Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour.
Mariana Thoms, a retired social worker who is the mother of actress Tracie Thoms and Austin Thoms, a disc jockey, died of dementia complications Dec. 19 at Sinai Hospital.