1997 Death Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1991 Death Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash 1982 Event Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1945 Birthday Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1939 Death Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48 1931 Birthday Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum 1926 Event Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in New York City
