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Bemba Gombo, Jean-Pierre
(Encyclopedia) Bemba Gombo, Jean-Pierre, 1962–, Congolese politician. Born to wealthy parents, he was educated in Brussels and built a business empire in what was then Zaïre. In the early 1990s he…East India Company, French
(Encyclopedia) East India Company, French, 1664–1769, commercial enterprise planned by Jean Baptiste Colbert and chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere. It…Jean Patchett 2002 Deaths
Jean PatchettAge: 75 model who appeared on more than 40 magazine covers in the 1950s. Died: La Quinta, Calif., Jan. 22, 2002 Carl (Bobo) OlsonM - QDolores Olmedo PatiñoJean Kerr 2003 Deaths
Jean KerrAge: 80 writer and playwright whose witty observations about the annoyances of life and show business were best illustrated in the book Please Don't Eat the Daisies and the play Mary…Jeane Kirkpatrick 2006 Deaths
Jeane KirkpatrickAge: 80 first woman to be the American ambassador to the United Nations, and influential member of the National Security Council during President Reagan's first term of…Jean MacArthur 2000 Deaths
Jean MacArthurAge: 101 widow of Gen. Douglas MacArthur who stood steadfast by her husband through both war and peace. After her husband's death in 1964, Mrs. MacArthur continued the social…Jean Howard 2000 Deaths
Jean HowardAge: 89 star, socialite, and photographer whose close relationship with Hollywood's elite (Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Marilyn Monroe) produced scores…Jean-Claude Vrinat Biography
restaurant ownerDied: January 7, 2008 (Paris, France) Best Known as: owner and director of Taillevent restaurant in Paris Owner of the famous Taillevent…Jean-Pierre Leduc Biography
Jean-Pierre LeducAge: 45 a French cyclist competing in the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally; the rally claimed its 34th fatality since the inaugural event in 1979; of injuries sustained when he fell…Jeane Dixon 1997 Deaths
Jeane Dixon seer Dixon became famous for predicting an infamous event. In a 1956 interview, she said a Democratic President, elected in 1960, would die in office. After President Kennedy's…