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Barbara Cartland 2000 Deaths

Barbara CartlandAge: 98 prolific romance novelist who wrote 723 books over seven decades. Her heroines were often virtuous virgins in search of the perfect mate. Died: Hertfordshire, England…

Robert Graves: The Last Post

The Last PostThe bugler sent a call of high romance— "Lights out! Lights out!" to the deserted square. On the thin brazen notes he threw a prayer, "God, if it's this for me next time in…

Angie Everhart

Name at birth: Angela Kay EverhartRedheaded, freckled and beautiful, Angie Everhart is a former model who moved into an acting career via movies like The Last Action Hero (1993, starring Arnold…

Frank Capra

Frank Capra was Hollywood's leading director in the mid-1930s and 1940s, when he won three best director Oscars in just five years for his films It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (…

Guy Trundle

Guy Trundle was a hidden figure in the famous romance between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. In 1936, King Edward gave up his throne to marry Simpson, a divorcee who was considered unsuitable…

Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires

Author:Anne RicePublisher:Knopf Rice resurrects her more writerly self with her first vampire tale since 1995's Tale of the Body Thief. Pandora, a ravishing 2,000-year-old bloodsucker, is…

Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor whose breakout screen role was as Gale, the childhood friend of protagonist Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), in the 2012 film The Hunger Games. Liam…

Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine, according to romantic legend, was a kind-hearted Roman priest who married young couples against the wishes of Emperor Claudius II. For these deeds he was said to have been beheaded…

Silas Weir Mitchell

Name at birth: Silas Weir Mitchell NeilsonSilas Weird Mitchell is an American character actor known for his role as Monroe, a reformed wolfman ("blutbad") in the TV fantasy series Grimm. Mitchell was…

Greta Garbo

Name at birth: Greta Lovisa GustafssonGreta Garbo was an enigmatic superstar of silent films and early Hollywood "talkies" until her surprising retirement at age 36. She was discovered in Sweden and…