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Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda was the enigmatic author of several best-selling books about the mystical teachings of don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman from Sonora, Mexico, first introduced to audiences in…

Sidney Elmer SIMPSON, Congress, IL (1894-1958)

SIMPSON Sidney Elmer , a Representative from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., September 20, 1894; attended the public schools and was graduated from Carrollton High School;…

Brian Jacques Biography

authorBorn: 6/15/1939Birthplace: Liverpool, EnglandDied: 2/5/2011 (Liverpool, England) The son of an Irish truck driver and his wife, Brian Jacques left…

Ken Kesey 2001 Deaths

Ken KeseyAge: 66 writer and counterculture hero who was inspired to write his first novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, while working as a night attendant in the psychiatric ward of a…

Metallica

Metallica dominated heavy metal music in the 1980s and 1990s, emerging as one of the top musical acts in history by the end of the century. Drummer Lars Ulrich (26 December 1963) and guitarist James…

Neal Cassady

Neal Cassady wasn't much of a writer, and yet he is considered a pillar -- a muse, it's said -- of the Beat Generation, the American narcotized literary movement of the 1950s and '60s that gave…

Ossie Davis Biography

Ossie Davisactor, director, screenwriterBorn: 12/18/1917Birthplace: Cogdell, Georgia Originally a stage actor and writer, he later wrote the screenplay for and directed the film Cotton Comes…

Gloria Estefan Biography

Gloria Estefan(Gloria Fajardo)musicianBorn: 9/1/1957Birthplace: Havana, Cuba Cuban-American singer, founder of the Miami Sound Machine, and perhaps the most successful performer to cross over from…

Mark Dean

Mark DeanBorn: 1957Birthplace: Jefferson City, Tenn. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible…

Dennis Moeller

Dennis Moeller Born: 1950Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible…