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The Cold Six Thousand

Author:James EllroyPublisher:Knopf Set between the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother Robert, Ellroy's latest romp careens around the world, stopping in Las Vegas, Vietnam,…

Clayton Moore Biography

Clayton MooreJack Carlton MooreactorBorn: 9/14/1914Birthplace: Chicago actor who played the eponymous character in 169 episodes of television's The Lone Ranger (1949–1957), as well as in two films.…

Coco Chanel

Name at birth: Gabrielle Bonheur ChanelDesigner Coco Chanel gave the world the little black dress, Chanel No. 5 perfume, and the revolutionary notion that style could be both classic and casual.…

marketing

(Encyclopedia) marketing, in economics, that part of the process of production and exchange that is concerned with the flow of goods and services from producer to consumer. In popular usage it is…

Charles Schulz 2000 Deaths

Charles SchulzAge: 77 American cartoonist who created the “Peanuts” comic strip. In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, Schulz drew more than 18,250 “Peanuts” comic strips, which expressed…

Josiah Wedgwood Biography

Josiah WedgwoodpotterBorn: 7/12/1730Birthplace: Burslem, Staffordshire, England The man whose name is synonymous with fine china grew up surrounded by pottery. At the age of 14 he partnered…

Luther Vandross 2005 Deaths

Luther VandrossAge: 54 Grammy Award–winning R&B singer who started his career singing backup vocals for stars such as David Bowie, Ringo Starr, and Barbra Streisand. In his trademark…

Steve Irwin 2006 Deaths

Steve IrwinAge: 44 television personality and animal conservationist, known to fans worldwide as the “Crocodile Hunter,” whose stunts with crocodiles, alligators, and snakes brought him fame—…

Marianne Moore

Marianne Craig Moore was an American modernist poet who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her 1951 edition of Collected Poems. Raised in Pennsylvania and a 1909 graduate of Bryn…

Don Rickles

Don Rickles was in show business for seven decades, with a successful career as a stand-up comedian who specialized in insults, his most famous epithets being "dummy" and "hockey puck." In his later…