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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Whittier (/ ˈ hw ɪ t i ər /) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities.The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km 2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure.
Indian Country Today has reported that Phillips is part Cherokee on his father's side. [4] He has remained close to the Native American community. In 1990, Phillips organized a concert called "The Winds of Life" to benefit Native American causes. [44] In 1991 he was adopted by an Oglala Lakota Sioux family in a traditional ceremony. [45]
Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919 – March 4, 1995) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. Urban performed valiantly in combat on many occasions despite being wounded in action several times. He received over a dozen personal decorations for combat, including seven Purple ...
Roberta Wright McCain (February 7, 1912 – October 12, 2020) was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of Admiral John S. McCain Jr., with whom she had three children including U.S. Senator John S. McCain III and stage actor and journalist Joe McCain.
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.
Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress.In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Willkie's call to put an end to "our imperialisms at home" in One World was the first time that many Americans had heard such a public figure cast doubt on US domestic policy around race. Despite his optimistic outlook on a future defined by international collaboration and racial equality, Zipp contends that Willkie's third geography was one of ...