy Strayhorn is best known as the composing partner of Duke Ellington; together they created classic tunes like “Lush Life ...

Arkady Renko is not dead, but we’ve heard all of his tales that we’ll ever hear. That’s because his amazing creator, Martin Cruz Smith, died this July at age 82. Smith spent the last 30 years of his ...

20 years ago, for reasons we’ve forgotten, actor John Banner was one of our very first Who2 biographies. President George Washington was ceremonially #1, but soon after that came Banner, who starred ...

Here’s a wild story about General George Patton, hard-driving hero (and cancelled-in-his-own-time villain) of the U.S. Army during World War II. Hawaiian or not, it got the job done: Gordon killed ...

Who was the most significant death of 2017? The year is drawing to a close, and so far 29 people have died who were famous enough to have biographies in Who2. That’s down from 2016, when the number ...

Our new biography of tennis star Emma Raducanu is now live. We almost said “tennis prodigy,” but that term no longer applies when you’re the reigning U.S. Open champion. Her …..

Happy birthday to super-composer Billy Strayhorn, who was born on this day in 1915. Billy Strayhorn is best known as the composing partner of Duke Ellington; together they created classic …..

Here’s a story about Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich, Champagne, and a bad quote. But! When hunting for the source of that quote recently, we couldn’t find proof that the actress ever said it at all ...

Ski champion Mikaela Shiffrin has spoken openly and bravely about her struggles with the 2020 death of her father, Jeff Shiffrin. Reports and interviews have noted that Mikaela “couldn’t even get out ...

{Editor’s note: First published on December 5, 2010. See our Bill Cosby biography for updates on his later convictions and imprisonment.} “My father said, ‘Junior, it takes a man to play football, but ...

Arkady Renko is not dead, but we’ve heard all of his tales that we’ll ever hear. That’s because his creator, Martin Cruz Smith, died this July at age 82. The …..

Jim Nabors has died at age 87 after a long career that was really known for one thing: Gomer Pyle, USMC. Jim Nabors was a natural baritone, and one of the running tricks of the show was having him ...