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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 ...
King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.
Banks finished the season with 23 home runs, 95 RBI, and a .264 batting average. [17] The Cubs finished in eighth place in 1964, losing over $315,000. [38] In 1965, Banks hit 28 home runs, had 107 RBI, a .265 batting average, and played and started at first base in the All-Star Game. On September 2, he hit his 400th home run.
Willie Banks (May 11, 1929 – February 1, 1993), was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and originator of his backing band, The Messengers. Banks started the Messengers in 1972 after he left The Jackson Southernaires. While with the Jackson Southernaires, Banks made his first big hit in 1964 on Peacock Records with the song "Too Late".
In 1997, Banks wanted to move to a morning show instead and the studio across the hall from Joyner's was made ready. The new show, hosted by Banks along with new sidekick DeDe McGuire, rose to become one of the top-rated syndicated urban programs in America. WBLS New York was the flagship station.
Banks' first marriage was to American singer and musician Sidonie Jordan (known as Sidney Foxx). They first met in 1974 and co-formed Empire, and divorced in 1985. [15] Banks moved to Los Angeles, California in 1976. [10] In 1996, Banks left the US for his childhood home in Barnet, north London, to care for his ailing father. [2]
Kate Banks was born on February 13, 1960, in Farmington, Maine. [5] Her father was a history professor at the University of Maine who was killed in a botched robbery in 1979. [ 5 ] Banks said that the grief she experienced after her father's murder influenced the themes of her novels.
Banks was born in Princeton, Indiana on March 21, 1951. [1] He wrote several biographies for magazines, including those about aviators, inventors, and other figures. His book, Crosley, is the story of inventor Powel Crosley, Jr., who founded radio station WLW and built the Crosley automobile, Moonbeam aircraft, and low-cost radios that touched off the broadcasting industry in 1921.