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Alf Goullet

Alf GoulletBorn: Apr. 5, 1891Cycling Australian who gained fame and fortune early in century as premier performer on U.S. 6-day bike race circuit; won 8 annual races at Madison Square Garden…

George Segal 2000 Deaths

George SegalAge: 75 premier pop-art sculptor known for his tableaux of life-sized white plaster human figures placed in everyday situations. Unlike other pop artists, Segal produced…

Art Carney 2003 Deaths

Art CarneyAge: 85 comic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on The Honeymooners. He created the role of Felix Unger in the Broadway…

Lloyd Richards 2006 Deaths

Lloyd RichardsAge: 87 pioneering force in theater and Broadway's first African American director who staged the premiere production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in 1959. He…

Felix Galimir Biography

Felix GalimirAge: 89 influential violinist who taught or inspired scores of chamber violinists. Galimir worked extensively with the premier composers of the 20th century, including Arnold…

E. G. Marshall 1998 Deaths

E. G. MarshallAge: 88 Character actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Lawrence Preston in television's The Defenders. He began his acting career on the stage, gaining fame with…

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian best known for her daytime television talk show, Ellen. DeGeneres got her start doing standup comedy in New Orleans before going to Hollywood in 1986. Her successful…

Julia Child

Name at birth: Julia McWilliamsJulia Child was America's most famous chef in the 1960s, thanks to her jolly TV cooking show The French Chef. Julia Child began studying French cooking while living in…

Lucia di Lammermoor

Music:Gaetano DonizettiLibretto:Salvatore Cammarano, based on the novel by Sir Walter ScottPremiere:Naples, September 26, 1835 Donizetti's tragic romance relates the fortunes of Lucy, sister…

Nabucco

Music:Giuseppe VerdiLibretto:Temistocle SoleraPremiere:Milan, March 9, 1842 Verdi's first truly successful opera opens in ancient Jerusalem, as King Nabucco of Babylon, whose daughter Fenena…