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Merman, Ethel

(Encyclopedia) Merman, Ethel, 1908–84, American musical comedy star, b. Astoria, N.Y., originally named Ethel Zimmerman. Merman's theater debut was in George and Ira Gershwin's Girl Crazy (1930).…

Black Lives Matter

(Encyclopedia) Black Lives Matter, a global political movement. Founded in 2013 by organizers Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, the #…

Joseph Zimmerman 2004 Deaths

Joseph ZimmermanAge: 92 engineer who invented the first telephone answering machine, the Electronic Secretary. He sold the contraption to General Telephone and Electronics Inc. in 1957. Died…

John Zimmerman 2002 Deaths

John ZimmermanAge: 74 groundbreaking sports photojournalist; credited with inventing techniques for first capturing what are familiar shots today, such as those from inside hockey nets and…

Lortzing, Gustav Albert

(Encyclopedia) Lortzing, Gustav AlbertLortzing, Gustav Albertg&oobreve;sˈtäf älˈbĕrt lôrˈtsĭng [key], 1801–51, German opera composer. Lortzing's first opera was written in 1824. Among his best-…

2002 George Foster Peabody Awards

Terror on Tape:CNN Productions (Atlanta)Bringing Down A Dictator:York Zimmerman, Inc., presented on PBS48 Hours:“9/11,” CBS, New YorkThe Sonic Memorial Project:Lost and Found Sound from the…