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King Abdullah II,Nathaniel Abraham,Andre Agassi,Martti Ahtisaari,Lamar Alexander,Louise Arbour,Lance Armstrong,Capt. Richard J. Ashby,Ehud Barak,Mark O. Barton,Gamil al-Batouti,Gary L. Bauer,…Kemp, Jack French
(Encyclopedia) Kemp, Jack French, 1935–2009, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and was a professional…Szostak, Jack William
(Encyclopedia) Szostak, Jack William, 1952–, American molecular biologist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Cornell, 1977. Szostak has been a professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at…Biographies: Deaths of 2012
Deaths of 2012 See also 2011 Deaths 2010 Deaths More Deaths…relocation center
(Encyclopedia) relocation center, in U.S. history, camp in which Japanese and Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II. Fearing a Japanese invasion, the military leaders, under authority…Hickok, Wild Bill
(Encyclopedia) Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill., as James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a…Kroemer, Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Kroemer, Herbert, 1928–, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1952. Kroemer was a researcher at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, N.J. (1954–57), and at Varian Associates in Palo…Bedford, Sybille
(Encyclopedia) Bedford, Sybille, 1911–2006, English writer, b. Charlottenberg, Germany, as Sybille von Schoenebeck. She worked as a legal reporter for various publications, covering more than 100…Jack Kent Cooke 1997 Deaths
Jack Kent CookeAge: 84 majority owner of the NFL's Washington Redskins since 1974; oversaw the building of a new natural grass 78,600-seat stadium in Maryland which would later bear his name…Jack Henry Abbott 2002 Deaths
Jack Henry AbbottAge: 58 convicted murderer and writer whose prison letters to Norman Mailer were published as the best-selling In the Belly of the Beast (1981). Mailer helped Abbott, who was…Trending
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