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Janet Frame 2004 Deaths
Janet FrameAge: 79 New Zealand novelist whose masterful yet disturbing books explored mental illness. Misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized for eight years, she drew on her…Laurance Rockefeller 2004 Deaths
Laurance RockefellerAge: 94 business executive and conservationist who was one of five grandsons of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. He made his own fortune as a venture capitalist. Died: New…Oppenheimer, J. Robert
(Encyclopedia) Oppenheimer, J. RobertOppenheimer, J. Robertŏpˈənhīˌmər [key], 1904–67, American physicist, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1925), Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1927. He taught at…Michael Ritchie 2001 Deaths
Michael RitchieAge: 62 filmmaker who directed the films Downhill Racer, The Candidate, and The Bad News Bears. He also helmed the television movie The Positively True Adventures of the…Milward Lee SIMPSON, Congress, WY (1897-1993)
Senate Years of Service: 1962-1967 Party: Republican SIMPSON Milward Lee , a Senator from Wyoming; born in Jackson, Teton County, Wyo., November 12, 1897; attended the public schools of Wood River…Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald
(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…Roger I
(Encyclopedia) Roger I (Roger Guiscard), c.1031–1101, Norman conqueror of Sicily; son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). He went to Italy in 1058 to join his brother, Robert Guiscard, in…Roy Lichtenstein 1997 Deaths
Roy LichtensteinAge: 73artist A major figure in American art, Lichtenstein drew attention to Pop painting in the 1960s with his distinctive renderings of comic books and advertisements.…1949 Academy Awards
The 1949 Academy Awards were presented March 23, 1950 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAll the King's Men (Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia)Battleground (…David Reimer 2004 Deaths
David ReimerAge: 38 subject of a medical experiment who was born a boy but raised as a girl. After a botched circumcision, Reimer was castrated, given female hormones, and renamed Brenda. His…Trending
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