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- 6281: Bonnie And Clyde
- ... home Clyde developed two interests that remained with him to the end of hid life: a passion for music, and an obsession with guns. Even as Clyde drove along the lane in Louisiana to his death, he carried a saxophone and reams of sheet music, as well as an arsenal of firearms. Clyde loved and named his guns, and regarded them as tokens of his power. At the age of sixteen ...
- 6282: Billy Graham
- ... Nagasaki. Not only that, but the Russians began a nuclear arms race with the United States. This had put pressure on the American public, and they lost all their sense of security. The thought of death, and war with all of its pain and suffering, creped into the nightmares of the American citizens and now they looked to religion for salvation. Graham introduced religion in a way that was friendly, and ...
- 6283: Billie Holiday
- ... life and career never or rarely got family approval or recognition (W 13). The extent to which Billie did not get along with her family is evident as she was chastised for her grandmother's death at the age of six (E). The turmoil within Billie's family was manifested when Billie commented later on in life that "As far as I'm Concerned, all the Fagans are dead" (W 14 ...
- 6284: Babe Ruth
- ... Patrick's Cathedral in New York. He is buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. He now rests along side of his wife Claire who was buried next to him after her death in 1976.
- 6285: Babe Ruth
- ... and twice on Sunday at the Scottish game". Tensions between the two of them were decreasing over the years and Cobb actually found that he liked the Babe and they remained friends until Ruth's death in 1948. Both players took up golf and in 1941 participated in charity matches in the Boston, New York and Detroit areas where Cobb led two games to one. The next year, the Hall of ...
- 6286: Auguste Rodin
- ... the commission that was installed at the Avenue Fried land in 1902. Rodin refused to sell his Balzac despite many offers from his admirers and it was not until 1939, many years after Rodin's death that his version of Balzac was placed at the intersection of the Boulevards Raspail and Montparnasse and is now viewed as the masterpiece that it truly is. By 1900 Rodin was so well known that ...
- 6287: Ansel Adams
- ... Guide to Yosemite Valley, Michael and Annie in the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite and the High Sierra, My Camera in Yosemite Valley, Camera and Lens, The Negative, The Print, Natural Light Photography, Born Free and Equal, Death Valley, and Mission San Xavier del Bac, are just a few of his portfolios and books. Ansel Adams was clear with his concept of art and photography. He believed that art was the affirmation of ...
- 6288: Andrew Carnegie
- ... charity include various Carnegie museums of history, science, and art, Carnegie Hall in New York, and other public spirited organizations. Before 1919, when Carnegie died, he had given away $350,695,653, and at his death, the last $30 million was likewise given away to foundations, charities, and pensioners. He left a mark on society not only through his enormous monetary provisions, but also with his own literature. Carnegie loved to ...
- 6289: Alice Walker
- ... has written sixteen books, including five novels, several collections of essays, short stories, childrens books, and poems. Charles Truehearth of The Washington Post writes, "She has discussed such topics as spousal abuse, fear of death, female sexuality, and incest"(1991). Walker is very much of a feminist, which is demonstrated by the previous quote. According to David Bradley of The New York Times, "She coined the term "womanist" which she ...
- 6290: Alfred Nobel
- ... age Alfred had written and read quite a bit and he had very good writing skills. He wrote many poems and even a play or two only to destroy almost all of them. By his death in 1896 he had established companies in some ninety locations in twenty countries and earned over SEK 31.5 million. His will was made by himself with no legal help because he learned in the ...
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