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Luther Burbank Biography

Luther Burbank Born: 1849Birthplace: Lancaster, Mass. Peach—Burbank developed more than 800 new strains and varieties of plants including varieties of potato, plums, prunes, berries, flowers…

Einar Gustafson 2001 Deaths

Einar GustafsonAge: 65 young baseball fan, whose battle with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1948 inspired the Jimmy Fund, a cancer research organization and the official charity of…

Kim Hunter Biography

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

Walter H. Brattain

Walter H. Brattain Born: 1902 Birthplace: Amoy, China Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel…

Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbeltelevision journalistBorn: 9/29/1948Birthplace: New Orleans Television journalist who attained his fame on NBC's Today Show from 1982 to 1997. Before joining Today, Gumbel…

Kim Hunter

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

Bryant Gumbel Biography

Bryant Gumbeltelevision journalistBorn: 9/29/1948Birthplace: New Orleans Television journalist who attained his fame on NBC's Today Show from 1982 to 1997. Before joining Today, Gumbel…

Bryan Brown Biography

Bryan BrownactorBorn: 6/23/1947Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia An Australian actor who first gained fame in the critically acclaimed film Breaker Morant (1980), he also garnered…

Fred Ward Biography

Fred WardactorBorn: 12/30/1942Birthplace: San Diego, California Ward is a recognizable TV and movie actor, making 43 appearances since got his start playing a truck driver in Ginger in the Morning (…

My Son the Fanatic

Director: Udayan Prasad Writer: Hanif KureishiRelease: 7/99Cast: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Akbar Kurtha Novelist-screenwriter Hanif Kureishi demonstrates his usual postcolonial wit in My…