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Quincy

(Encyclopedia) Quincy. 11kwĭntˈsē [key] City (1990 pop. 39,681), seat of Adams co., W Ill., on a bluff above the Mississippi; inc. 1839. It is a trade, industrial (steel parts), and distribution…

Entertainment News from January 2000

1Schindler's List tops the Broadcast Film Critics Association list of the top films of the 1990s. Saving Private Ryan places second, with L.A. Confidential in third. Rounding out the top five…

Kenneth Frankel 1998 Deaths

Kenneth Frankeldirector Obie Award-winning director of Simon Gray's Quartermaine's TermsBorn: 1942?Died: 1998Douglas V. FowleyA - FMary Frann

Dorothy Donegan 1998 Deaths

Dorothy Doneganjazz pianist known for her outspoken, flamboyant styleBorn: 1922Died: 1998Marcello Ramos DinsmoreA - FMarjory Douglas

Harry Ellis Dickson 2003 Deaths

Harry Ellis DicksonAge: 94 musician and conductor who played first violin for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 50 years and was a conductor of the Boston Pops for more than 40 years.…

Serge Lang Biography

Serge LangAge: 79 French journalist who created skiing's World Cup circuit in 1967, a format of competition that has since been adopted by countless other sports. Lang died of a heart attack.…

Vicki Manalo Draves

Vicki Manalo DravesBorn: Dec. 31, 1924Diver Filipina-American athlete who in 1948 as a member of the U.S. team became the first woman in olympic history to win gold medals in both platform…

Lucile Petry Leone Biography

Lucile Petry LeoneAge: 97 founded the Cadet Nurse Corps, a government program that funded nursing training for women during World War II. More than 100,000 women enrolled in the program,…

Theodore Draper 2006 Deaths

Theodore DraperAge: 93 historian whose meticulous research covered a broad range of topics, including American Communism, the Cuban revolution, and Vietnam. He's best known for A Very Thin…