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George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin wrote the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Fans love him for the rollicking fantasy series that began with 1996's A Game of Thrones, and they famously became cross with him…

Kelly, R.

(Robert Kelly)singer, record producer, actorBirthplace: ChicagoBorn: 1969

R. Crumb

Name at birth: Robert CrumbRobert Crumb is a leading figure in the history of American underground comics. As a child he spent hours creating elaborate storybooks with his brothers, and in 1968 he…

R. Kelly

Name at birth: Robert Sylvester KellyR. Kelly became a superstar of R&B and pop in the 1990s, but by 2020 he had become more famous for his sex crimes with minors. In 2022 he was sentenced to 30…

Tolkien, J. R. R.

(Encyclopedia) Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)Tolkien, J. R. R.tälˈkēn, tōlˈ– [key], 1892–1973, British novelist, b. South Africa. A fantasy writer and Oxford don, Tolkien wrote The…

R. L. Burnside

Mr. WizardFat Possum/Epitaph Junior Kimbrough's labelmate on Fat Possum, R. L. Burnside is another Mississippi hill country-bluesman rescued from obscurity in the early '90s. His seminal Fat…

Edward R. Murrow

Name at birth: Egbert Roscoe MurrowThree words -- "This is London" -- made Edward R. Murrow the most dashing American radio correspondent of World War II. Murrow used the phrase to open his…