Life Remembers 1998 (1998) (TV)

This is a quality production from the good people of Life Magazine that plays more obituary than retrospective. If they died during 1998, for example; Shari Lewis, Alan Shepard, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Jerome Robbins, Benjamin Spock, Roddy McDowell, Akira Kurosawa, Eldridge Cleaver, Tammy Wynette, Carl Wilson, Carl Perkins, Betty Carter, Sonny Bono, Roy Rogers, Phil Hartman, Flip Wilson, Henny Youngman, Alice Faye, Maureen O'Sullivan, E. G. Marshall, J. T. Walsh, Esther Rolle, Lloyd Bridges, "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Harry Caray, Archie Moore, Ray Nitsche, George Wallace, Michael J. Blassie, James Byrd, Jr., Matthew Shepard, Flight 111, and Barbara Jordan (plus some lesser knowns) here you will see them remembered. Expect longer profiles on some of the more sentimental favorites.

Life Remembers 1998 (1998) (TV)

Host: Anthony Edwards

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) TV Movie

The story of Olympic downhill racer Bill Johnson is related in this made-for-TV biopic. Future ER star Anthony Edwards plays Johnson, who while growing up in Oregon was known far and wide for his capacity as a troublemaker. After several brushes with the law (one landing him behind bars), Johnson straightens out and flies right when he develops an interest in skiing. Dennis Weaver co-stars as Johnson's supportive dad. Going for the Gold was first telecast May 18, 1985, less than a year after Johnson's Gold Medal win at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics.

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) TV Movie

Cast: Anthony Edwards, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Dennis Weaver, Sarah Jessica Parker, Wayne Northrop