Internationally acclaimed architect Edgar Tafel, the unofficial guardian of the Frank Lloyd Wright School, will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo during the university's May 19, 2001 commencement ceremony.
Actress Betty White, 93, Dyes Peacefully In Her Los Angeles Home. In a press release from her long-time manager Jeff Witjas, it has been confirmed today that actress Betty White, best known for her roles on TVs The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, is not a natural blonde. âBetty is a solitary kind of person,â said Witjas.
Fred Jones. Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their diversity. Fred Jones was born on May 17, 1893 in Covington, Kentucky. His father was a white railroad worker of Irish descent and his mother was Black. It is believed that his mother died while he was young and Fred was raised by his father.