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Jack Warden 2006 Deaths

Jack WardenAge: 85 welterweight boxer turned actor, who appeared in almost 100 films. Typically cast as a tough guy, Warden earned Oscar nominations for Heaven Can Wait and Shampoo. He won an…

Jack Gelber 2003 Deaths

Jack GelberAge: 71 playwright whose award-winning The Connection broke ground with its realistic, haunting portrait of drug addicts. The 1959 Off-Broadway play won three Obie Awards. Died:…

Jack Lemmon 2001 Deaths

Jack LemmonAge: 76 beloved and versatile actor who excelled at both comic and dramatic roles. In many of his comedies, Lemmon portrayed an Everyman, prone to mishaps and pratfalls. He won two…

John R. "Jack" Horner

Paleontologist Melissa Sogard Horner has suggested that perhaps the T. rex was really more of a scavenger than a predator. Did you know? Jack Horner refers to many common dinosaurs…

Brewer's: Jack-Amend-All

One of the nicknames given to Jack Cade the rebel, who promised to remedy all abuses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack BragJack-a-napes A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Jack and the Bean Stalk

A nursery tale of German invention. The giant is All-Father, whose three treasures are (1) a harp —i.e. the wind; (2) bags full of treasures —i.e. the rain; and (3) the red hen which…

Brewer's: Jack Drum's Entertainment

A beating. (See John Drum's , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack HornerJack Brag A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: Jack the Giant-killer

owed much of his success to his four marvellous possessions— an invisible coat, a cap of wisdom, shoes of swiftness, and a resistless sword. When he put on his coat no eye could see him;…

Brewer's: Jack o' the Bowl

The most famous brownie or house-spirit of Switzerland; so called from the custom of placing for him every night on the roof of the cow-house a bowl of fresh sweet cream. The contents of…

Brewer's: Jack o' the Clock

The figure which comes out to strike the hours on the bell of a clock. A contraction of Jaquemart (q.v.). King Richard. Well, but what's o'clock? Buckingham. Upon the stroke of ten. K. R.…