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Jean MacArthurCharles MacGillivaryJeff MacNellyConrad McRaeMeredith MacRaePercy McRaeConrad Marca-RelliNancy MarchandAlice Sheets MarriottDon MartinHelen MartinWalter MatthauStanley…

Hitchcock, Sir Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Hitchcock, Sir Alfred, 1899–1980, English-American film director, writer, and producer, b. London. Hitchcock began his career as a director in 1925 and became prominent with The 39…

Brethren

(Encyclopedia) Brethren, German Baptist religious group. They were popularly known as Dunkards, Dunkers, or Tunkers, from the German for “to dip,” referring to their method of baptizing. The Brethren…

Tubman, Harriet

(Encyclopedia) Tubman, Harriet, c.1820–1913, American abolitionist, b. Dorchester co., Md. Born into slavery, she escaped to Phildelphia in 1849, and subsequently became one of the most successful “…

parody

(Encyclopedia) parody, mocking imitation in verse or prose of a literary work. The following poem by Robert Southey was parodied by Lewis Carroll: “You are old, Father William,” the young man cried…

Robbins, Jerome

(Encyclopedia) Robbins, Jerome, 1918–98, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City as Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz. Robbins began his career dancing in musicals (1937). In 1940 he joined the…

Iron Eyes Cody Biography

Iron Eyes CodyAge: (80s or early 90s) TV and film actor most familiar to Americans as the Indian who shed a tear in a 1970s anti-littering commercial.Died: Los Angeles, January 5, 1999Steve…

Jill Craigie, Biography

Jill Craigie,Age: 85 influential British filmmaker and socialist whose documentaries include Out of Chaos (1955) and The Way We Live (1948). She was married to Michael Foote, Britain's former…

Meredith MacRae 2000 Deaths

Meredith MacRaeAge: 56 actress who played Billie Jo Bradley on television's Petticoat Junction. She died from brain cancer. Died: Los Angeles, July 14, 2000Conrad McRaeM - QPercy McRae…

Percy McRae 2000 Deaths

Percy McRaeAge: 65 retired New York letter carrier who sang the national anthem at the Chicago Cubs game on July 31. He suffered a heart attack during the first inning and later died.Died:…