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University of Alabama. Children. 1. 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.
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL (née Spencer Churchill; 15 September 1922 – 31 May 2014) was an English author.The youngest of the five children of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, [1] she worked for public organisations including the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941, and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941.
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 ...
Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002, [ 1] beginning with the first novel entitled of the eponymous protagonist Ross Poldark, was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was adapted for television by the BBC in 1975 and again in 2015.
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.
The family of Winston Churchill, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is a prominent family in the United Kingdom and the United States. Churchill is the eldest son of Lord Randolph Churchill , the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough , and Jeanette Jerome , an American socialite and the 5th great-granddaughter of Robert Coe , an early ...
The SAG-nominated actor was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. In a rare appearance, Vaughn and wife Kyla Weber were joined by their children Locklyn, 13, and Vernon, 11 ...