Gus HallAge: 90 American Communist who served as secretary general of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and ran for president of the United States four times. He served eight years in prison for…
Edward HallAge: 91 U.S. Air Force engineer who supervised the development of the country's Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system and the Air Force's shift to solid-fuel…
Conrad HallAge: 76 Academy Award–winning cinematographer known for his naturalistic style. He won Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and American Beauty. His other credits include…
LifeJohn Hall WheelockLife burns us up like fire,
And Song goes up in flame:
The radiant body smoulders
To the ashes whence it came.Out of things it rises
With a mouth that laughs and…
NirvanaJohn Hall WheelockSleep on — I lie at heaven's high oriels,
Over the stars that murmur as they go
Lighting your lattice-window far below;
And every star some of the glory spells…
Michael Eisnerentertainment executiveBorn: 1942Birthplace: Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Having served in a variety of positions at NBC and CBS and as president of Paramount Pictures while at ABC, he…
Michael ManleyAge: 72 former prime minister of Jamaica, socialist-turned-freemarketer, who governed the country during its turbulent period of unrest and poverty in the 1980s. Died: March 6…
Michael StipesingerBorn: 1/4/1960Birthplace: Decatur, Georgia Lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band R.E.M., one of the first bands to earn the alternative label. R.E.M.'s recordings…
(Encyclopedia) Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.ĕrˈlənmīˌər [key], 1825–1909, German chemist. He studied at Giessen under Justus von Liebig and at Heidelberg under Friedrich…
Michael Dellentrepreneur, founder of Dell Computer CorporationBorn: 2/23/1965Birthplace: Houston, Tex. Having begun selling computers out of his dorm room at the University of Texas, Dell…
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