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The Sea GypsyRichard HoveyI am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.There's a schooner in the offing,
With her topsails…
Richard Jaeckel film and television actor Best known for his tough-guy roles, Jaeckel was a reluctant star who was discovered while working in the mail room at Twentieth Century Fox. His…
H. Richard Hornbergerwriter, surgeon Hornberger used his experience as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War to craft his novel, M*A*S*H, which became a hit movie…
Richard PryorAge: 65 Grammy Award-winning actor and comedian known for his crude, brilliant, and hilarious characterizations of the dark side of the African-American experience. Pryor's…
Richard GilmanAge: 83 drama critic whose championing of abstract, absurd, and highly cerebral plays and disdain for more popular and commercial character-based entertainment made him a…
Richard AvedonAge: 81 fashion and portrait photographer who captured his subjects at their most dramatic. Both experimental and stark, his work is known for its uncompromising realism. He was…
(Encyclopedia) Kline, Franz, 1910–62, American painter, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He studied (1937–38) in England, then settled in New York City. His first works were representational, often portraying…
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