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Janet Frame 2004 Deaths

Janet FrameAge: 79 New Zealand novelist whose masterful yet disturbing books explored mental illness. Misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized for eight years, she drew on her…

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder is known for his highly-stylized "comic book" movies, from 300 (2006) to Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He got his start in films by making TV commercials and music videos.…

Brewer's: Animals, cries of

AnimalCryApesgibberassesbraybeeshumbeetlesdronebearsgrowlbitternsboomblackbirdswhistleblackcapswe speak of the“chick-chick” of the blackcapbullsbellowcanariessing or quavercatsmew, purr,…

George Sterling: The Dust Dethroned

The Dust DethronedGeorge SterlingSargon is dust, Semiramis a clod! In crypts profaned the moon at midnight peers; The owl upon the Sphinx hoots in her ears, And scant and sear the desert…

Aesop's Fables: The Charger and the Miller

by Aesop The Farmer and the StorkThe Grasshopper and the OwlThe Charger and the Miller A Horse, who had been used to carry his rider into battle, felt himself growing old and chose to work…

Aesop's Fables: The Grasshopper and the Ants

by Aesop The Grasshopper and the OwlThe Farmer and the ViperThe Grasshopper and the Ants One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp…

Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat is one of Canada's best-selling authors, known for his stories and memoirs that celebrate the natural beauty of the far North, including 1963's Never Cry Wolf. Mowat grew up in Ontario…

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush was a star of the Australian stage for two decades before his Oscar-winning performance in Shine (1996) made him an international movie star. Since then the classically trained actor…

Guy Rodgers 2001 Deaths

Guy RodgersAge: 65 four-time NBA All-Star guard and former Philadelphia Big Five star; led the NBA in assists twice and was a playmaker for two NBA greats: Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-…