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Parker Posey Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and…Lessing, Doris
(Encyclopedia) Lessing, Doris, 1919–2013, British novelist, b. Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran) as Doris May Tayler. Largely self-educated, she was brought up on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now…Joseph Greenberg 2001 Deaths
Joseph GreenbergAge: 85 prominent linguist who specialized in classifying the 5,000 languages of the world. He organized Africa's 1,500 languages into four families: Niger-Kordofanian,…Arthur Hill 2006 Deaths
Arthur HillAge: 84 actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He was also in many films and television series, including the title role in Owen Marshall…2001 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best PictureMulholland DriveBest Actor (tie)Brian Cox, L.I.E. and Denzel Washington, Training DayBest ActressTilda Swinton, The Deep EndBest Supporting ActorBen Kingsley, Sexy Beast Best…Silvio Ottavio CONTE, Congress, MA (1921-1991)
CONTE Silvio Ottavio , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., November 9, 1921; graduated from Pittsfield Vocational High School, Pittsfield, Mass., 1940…Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah 2006 Deaths
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-SabahAge: 79 emir of Kuwait who led the country during Iraq's occupation in 1990. He guided the country back to stability after the invasion by shrewdly forming an…Earl Woods 2006 Deaths
Earl WoodsAge: 74 father of golfer Tiger Woods who introduced his son to the game before he could walk. Earl Woods, a former U.S. Army lieutenant, served two tours of duty in Vietnam. In a…Robert Hoffman 2006 Deaths
Robert HoffmanAge: 59 former business executive who in 1969 as a student at Harvard and an editor of the Harvard Lampoon cofounded the satirical magazine National Lampoon. He sold his shares…John Guedel 2001 Deaths
John GuedelAge: 88 prolific television producer of the 1940s and '50s who began his career in radio before turning to TV when it was a nascent medium. Guedel, who had a fondness for the inane…Trending
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