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Barbara Daly Baekeland (September 28, 1921 – November 17, 1972) [1] was a wealthy American socialite who was the ex-wife of Brooks Baekeland, the grandson of Bakelite inventor Leo Baekeland. She was murdered at her London home when her son, Antony Baekeland, stabbed her with a kitchen knife, killing her almost instantly.
The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film directed by Tay Garnett, adapted by Sonya Levien and John Meehan from Marcia Davenport's 1942 novel of the same name.Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s, it stars Greer Garson and Gregory Peck.
Gregory Peck, son Stephen Peck and his son Ethan Peck attend the 60th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on December 1, 1991 at KTLA Studios in Hollywood, California. Gregory and Kukkonen welcomed ...
Stephen Martin Peck was born to a Jewish family on February 2, 1935, in New York City, U.S. [1] [2] [3] He was the third child and only son of Helen (née Epstein) and Barney Peck, a partner in a Wall Street brokerage firm and member of the New York Stock Exchange. Barney Peck, who began his career as a runner for Herrick, Berg and Co., was ...
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 ...
In 1950, David O. Selznick was struggling financially so he loaned Gregory Peck to Warner Bros for $150,000. His co-star Barbara Payton was paid $10,000 per week for her leading role. The film was shot on location in New Mexico and Peck and Payton had a brief affair on set. [6]
Blood pooled near her body, on which, when a police officer took a photo, sat a single fly. Gagne was 41 and worked as a bar and restaurant manager. She was living in half of a south Fort Worth ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.