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Ann Loomis Silsbee (21 July 1930 - 28 August 2003) was an American composer [1] and poet who composed two operas, [2] published three books of poetry, [3] and received several awards, commissions, and fellowships.
Darrell Wayne Caldwell (1993–2021), rapper; Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (1913–2005), composer; Godfrey Cambridge (1933–1976), actor and comedian [14]; William ...
Paget was a Councilor on the Pioneer Divisional Board from 1883 until 1890 and its Chairman from 1890 until 1895 and in 1901. [6] When the member for Mackay, James Chataway died in 1901, Paget won the resulting by-election. [7]
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 ...
David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) [2] was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970.
Gene Walter Babb (December 27, 1934 – December 2, 2018) was an American football fullback and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys.
John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, Mackay became one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, making him one of the richest Americans in his time.
Mackey was born Sandra Sherman in Oklahoma City, the daughter of funeral directors Velt Sherman Verna Richie Sherman. [ 2 ] Mackey first earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Central Oklahoma , followed by an M.A. in International Affairs from the University of Virginia .