Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001). The stock car
racing legend died in a final-lap crash during the 2001 Daytona 500. He has 
been inducted in numerous halls of fame, including the inaugural class of the
NASCAR Hall of Fame. 

Actress Uma Thurman has had leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from
romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Among
her best-known performances are those in the Quentin Tarantino films Pulp
Fiction (1994), for which she received an Oscar nomination, and Kill Bill
(2003). She won a Golden Globe Award for her role in HBO’s Hysterical
Blindness (2002). Uma will be a member of the jury for the main competition
at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

ABC’s Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series that ran from April 29, 1961
to August 26, 1998 on the ABC television network and was originally hosted by Jim McKay (below). The title continued to be used for general sports programs until 2006.

Jim McKay

Howard Cosell with Muhammad Ali in 1972

Left to right: Al Michaels and Chris Economaki

Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio) is a
pop-rock musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the leader of
the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Schondells. The group still
gets together from time to time for special video/TV events and nostalgia
shows.

Actress Michelle Pfeiffer She made her screen debut in 1980, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Scarface (1983). Her prominent
films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Batman
Returns (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Michelle Pfeiffer has won
numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress-Motion Picture Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) which
also resulted in a nomination for an Academy Award. She received a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.