Director: Ken Burns

Writers: Ken Burns; Geoffrey C. Ward

Keywords: Documentary, Baseball

TV documentary miniseries broadcast on PBS, of excellent quality.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bud Abbott	Actor	2-Oct-1895	24-Apr-1974	Half of Abbott and Costello
Adam Arkin	Actor	19-Aug-1956		Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope
Red Barber	Sports Journalist	17-Feb-1908	22-Oct-1992	The Voice of the Dodgers
Keith Carradine	Actor	8-Aug-1949		Thieves Like Us
David Caruso	Actor	17-Jan-1956		Lt. Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami
John Chancellor	Journalist	14-Jul-1927	12-Jul-1996	NBC Nightly News anchor
Bob Costas	Sports Journalist	22-Mar-1952		Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later
Lou Costello	Actor	6-Mar-1906	3-Mar-1959	Half of Abbott and Costello
Mario Cuomo	Politician	15-Jun-1932	1-Jan-2015	Governor of New York, 1983-95
Keith David	Actor	4-Jun-1956		DCI in Agent Cody Banks
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Bob Feller	Baseball	3-Nov-1918	15-Dec-2010	Pitched three no-hitters for Cleveland
Shelby Foote	Author	17-Nov-1916	27-Jun-2005	Shiloh
Doris Kearns Goodwin	Historian	4-Jan-1943		Team of Rivals
Donald Hall	Poet	20-Sep-1928	23-Jun-2018	The One Day
Ed Harris	Actor	28-Nov-1950		The Rock
Julie Harris	Actor	2-Dec-1925	24-Aug-2013	East of Eden
Gregory Hines	Dancer	14-Feb-1946	9-Aug-2003	Tap dancer
Monte Irvin	Baseball	25-Feb-1919	11-Jan-2016	Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer
Jesse Jackson	Activist	8-Oct-1941		Rainbow Coalition
Stephen King	Novelist	21-Sep-1947		The Shining
Al Lewis	Actor	30-Apr-1923	3-Feb-2006	Grandpa on The Munsters
Amy Madigan	Actor	11-Sep-1950		Places in the Heart
Mickey Mantle	Baseball	20-Oct-1931	13-Aug-1995	Twelve times in the World Series
Marvin Miller	Labor Leader	14-Apr-1917	27-Nov-2012	MLB Player Association, 1966-82
Willie Morris	Author	29-Nov-1934	2-Aug-1999	North Toward Home
Paul Newman	Actor	26-Jan-1925	26-Sep-2008	Salad dressing magnate
Tip O'Neill	Politician	9-Dec-1912	5-Jan-1994	Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Daniel Okrent	Author	2-Apr-1948		Former public editor, New York Times
George Plimpton	Author	18-Mar-1927	25-Sep-2003	Paper Lion
Aidan Quinn	Actor	8-Mar-1959		Reckless
LaTanya Richardson	Actor	21-Oct-1949		Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson
Jason Robards	Actor	26-Jul-1922	26-Dec-2000	All The President's Men
Vin Scully	Sports Journalist	29-Nov-1927		Voice of the Dodgers
Studs Terkel	Author	16-May-1912	31-Oct-2008	Working
Eli Wallach	Actor	7-Dec-1915	24-Jun-2014	The Magnificent Seven
M. Emmet Walsh	Actor	22-Mar-1935		Grizzled character actor
Tom Wicker	Journalist	18-Jun-1926	25-Nov-2011	The New York Times
George Will	Columnist	4-May-1941		Conservative pundit, baseball lover

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