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Malachi Kirby

Malachi Kirby is the young British actor who played Kunta Kinte in the 2016 remake of the television mini-series Roots, the role that made LeVar Burton famous in the 1970s. He also earned critical…

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith's first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950) was made into a successful film by Alfred Hitchcock, but she's also famous for her creation of Tom Ripley, the charming and amoral…

Major diagnostic classes of mental disorders

The standard manual used for diagnosis of mental disorders in the United States, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), organizes mental disorders into 16 major…

Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is the name of a 16th-century portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Today it is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The Mona Lisa's mysterious smile has beguiled…

Joe Hill

Name at birth: Joseph Hillstrom KingJoe Hill is the award-winning fantasy/horror author whose novels include Heart-Shaped Box (2007) and NOS4A2 (2013). He's also the oldest son of novelists Stephen…

Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine, according to romantic legend, was a kind-hearted Roman priest who married young couples against the wishes of Emperor Claudius II. For these deeds he was said to have been beheaded…

Philip Agee Biography

former CIA officerDied: January 7, 2008 (Havana, Cuba) Best Known as: a former CIA officer who turned against the agency A former CIA officer who turned…

FM-2030 2000 Deaths

FM-2030(F.M. Esfandiary)Age: 69 Futurist writer, and teacher who predicted that humans would someday be made of synthetic pieces, becoming “post biological organisms.” His books include…

Robert Ludlum 2001 Deaths

Robert LudlumAge: 73 suspense novelist whose fast-paced books about spies and international conspiracies have sold more than 290 million copies and have been translated into 32 languages.…

Judith Miller, 2005 News

New York Times reporter, was sent to jail in July after she refused to testify before a grand jury about confidential sources she interviewed while researching the illegal disclosure of the…