When Broadway was still the hottest entertainment around, dancer Gwen Verdon was the sexiest thing on two feet–particularly as the irresistibly devilish Lola in “Damn Yankees.” Verdon died last week at the age of 75.
From 1955 to 1981, James C. Jones lent a unique perspective to NEWSWEEK’s auto-industry coverage. A former Detroit bureau chief, he was 77.
