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Neil Simon

Name at birth: Marvin Neil SimonThe author of The Odd Couple, Neil Simon was a playwright whose Broadway plays and Hollywood movie adaptations made him one of history's most financially successful…

Simon, Neil

(Encyclopedia) Simon, Neil (Marvin Neil Simon), 1927–2018, American playwright, b. the Bronx, New York City. His plays, nearly all of them popular with audiences, if not always with critics, are…

Golf Summary

The Masters Tournament Winners U.S. Open Champions…

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lawrence fûrˈlĭng-gĕtˈē [key], 1919–2021, American author and…

Mary J. Blige

A native of Yonkers, New York, Mary J. Blige caught the attention of record promoters in 1992 and became one of the top hip-hop and soul performers by the end of the decade. Her career was helped…

Al Braverman Biography

Al BravermanAge: 78 fixture on the boxing scene, spending the last two decades as Don King's aide; unbeaten as a heavyweight from 1938–41; of complications from diabetesDied: Yonkers, N.Y.,…

Irene Worth 2002 Deaths

Irene WorthAge: 85 versatile British film and stage actress who won Tony Awards for her roles in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth and Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Died: New York City…

Elisha Graves Otis

Elisha Graves Otis invented the first safe elevator system and in 1853 founded what is still the world's largest and best-known elevator manufacturing company. He grew up on a farm in Vermont, and…

William RADFORD, Congress, NY (1814-1870)

RADFORD William , a Representative from New York; born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 24, 1814; received a limited schooling; moved to New York City in 1829 and engaged in…

The Lox

We Are the StreetsRuff Ryders/Interscope Far surpassing the lofty quotient of pistol poppin', blunt smokin', robbery, murder, mayhem, and misogyny necessary to maintain their street…