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John Larroquette Biography

John LarroquetteactorBorn: 11/25/1947Birthplace: New Orleans Emmy Award-winning actor who portrayed womanizing Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding on Night Court (1984–92). He played John Hemingway, a reformed…

2001 Deaths: G - L

Milton GablerGunther Gebel-WilliamsMarty GlickmanBoris GoldovskyE. H. GombrichTheodore GottleibKatharine GrahamMorris GravesLeon GrayJoseph GreenbergJane GreerJohn GuedelRachel GurneyEinar…

calligraphy

(Encyclopedia) calligraphycalligraphykəlĭgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=beautiful writing], skilled penmanship practiced as a fine art. See also inscription; paleography. The art of calligraphy is also…

Katharine Graham 2001 Deaths

Katharine GrahamAge: 84 newspaper and magazine publisher who transformed the Washington Post into one of the most influential newspapers in the country. She took control of the paper in 1963…

Lou Kusserow 2001 Deaths

Lou KusserowAge: 73 record-setting tailback and safety at Columbia in the 1940s, who later became a producer for NBC Sports; scored two touchdowns in Columbia's 21-20 victory over Army in…

Jetur Rose RIGGS, Congress, NJ (1809-1869)

RIGGS Jetur Rose , a Representative from New Jersey; born near Drakesville (now Ledgewood), Morris County, N.J., June 20, 1809; received an academic education; was graduated from the New York…

George VAIL, Congress, NJ (1809-1875)

VAIL George , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., July 21, 1809; completed preparatory studies; attended Morris Academy at Morristown; engaged in the…

John WURTS, Congress, PA (1792-1861)

WURTS John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Flanders, Morris County, N.J., August 13, 1792; after his father's death in 1793 the family resided in Montville, Morris County, and…

George HASTINGS, Congress, NY (1807-1866)

HASTINGS George , a Representative from New York; born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., March 13, 1807; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1826;…

cult

(Encyclopedia) cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and…