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Vine Deloria 2005 Deaths

Vine DeloriaAge: 72 leading American Indian scholar, famous for his many books on American Indian life and identity. His books were meant to shatter the stereotypes about American Indians.…

Living Out Loud

Director/Writer:Richard LaGraveneseNew Line; R; 102 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas and Richard Schiff Dumped by her…

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar is a member of Congress from Minnesota's 5th District, and one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Ilhan Omar was born in Somalia. She fled…

Dylan and Cole Sprouse

Identical twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse were the stars of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Born in Italy to American parents, they moved to southern California as infants…

Patty Duke

Name at birth: Anna Marie DukeActress Patty Duke was a star of stage, screen and television from her childhood almost until her death in 2016. As a child star, Patty Duke was famous for her…

Saul Bellow

Name at birth: Solomon BellowsSaul Bellow was a Jewish-American writer who in 1976 won the Nobel Prize for a career that included the novels Herzog (1965) and Seize the Day (1956). The son of…

Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum(another pen name, Jonathan Ryder)novelistBorn: 5/25/1927Birthplace: New York City suspense novelist whose fast-paced books about spies and international conspiracies have sold…

Robert Ludlum Biography

Robert Ludlum(another pen name, Jonathan Ryder)novelistBorn: 5/25/1927Birthplace: New York City suspense novelist whose fast-paced books about spies and international conspiracies have sold…

Eavan Boland Biography

Eavan BolandpoetBorn: 9/24/1944Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland The daughter of an Irish diplomat, Boland spent much of her youth living in London and New York City. One of Ireland's few recognized women…

Ian Buruma Biography

Ian Burumajournalist, novelistBorn: 12/28/1951Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands With an English mother, Dutch father, and Japanese wife, Buruma considers himself an ideal observer of cultural and…