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Lyle Lovett

First pegged as a country singer, Lyle Lovett later developed into a pop icon and Texas troubadour. A songwriter and guitarist with a reserved and sometimes melancholy style, Lovett's albums display…

Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Saëns, Charles CamilleSaint-Saëns, Charles Camilleshärl kämēˈyəˈ săN-säNs [key], 1835–1921, French composer. A child prodigy, he made his debut as a pianist at 10 and entered the…

Lyle Leverich Biography

Lyle LeverichAge: 79 writer and theater producer who wrote Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams, the award-winning authorized biography of the playwright. At the time of his death, Leverich…

Lyle Lovett Biography

Lyle Lovettmusician, singer, songwriter, actorBorn: 11/1/1957Birthplace: Klein, Texas Although some may know him best for his tall mop of hair and his short-lived marriage to actress Julia Roberts (…

Andrew Kessler HAY, Congress, NJ (1809-1881)

HAY Andrew Kessler , a Representative from New Jersey; born near Lowell, Mass., January 19, 1809; completed preparatory studies; was employed in the manufacture of window glass; moved to Waterford…

Lyle Stuart 2006 Deaths

Lyle StuartAge: 83 publisher of controversial books, including The Anarchist Cookbook; The Turner Diaries, an anti-government manifesto; and the best-selling hoax novel Naked Came the…

Stuyvesant, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Stuyvesant, PeterStuyvesant, Peterstīˈvəsənt [key], c.1610–1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. He served as governor of Curaçao and lost a leg in an expedition against St.…

Rathenau, Walther

(Encyclopedia) Rathenau, WaltherRathenau, Walthervälˈtər räˈtənou [key], 1867–1922, German industrialist, social theorist, and statesman. Son of Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), founder of the German…

Hellman, Lillian

(Encyclopedia) Hellman, Lillian, 1905–84, American dramatist, b. New Orleans. Her plays, although often melodramatic, are marked by intelligence and craftsmanship. The Children's Hour (1934), her…

David Lyle BOREN, Congress, OK (1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1979-1994 Party: Democrat BOREN David Lyle , a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1941; attended the public schools in Seminole, Okla. and Bethesda…