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Steve Reeves 2000 Deaths
Steve ReevesAge: 74 actor and former Mr. Universe, best known for playing the title character in 1959's Hercules. Died: Escondido, Calif., May 1, 2000Keith ReemtsmaR - ZNicole Reinhart…Stubby Kaye Biography
Stubby Kayecomic, singer sang “Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat” in the original Guys and DollsBorn: 1918?Died: 1997Duane Josephson1997 DeathsBrian KeithMichael Kennedy 1997 Deaths
Michael KennedyAge: 39 head of the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and son of popular politician Robert Kennedy. He fell victim to the powerful family's fabled curse when he hit a tree in a…2002 Gramophone Awards
Record of the Year and Orchestral Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony…Brewer's: Crack a Bottle
—i.e. drink one. The allusion is to the mischievous pranks of the drunken frolics of times gone by, when the bottles and glasses were broken during the bout. Miss Oldbuck says, in…Brewer's: Olivia
Niece of Sir Toby Belch. Malvolio is her steward, Maria her woman, Fabian and a clown her male servants. (Shakespeare: Twelfth Night.) Olivia. A female Tartuffe (q.v.) in Wycherley's…Brewer's: We Three
Did you never see the picture of “We Three” ? asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek- not meaning himself, Sir Toby Belch, and the clown, but referring to a public-…Brewer's: Passy-measure Pavin
A pavin is a stately dance (see Pavan) ; a passy-measure pavin is a reeling dance or motion, like that of a drunken man, from side to side. Sir Toby Belch says of Dick Surgeon- “He's a…PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…Bob Devaney Biography
Bob DevaneyAge: 82 former Nebraska Husker coach and Athletic Director, won two national championships and will be remembered for his excellence in building all his athletic programs, of a…