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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] [a] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
Allen was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2009. Likewise, the cancer was successfully treated until it returned in 2018. It ultimately caused his death by septic shock on October 15, 2018. [199] [17] He was 65 years old. [200] [201] Allen's sister, Jody Allen, was named executor and trustee of his estate. [194] [202]
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders.In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States.
But perhaps Allen’s greatest feat was surviving a rough upbringing in Compton, Calif., making it to the NFL and living 52 years. Allen contracted meningitis at 3 months old and was given 24 ...
Larkin Allen Collins Jr. [2] [3] (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant .
It was valued at several million dollars and was the largest in the city. It was sold after his death and was destroyed by fire in 2016. [15] Neuharth died on Friday, April 19, 2013, at his home [16] in Cocoa Beach, at the age of 89. [17] Jack Marsh, president of the Al Neuharth Media Center and a close friend, confirmed that he died at his home.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n z b ɜːr ɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.
Allen was a founding member of Atlanta's influential Commerce Club, which he chaired until his death in 2003. [3] He became president of the city Chamber of Commerce in 1961 and during this same year ran for mayor, defeating the staunch segregationist, Lester Maddox .