As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
| Gracie Allen, Comedian (1895) |
| Blake Edwards, Director (1922) |
| Elliott Erwitt, Photographer (1928) |
| Paul Gallico, Writer (1897) |
| Susan George, Activist (1950) |
| Dorothy Hamill, Athlete (1956) |
| Joseph Jackson, Businessman (1929) |
| Mick Jagger, Musician (1943) |
| George Gallup, Businessman (1984) |
| W. Averell Harriman, Politician (1986) |


