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Gish, Lillian

(Encyclopedia) Gish, Lillian, 1896–1993, American stage and movie actress, b. Springfield, Ohio. In 1912 she began her film career with D. W. Griffith. A fragile, delicate beauty, Gish often played a…

Floyd, John Buchanan

(Encyclopedia) Floyd, John Buchanan, 1807–63, U.S. Secretary of War (1857–60) and Confederate general, b. Smithfield, Va. After failing as a lawyer and cotton planter in Arkansas, he returned to…

Bloomington

(Encyclopedia) Bloomington. 1 City (2020 pop. 78,680), seat of McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1839. The economy is based on farming; electrical…

Thiebaud, Wayne

(Encyclopedia) Thiebaud, Wayne, 1920-2021, American artist, b. Mesa, Ariz., Sacramento State College (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1952). Thiebaud studied commercial art in high school, and during World…

Tyson, Cecily

(Encyclopedia) Tyson, Cecily, 1924-2021, American actress, b. East Harlem, N.Y. Of Caribbean heritage, Tyson began working as a model while studying…

2006 Deaths: R - Z

RajkumarLou RawlsSid RaymondDana ReeveJean-François RevelJason RhoadesAnn RichardsLloyd RichardsHam RichardsonPaul RigbyA.M. RosenthalJoe RosenthalMarie RudisillIbrahim RugovaLouis…

LPBT

Top 10 Money Winners TBCR1stEarnings1Wendy Macpherson21134$165,4252Carol Gianotti-Block19123142,4003Carolyn Dorin-Ballard21101104,5004Liz Johnson198395,8505Marianne DiRupo199192,0506Kim…