Lois Van Epps

Age: 58

Summary: English and drama teacher at Edgemont High School in Scarsdale, New York who would be remembered as the woman who convinced the film star Joe Mantegna to take up an acting career after she lured him into the drama department and directed him in his first play at age 16 when she was teaching drama and English at Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois in 1964.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: June 1, 1938

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York