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Martha Gellhorn Biography

Martha Gellhorn international correspondentBorn: 11/8/1908Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Gellhorn dropped out of Bryn Mawr College in 1927 to become a writer. The New Republic accepted a few of…

Martha Gellhorn 1998 Deaths

Martha GellhornAge: 89 writer whose career covered more than six decades. She was the first female war correpondent and wife of Ernest Hemmingway from 1940–45. Died: Feb. 15, 1998.Lawrence…

Lawrence Gable 1998 Deaths

Lawrence GableAge: 48 a member of the Harlem Wizards, a Harlem Globetrotters-style exhibition basketball team that plays amateur teams at schools, camps and charity events; Gable entertained…

Tom Gentry 1998 Deaths

Tom GentryAge: 67 offshore speedboat racer who set several world records before a crash at the 1994 Key West World Offshore Championship left him hospitalized and in a coma; just a month…

Stewart, Martha

(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Martha, 1941–, American entrepeneur and tastemaker, b. Jersey City, N.J., as Martha Helen Kostyra, grad. Barnard College (1963). Moving to Westport, Conn., she started (1976)…

Martha

(Encyclopedia) Martha, in the New Testament, friend of Jesus, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. In Christian literature, Martha has been a symbol of the active, as opposed to the contemplative,…

Washington, Martha

(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…

Martha's Vineyard

(Encyclopedia) Martha's VineyardMartha's Vineyardvĭnˈyərd [key], island (1990 est. pop. 8,900), c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Mass., separated from the Elizabeth Islands and Cape Cod by Vineyard and…

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Marian Wright EdelmanJohn EdwardsJohn EhrlichmanMamie Geneva Doud EisenhowerEleanor of AquitaineJoycelyn Jones EldersDaniel EllsbergOlaudah EquianoMarch Fong EuDonald EvansMedgar EversMyrlie…

1998 Deaths: G - L

Lawrence GableMartha GellhornTom GentryLarry GilbertSir Anthony Glyn Rumer GoddenWally GoldBarry GoldwaterNelson GonzalvesAlbert Gore Sr.Meredith GourdineLew GradeVirginia GrahamMaria GrandyM…