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Archie Moore

Archie MooreBorn: Dec. 13, 1913Boxer world light-heavyweight champion (1952-60); pro record 199-26-8 with a record 145 KOs.Died: Dec. 9, 1998Warren MoonK - MHerman Moore

Al Held 2005 Deaths

Al HeldAge: 76 abstract artist known for his enormous works. He taught at Yale from 1960 to 1980. He started creating colorful pieces in the 1950s and shifted to black and white in the 1960s…

Yevgeny Svetlanov 2002 Deaths

Yevgeny SvetlanovAge: 73 Russian conductor, composer, and pianist who led Russia's State Symphony Orchestra for 35 years. He was known for his interpretations of Russian compositions,…

Brewer's: Abecedarian

One who teaches or is learning his A B C. Abecedarian hymns.Hymns which began with the letter A, and each verse or clause following took up the letters of the alphabet in regular…

Brewer's: Abel Keene

A village schoolmaster, afterwards a merchant's clerk. He was led astray, lost his place, and hanged himself. —Crabbe: Borough, Letter xxi. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Aholibamah

Aholiba′mah A granddaughter of Cain, loved by the seraph Samiasa. She is a proud, ambitious, queen-like beauty, a female type of Cain. When the flood came, her angel-lover carried her under…

Brewer's: Caiaphas

The country-house of Caiaphas, in which Judas concluded his bargain to betray his Master, stood on “The Hill of Evil Counsel.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Grover Washington, Jr. Biography

Grover Washington, Jr.Age: 56 Grammy Award-winning influential jazz saxophonist who shifted with ease from jazz to pop to R&B to funk. A mainstream and commercial success, Washington…

Jeane Kirkpatrick 2006 Deaths

Jeane KirkpatrickAge: 80 first woman to be the American ambassador to the United Nations, and influential member of the National Security Council during President Reagan's first term of…

Don Knotts 2006 Deaths

Don KnottsAge: 81 skinny, bug-eyed actor who won five Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. He also played landlord Ralph Furley on Three…