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Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity [439] Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio [670] Jerry Springer (1944-2023), host of The Jerry Springer Show [671]
American comedian, actress, talk show host, and celebrity [650] Andrew Sachs: 1930–2016 German-born British actor [253] Neil Sedaka: 1939– American musician and actor [651] George Segal: 1934–2021 American film and stage actor [560] William Shatner: 1931– Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning actor [652] Susan Strasberg: 1938 ...
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
The Jewish Phenomenon: The 7 Keys to the Wealth of a People, by Steven Silbiger, 2010, Evans Publishing.
100: Iranian-British film director and writer [96] Dercy Gonçalves: 1907–2008: 101: Brazilian actress [97] Coleridge Goode: 1914–2015: 100: Jamaican-born British jazz bassist [98] Bert I. Gordon: 1922–2023: 100: American film director [99] Guido Gorgatti: 1919–2023: 103: Italian-born Argentine film actor [100] Karl Otto Götz: 1914 ...
Stephen Frears (born 1941), director and producer of film and television; has received three BAFTA Awards, Primetime Emmy Award; nominated for two Academy Awards; The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture; [100] in 2009, he received the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and received ...
He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy." Carmel was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) and 9 ft 0.625 in (2.76 m) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall. He was ...
Géza Vermes, world-renowned historical Jesus research scholar, Hebraist and historian of religion, best known for being an eminent translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls; [39] [40] a former Roman Catholic priest of Jewish descent, he rediscovered his Jewish roots, abandoned Christianity and converted to Liberal Judaism. [39] [40]