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Winston Groom. Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) [ 1][ 2] was an American author. He is best known for his novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a cultural phenomenon after being adapted as a 1994 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks.
Forrest Gump. (novel) Forrest Gump is a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. The title character retells adventures ranging from shrimp boating and ping pong championships, to thinking about his childhood love, as he bumbles his way through American history, with everything from the Vietnam War to college football becoming part of the story.
Eva Anna Paula Hitler ( née Braun; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. She began seeing Hitler often about two years later.
Signature. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Countess of Nellenburg (née Jenyns, spelt Jennings in most modern references; [ 2] 5 June 1660 (Old Style) – 18 October 1744), was an English courtier who rose to be one of the most influential women of her time through her close relationship with Anne, Queen of ...
On January 19, 1937, 22-year-old tobacco farmer Charlie Johns married his 9-year-old neighbor, Eunice Winstead. [ 1][ 7] The couple was joined by Baptist preacher Walter Lamb in Sneedville, Hancock County. [ 1][ 2][ 4] Johns offered Lamb a dollar (equivalent to $21 in 2023) to perform the marriage. [ 8]
Pamela Beryl Harriman ( née Digby; March 20, 1920 – February 5, 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat, and socialite. She married three times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill; her third husband ...
Updated August 28, 2020 at 1:19 PM. A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports ...
Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, [ 1] GBE ( née Hozier; 1 April 1885 – 12 December 1977) was the wife of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and a life peer in her own right. While she was legally the daughter of Sir Henry Hozier, her mother Lady Blanche's known infidelity and his ...