"Posing as a drunken bum named Emil Flick, Mr. Salinger several times contrived to be thrown in jail so he could write about conditions for inmates..."
#PierreSalinger
1925-2004
Born on this day
www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/o...
"... Hack helped fight a successful battle to legalise abortion in Italy, unsuccessfully lobbied for the right to euthanasia and championed gay rights."
#MargheritaHack
1922-2013
Born on this day
www.independent.co.uk/news/obituar...
"... a trailblazing sporting pioneer in cricket in an era when women were still viewed by some as second-class citizens."
#RachaelHeyhoeFlint
1939-2017
Born on this day
www.scotsman.com/news/obituar...
"Forced to lie in bed, he contemplated how he could support his family, and decided to turn to acting, where he noticed there were more auditions available."
#LanceReddick
1962-2023
Born on this day
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"... remembered almost exclusively for his orchestration of U.S. prosecution of the war in Vietnam, a failed effort..."
#RobertMcNamara
1916-2009
Born on this day
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"At a time when it was rare for men and women of different religions to date, let alone marry, Stiller and Meara broke new comic ground with their routines..."
#JerryStiller
1927-2020
Born on this day
www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/a...
"At a friend’s birthday party, the quartet first sang together and were soon performing as the jazz vocal quartet the Four Aims, backing up such names as Count Basie and Della Reese."
#LeviStubbs
1936-2018
Born on this day
www.latimes.com/local/obitua...
"He simultaneously worked as a bookseller and screenwriter, co-writing the Oscar-winning script for the movie 'Brokeback Mountain.'”
#LarryMcMurtry
1936-2021
Born on this day
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"Botha’s passion for music, and hip-hop in particular, resulted in him deejaying at gigs..."
#LeonBotha
1985-2011
Born on this day
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"Parker’s work revolutionized human understanding of the sun..."
#EugeneParker
1927-2022
Born on this day
www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/w...
Passed Made Present
Passed Made Present
Baroness Heyhoe Flint, OBE, cricketer, broadcaster, journalist. Born: 11 June 1939, in Wolverhampton. Died: 18 January 2017, aged 77.
Robert S. McNamara, 93, the former secretary of defense whose record as a leading executive of industry and chieftain of foreign financial aid was all but erased from public memory by his reputation a...
Levi Stubbs, the lead singer of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops whose tough yet soulful voice was showcased on dozens of singles, including "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "I Can't Help Myself ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning Texas author Larry McMurtry has died at the age of 84. His family said in a statement that he died Thursday night of heart failure.
