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- 6221: Ozzy Osbourne
- ... and that he wanted to fulfill his promise. Ozzy writes most of his songs when he is in a very depressed stage in his life. In the song "Suicide Solution" Ozzy wrote it about the death of Bon Scott. He died from a drug overdose. He was one of Ozzy’s close friends from the band AC/DC." Wine is fine but whiskey’s quicker suicide is slow with liquor, Take ...
- 6222: Nelson Mandela
- ... and loved hero. Nelson Mandela was born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei on July 18, 1918. His father was the principal councilor to the Acting Paramount Chief of Thembuland. After his fathers death, the young Rolihlahla became the Paramount Chiefs ward to be groomed to assume high office. However, influenced by the cases that came before the Chief s court, he was determined to become a lawyer. Hearing ...
- 6223: Neil Simon
- ... Baim, a professional dancer, and the first of three wives. The two had a daughter, Ellen, together. Seemingly happy for 20 years in marriage, Joan died unexpectedly. Shockingly, just over one month after Joan’s death, Neil remarried, causing doubt about the healthiness of the relationship before Joan’s demise. He wed actress Marsha Mason, who later appeared in a number of his works, including film versions of Only When I ...
- 6224: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... of his ancestors were included in some of his stories. (McGraw Hill, pg.67) Hawthorne’s father was a sea captain. He died of fever when Hawthorne was only four. Shortly after his father’s death, his mother was forced to move her three children into her parent’s home and then into her brother’s home in Maine. Hawthorne’s childhood was not particularly abnormal, as many famous authors have ...
- 6225: Moses
- ... to be killed. It was at this time that Moses was born. His older siblings, Aaron and Miriam, would join him later in his life to help lead the Israelite people. Moses was saved from death when his mother, Yocheved, floated him down the Nile River in a small basket, where he was discovered and saved by the daughter of Pharaoh. The name Moses is actually an Egyptian name. Little is ...
- 6226: Maya Angelou
- ... I have reached the end of my rope. The coldness that is put on them is striving them to just give into what there mind is saying is the only way out and that is death. Even though their endings of their poems are completely different their problems originate from the same problem and that is oppression and unconceivable hatefulness. To me this problem has been faced by many generations before ...
- 6227: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... was undoubtedly a great leader whom we all admire. A man who changed history and the way people think about each other. A radical thinker who achieved many thing, and created great movements. Despite his death, his legacy and belief still stand strong. RESOURCES Transitions (Barbara Fine Clouse Pp.507-509) -The Ways Of Meeting Oppression -by Marther Luther King Jr.
- 6228: Lucille Ball
- ... that everyone has seen the famous chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy and the hilarious Vitameatavegamin episode is because of Ball's superb acting ability. Her impact was so great, that even after her death, Lucille Ball is watched all over the country. The most popular I Love Lucy episodes are still shown on television to this day. Obviously, this shows that Lucille Ball has made significant, positive contributions to ...
- 6229: Lewis Latimer
- ... this prestigious, highly selective group. After leaving Edison's employ, Latimer worked for a patent consultant firm until 1922 when failing eyesight caused an end to his career. His health began to fail following the death of his beloved wife Mary Wilson Latimer in 1924. To cheer and encourage him to carry on, his children, two daughters, had a book of his poems printed in 1925 in honor of his 77th ...
- 6230: Leonhard Euler
- ... his remarkable memory was able to continue with his work on optics, algebra, and lunar motion. Amazingly after 1765 (when Euler was 58) he produced almost half his works despite being totally blind. After his death in 1783 the St. Petersburg Academy continued to publish Euler's unpublished work for nearly 50 more years. Euler made large bounds in modern analytic geometry and trigonometry. He made decisive and formative contributions to ...
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