And tennis pioneer Althea Gibson and film director Elia Kazan have died. Gibson was the Jackie Robinson of female tennis. She was the first African-American to play in the U.S. championship and was the first African-American to win the U.S. title and Wimbledon. She was 76. Kazan was an influential director who discovered Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty. He directed “On the Waterfront” and “Streetcar Named Desire.” In 1999 he was greeted by large protests when he won lifetime achievement award at the Academy Awards. In 1952 he went before the House Un-American Activities Committee and named names of people he claimed were members of the Communist Party thus destroying many lives.