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Cortizo Cohen, Laurentino

(Encyclopedia) Cortizo Cohen, Laurentino, 1953–, Panamanian rancher and political leader. A member of the Democratic Revolutionary party, he studied business administration in the United States and…

Jayaratne, D. M.

(Encyclopedia) Jayaratne, D. M. (Disanayayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne), 1931–, Sri Lankan political leader. A cofounder of the Sri Lanka Freedom party (1951), he was a teacher and postmaster until…

Advani, Lal Krishna

(Encyclopedia) Advani, Lal Krishna, 1927–, Indian political leader, b. Karachi, British India (now in Pakistan). A lawyer and a member of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), he was…

Olivia Goldsmith 2004 Deaths

Olivia GoldsmithAge: 54 writer whose satirical debut novel, The First Wives Club, about three women whose husbands left them for younger brides, became a bestseller and a hit movie. Died: New…

Ron O'Neal 2004 Deaths

Ron O'NealAge: 66 actor who played a drug dealer in 1972's Superfly, a film that defined the blaxploitation genre. Died: Los Angeles, Jan. 14, 2004Helmut NewtonM - QJerry Orbach

Harold Shipman 2004 Deaths

Harold ShipmanAge: 57 British doctor, known as “Dr. Death,” who was convicted in 2000 of murdering 15 patients. An investigation later determined that he killed as many as 260 people in 23…

Uta Hagen 2004 Deaths

Uta HagenAge: 84 stage actress who won a Tony Award for her role as Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In a career that spanned seven decades, she starred in plays by…

Georgette Klinger 2004 Deaths

Georgette KlingerAge: 88 entrepreneur who, in 1941 in Manhattan, opened what was likely the country's first skin-care salon. Died: Manhattan, January 9, 2004Thomas KlestilG - LWhitman Knapp…