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Alan Pakula 1998 Deaths

Alan PakulaAge: 70 The critically acclaimed producer and director of psychologically charged dramas such as Sophie's Choice, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Pelican Brief. Pakula was killed in…

James Alan McPherson Biography

James Alan McPhersonwriterBorn: 9/16/1943Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia James Alan McPherson appeared on the literary scene in 1968 when “Gold Coast,” taken from his first published volume of…

Alan J. Pakula Biography

Alan J. Pakula director, producerBorn: 4/7/1928Birthplace: New York City Thrice nominated for an Academy Award, Pakula began his career as an assistant in the cartoon department of Warner Bros.…

Alan Jay Lerner Biography

Alan Jay Lernerlyricist, playwright, screenwriterBorn: 8/31/1918Birthplace: New York City Lerner began his career writing radio scripts. He collaborated with composer Frederick Loewe, whom…

Alan Hale Jr. Biography

Alan Hale Jr.actorBorn: 3/8/1918Birthplace: Los Angeles Hearty, large character actor much like his father who first appeared as a teenager in 1933's Wild Boys of the Road. He worked in bit…

Taylor, Alan John Percivale

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Alan John Percivale, 1906–90, English historian, primarily interested in diplomatic and Central European history. Educated at Oxford, he became a fellow of Magdalen College in…

Boyd, Alan Stephenson

(Encyclopedia) Boyd, Alan Stephenson, 1922–2020, U.S. government official, first secretary of transportation (1967–69), b. Jacksonville, Fla. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, he…

West, Jerry

(Encyclopedia) West, Jerry (Jerome Alan West), 1938–, American basketball player, b. Cheylan, W.Va. One of the game's great shooting guards, he led West Virginia Univ. to the 1959 National Collegiate…

Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as…

Lerner, Alan Jay

(Encyclopedia) Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918–86, American lyricist and librettist, b. New York City. After two years as a radio scriptwriter, Lerner began an association with the composer Frederick Loewe…