H. D., Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Died: H. D. (1961), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1956)
Died on this day
27SepDied 196165th anniversary of death
H. D.
A modernist poet whose spare early images developed into expansive explorations of myth, war and desire.
27SepDied 195670th anniversary of deathBabe Didrikson Zaharias
Perhaps the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century, she won Olympic gold and ten golf majors – and spent her last years with her companion Betty Dodd.