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Miró's Chicago (originally called The Sun, the Moon and One Star) [1] is a sculpture by Joan Miró in Brunswick Plaza, Chicago, United States. It is 39 feet (12 m) tall, and is made of steel , wire mesh , concrete , bronze , and ceramic tile .
Numerous violent incidents, some resulting in death, have occurred at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. [a] Originally opened as a middle-class hotel on December 20, 1924, it eventually became a budget hotel, hostel, and rooming house. Its reputation is due to at least 16 sudden or unexplained deaths that have occurred in or around the hotel. [2]
Designed by John M. Cooper [2] and/or E. M. Frasier, [3] the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce cite the Knickerbocker as opening as a luxury apartment house in 1925 and then converting to a hotel, [1] while the United States Department of the Interior cite the Knickerbocker as opening as a hotel 1929. [2] Los Angeles's Water and Power Associates ...
Johnny Ramone (1948–2004), musician and member of The Ramones [3] (his ashes were retained by his wife and, after her death, they will both be interred in the Ramone statue) [19] (aged 55) Virginia Rappe (1891–1921), [2] actress who died after a party thrown by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (aged 30) Marie Rappold (1879–1957), singer (aged 80)
John Clinton Porter (1871–1959), former mayor of Los Angeles; Don Post (1902–1979), makeup artist; Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017), author and journalist; June Preston (1928–2022), child actress and opera singer [55] Freddie Prinze (1954–1977), actor and comedian [5] [56] Alan Purwin (1961–2015), helicopter pilot
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 that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
On August 13, 1991, the City of Los Angeles declared the hotel building Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 545. [4] [9] In 1995, Goodwin Gaw purchased the hotel from Clarion Hotels, with David Chang later becoming co-owner. [6] [7] [10] In 2005, the Thompson Hotel Group assumed oversight of the hotel's management. The Dodd Mitchell ...
She organized the Echo Park death cafe in June 2022, just a few months before Lui started one in Los Feliz. Like Lui, Yacina had recently gotten certified as an end-of-life doula, and the pandemic ...