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Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…

Carl Wilson 1998 Deaths

Carl WilsonAge: 51 A founding member of the Beach Boys, Wilson sang and played lead guitar with the group for more than thirty years. Memorable hits like “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin' U.S.A…

Sloan Wilson 2003 Deaths

Sloan WilsonAge: 83 novelist whose 1955 book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit defined the postwar suburban and career angst experienced by countless Americans. Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones…

Joseph Wilson, 2003 News

former ambassador, discredited President Bush's claim—and a justification for war in Iraq—that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear weapons program by seeking to obtain uranium from Niger.…

Cabinet Members Under Wilson

Secretary of State William J. Bryan, 1913Robert Lansing, 1915Bainbridge Colby, 1920Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, 1913Carter Glass, 1918David F. Houston, 1920Secretary of War…

Kemmons Wilson 2003 Deaths

Kemmons WilsonAge: 90 hotelier who opened the first Holiday Inn motel in Memphis in 1952. The chain now includes 3,000 motels. Died: Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2003Bernard WilliamsR - ZSloan…

August Wilson 2005 Deaths

August WilsonAge: 60 playwright, poet, and writer whose work focused on the struggles of African Americans. His plays, which were usually set in his native Pittsburgh, include Ma Rainey's…

Wilson Pickett 2006 Deaths

Wilson PickettAge: 64 gravelly voiced soul singer whose delivery and offstage antics earned him the nickname “Wicked Pickett.” His hits include “In the Midnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally.”…

Joseph Wilson, 2004 News

Joseph Wilson, former ambassador, was partially discredited in July with the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report. Wilson visited Niger in February 2002 to investigate a claim…

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Biography

actorBorn: September 25, 1973Birthplace: Gold Beach OregonBest Known as: Veronica, Adam Sandler's teacher in Billy Madison, also the wife of tennis champion Pete Sampras…