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Monte Amundsen (January 15, 1930 – December 24, 2011) [1] was an American opera and musical singer who appeared on Broadway in Marc Blitzstein 's musical Juno in 1959, which starred Shirley Booth .
Roald Amundsen as a young boy in 1875. Amundsen was born into a family of Norwegian shipowners and captains in Borge, between the towns Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg. His parents were Jens Amundsen and Hanna Sahlqvist. Roald was the fourth son in the family. His mother wanted him to avoid the family maritime trade and encouraged him to become a ...
Jerri Nielsen. Jerri Lin Nielsen (née Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be evacuated safely. In 1998, during the southern winter, at a time when the ...
The major comparison between Scott and Amundsen has focused on the choice of draft transport—dog versus pony/man-hauling. In fact Scott took dogs, ponies and three "motor sledges". Scott spent nearly seven times the amount of money on his motor sledges than on the dogs and horses combined.
Gillespie never intended, though, to search for one of the most famous pilots of all time. Like many people, he had believed that on a long flight around the world, Amelia Earhart and her copilot ...
Dave Butz. David Roy Butz (June 23, 1950 – November 4, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Redskins in a 16-year career from 1973 to 1988. During his time with Washington, as the team's defensive "anchor", [1] he ...
His older sister, Lisette, remembered Angulo as "very sweet and so caring," according to a GoFundMe page for Angulo's funeral services. "He was so loved by many. His loss was so sudden and ...
An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be "balanced ...