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Mar 15, 1999

25 Legends of the Past 25 Years

March 15, 1999

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25 Legends of the Past 25 Years

PEOPLE Presents a Mix and Match of Hollywood's Greatest in Film, TV and Music for It's Anniversary Issue

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Table of Contents

Articles

From the Editor

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From the President

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And the Envelope Please...

The Famous Vote for Their Favorite Films, TV Shows, Books and Songs Since '74.

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Images

How Do You Capture Fame in 1/500 Second? With Luck, Persistence and a Sense of Humor. Over the Years, PEOPLE Photographers Have Clicked with Celebs

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Famous Firsts

Yes, Kids, Once This Great Land Had No Female Astronauts, MTV, Black Miss Americas or Test-Tube Babies—Until These Pioneers Had the Imagination, Gumption or Good Timing to Break a Barrier

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Angels

Ignoring Danger or Bringing Hope, They Proved That Anyone Can Make a Difference

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Sex, Soaps...Spelling!

Prime Time's Great Entertainer Aaron Spelling Perks Up the Tube with Glitz, Glam and—Lest We Forget—Jiggle

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Bad Career Moves

For Fawcett, Tyson, Long and Others, It's One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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Profiles in Courage

Spurred by Passion, Anger, Love and Tragedy, These People Took a Stand and Made the World a Better Place

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Bochco's Beat

Steven Bochco's Ultraurban Slice of Life Includes Brazen Language and Bare Buns

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Tom Cruise

The Baby Boom's Biggest Star Stayed Grounded, Despite a Broken Home, Dyslexia—and a Pesky Press

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Diana

More Than a Year After the Sudden End of Her Privileged but Imperfect Life, She Still Exerts Fascination

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Steven Spielberg

By Thrilling Audiences and Making Them Think, the Master Storyteller Became a Box Office Midas

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Jodie Foster

A Pioneer of the Art of Growing Up in Public, She Evolved from Child Star to Motion Picture Powerhouse

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Oprah Winfrey

Issues and Answers? She Gives Voice to Both

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Jim Henson

A Gentle Genius Changed Forever the Way America Looks at Talking Frogs—and Children's Television

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Jerry Seinfeld

The Human Comedy Never Changes; the Venue Does. For Nine Years, It Was Based in His Living Room

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Harrison Ford

This Strong, Silent Type Reigns as the No. 1 Movie Star of Our Time

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Goldie Hawn

She's America's Comic Sweetheart—with Staying Power

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Christopher Reeve

Giving New Meaning to 'Action Hero,' He Raises Awareness, Money and Hope as An Advocate for the Disabled

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Michael Jordan

A Study in Grace and Competitive Fire, He Became His Sport's Airborne Image

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Betty Ford

As America's First Lady of Candor, She Shed Light on Breast Cancer and Addiction

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Stephen King

Scarier Than An Independent Counsel, He Made Millions of Adults Sleep with a Night-Fight

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Gilda Radner

The Funny Girl Next Door Left a Legacy of Love and Laughter

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Bill Gates

The Mouse That Roared Gave Us Windows on a New World—and Made It Hip to Be Square

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Ryan White

With His Valiant Public Struggle, the Feisty Kid from Kokomo Taught the Nation That AIDS Can Hit Home

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Cher

Nervy and Naughty, Gutsy and Clever, She Has Lived by the Motto 'Never Say Never'

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Ted Turner

The Inventor of CNN Brought the World Dash, Daring and a Feel for the Big Picture

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Elizabeth Taylor

Weathering Enough Tragedies—and Marriages—to Sink the Titanic, Hollywood's Leading Lady Transformed Herself into a Businesswoman and Humanitarian

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Bruce Springsteen

A Philosopher with a Telecaster, Rock's Blue-Collar Bard Could Only Have Been Born in the U.S.A.

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Bill Cosby

Wise and Funny as a TV Dad, He Endured Real-Life Heartbreak with Grace

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Madonna

The Mother of Reinvention Set a New Standard of Female Fame

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John Travolta

The Comeback Kid Had What It Takes to Make It—Twice

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Johnny Carson

Hey-Ooohhh! After Three Decades of Perfect Timing, the Deft Lord of Late Night Bid a Heartfelt Goodbye

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Brooke Shields

Freeing Herself from a Domineering Mother and a One-Dimensional Image, a Pretty Baby Came into Her Own

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Survivors

After the Worst of Times—the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Unexplained Death of a Parent—They Sought to Make Sense of Tragedy and Rebuild Their Lives

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Recycled Style

That Was Then, This Is Now—Or Is It? In Fashion, It Seems, What Goes Around Comes Around (and Around, and Around...)

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Notorious

These Former Headline Makers Have New Rap Sheets, New Loves, New Jobs and New Goals

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Coping

Battling Illness and Injury, or Just Trying to Deal with Fame and Misfortune, They Found the Strength to Carry On

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They Said It Would Never Last...

Quickie Courtships, Age Differences, Too Much Temptation, Too Much Time Apart. Celeb Marriages, Especially, Seem Prone to Problems, and the World Often Bets Against Them. Happily, the World Can Be Just Plain Wrong

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L. L. Been There Catalog of Once-Hot Products

A Guide to Fads That Went Pfffft! and Habits That Became History

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Tributes

During the Past Quarter Century, a Small Galaxy of Stars Passed Away. Some We Had Known, If Seemed, Forever; Others Were Only Children When This Magazine Began. on the Following Pages, They Remind Us, in Their Own Words, of Who They Were and Why We Cared

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All Grown Up!

Adored and Adorable as Kids, Child Stars Reflect on the Formidable—and Inevitable—Act II: Adulthood

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Our First Cover

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