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Louis, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow)Louis, Joel&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in…

Louis I, emperor of the West

(Encyclopedia) Louis I or Louis the Pious, Fr. Louis le Pieux or Louis le Débonnaire, 778–840, emperor of the West (814–40), son and successor of Charlemagne. He was crowned king of Aquitaine in 781…

Louis III, French king

(Encyclopedia) Louis III, c.863–882, French king, son of King Louis II. He became joint ruler with his brother Carloman on the death of Louis II (879), despite the attempts of Louis the Younger to…

Louis Faurer 2001 Deaths

Louis FaurerAge: 84 photographer known for his raw, psychologically charged pictures of everyday people on city streets.Died: Manhattan, March 2, 2001Mimi FariñaA - FHoward Finster

Louis Freeh, 2001 News

convicted Oklahoma City bomber, was executed by lethal injection in June for detonating a fertilizer bomb that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in April 1995 and killed 149…

Louis Weinstein 2000 Deaths

Louis WeinsteinAge: 92 pioneer in the study of infectious diseases who was one of the first physicians to warn of the dangers of overprescribing antibiotics. Died: Newton, Mass., March 16,…

Grayson Louis Kirk Biography

Grayson Louis KirkAge: 94 for many years president of Columbia University. Criticized for decision in 1968 to use police officers against students protesting Vietnam War. Died: Nov. 21, 1997.…

Louis Peterson 1998 Deaths

Louis PetersonAge: 76 helped pave the way for other black playwrights to break through on Broadway as author of “Take a Giant Step,” the highly praised 1950s Broadway play about a young…

Louis V. Ledoux: The Gift

The GiftLouis V. LedouxLet others give you wealth and love, And guard you while you live; I cannot set my gift above The gifts that others give.And yet the gift I give is good: In one man'…