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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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Oscar Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker and most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century. [1] The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Great Bend, Kansas.
Al's Auto Supply – Chain that operated in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto.Founded by Abe "Al" Wexler in Everett, Washington in the late 1950s; [1] [2] sold 15 store chain to Paccar in 1987; [3] Paccar sold chain (along with Grand Auto) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks.
Barton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Great Bend. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,493. [1]
Great Bend Township covers an area of 40.46 square miles (100 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Great Bend (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Golden Belt Memorial Park and Great Bend. The stream of Dry Walnut Creek runs through this township.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Great Bend, Kansas Pages in category "People from Great Bend, Kansas" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.