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Rush Limbaugh, 2003 News

conservative commentator, announced in October that he's addicted to the prescription painkiller OxyContin. His former housekeeper reportedly told authorities that he was buying the drug on…

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, 2003 News

retired teacher, announced in December that she's the daughter of the late Strom Thurmond, former staunch segregationist. Thurmond's family confirmed that the late senator from South…

Ann B. Davis

Name at birth: Ann Bradford DavisAnn B. Davis was a television actress whose role as Alice-the-housekeeper in The Brady Bunch made her a 1970s pop culture icon. When the show debuted in 1969, Davis…

Sojourner Truth

Name at birth: Isabella BaumfreeSojourner Truth began life as a slave and ended it as a celebrated anti-slavery activist. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York and was sold several times…

Elizabeth Post Biography

writer and etiquette expertBorn: 5/7/1920Died: 3/19/2010Best Known as: granddaughter-in-law of etiquette expert Emily Post Born Elizabeth Lindley, Elizabeth Post…

Anne Ayres Biography

Anne AyresProtestant nunBorn: Jan. 3, 1816Birthplace: London, England Ayres came to the United States in 1836 and settled in New York City. She worked as a governess until 1845, when she…

Mifune

Director:Soren Kragh-JacobsenWriters:Soren Kragh-Jacobsen and Anders Thomas JensenSony Pictures Classics; R; 99 minutesRelease:2/00Anders Bethelsen, Iben Hjejle Mifune is a Danish film…

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Name at birth: Joyce Diane BauerDr. Joyce Brothers was a psychologist from New York who used mass media to become a celebrity in the 1960s, from TV shows and radio call-in programs to newspaper…

Victor Mature 1999 Deaths

Victor MatureAge: 86 handsome actor known for his barrel chest—and roles in epics like Samson and Delilah and The Robe. “Mr. Beautiful” got his big break in 1940, after a brief appearance in…