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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 ...
William Bain was born on July 30, 1937, [4] [5] in Johnson City, Tennessee, to William Worthington Bain Sr. and his wife, Ruby Kathleen Bain (born Cloyd). [6] [2] [3] [7] His father was a small food wholesaler who had little formal education [8] and came from a farming family with eleven siblings. [4]
Stephen Colbert is mourning the loss of Amy Cole, a longtime staff member of The Late Show. At the end of Monday's CBS late-night program, Colbert became visibly emotional as he tapped his desk ...
American news executive (PBS NewsHour, NBC Nightly News), president of NBC News (1977–1979) [106] June 27 Linda Cristal: 89 Argentine actress (lone regular role in American television was Victoria Cannon in The High Chaparral) [107] June 29 Johnny Mandel: 94 American composer who co-wrote "Suicide is Painless", the theme song to M*A*S*H [108 ...
Jul. 27—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — As a young basketball player, Robert Davis Gleason labeled himself "Gunner" to bolster his reputation as a fearless hardcourt shooter, according to his son, Ryan. But ...
Begley was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, California, to Allene Jeanne Sanders and Oscar-winning film actor Ed Begley.When Begley Jr. was born, Begley Sr. was married to Amanda Huff, who died of cancer when Begley Jr. was 7 years old.
Cole Gillespie: 1984– Baseball player Yes [136] Gary Gilmore: 1940–1977 First person executed in U.S. after reinstatement of capital punishment No [137] Madeline Gleason: 1903–1979 Poet, dramatist No [138] Russell Gleason: 1908–1945 Actor Yes [139] Rodney Glisan: 1827–1890 U.S. Army surgeon No [140] Molly Gloss: 1944– Author Yes ...
[citation needed] Chapman's mother Mary died on December 26, 2002. [3] His father Terry died on April 12, 2009, [4] after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease and multiple myeloma. During his last years, he lived with Chapman and Cassie, and Chapman played and sang old hymns at his father's bedside.