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Stan (Chook) Maxwell 2001 Deaths
Stan (Chook) MaxwellAge: 66 pro hockey pioneer who, with Willie O'Ree, was one the first black players to break through the NHL's color barrier; starred Canada's junior hockey ranks and…Larry Ellis 1998 Deaths
Larry EllisAge: 70 track and field coach for the U.S. men's team at the 1984 Olympics and past president of USA Track & Field; coached 1968 Olympic long jump champion Bob Beamon; spent…First Love, Last Rites
Director:Jesse PeretzWriter:David RyanRelease:8/98Cast:Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert John Burke and Eli Marienthal First Love, Last Rites has the components of a hit art…Joe Adcock Biography
Joe AdcockAge: 71 power-hitting first baseman for Milwaukee Braves who teamed up with Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews in an extraordinarily powerful lineup of the 1950's; established the major-…Baraga, Frederic
(Encyclopedia) Baraga, FredericBaraga, Fredericbârˈəgə [key], 1797–1868, Roman Catholic missionary to the Native Americans of Upper Michigan, b. Slovenia. He received (1821) a law degree from the…Satu-Mare
(Encyclopedia) Satu-MareSatu-Maresäˈt&oomacr;-mäˈrĕ [key], Hung. Szatmárnémeti or Szatmár, city (1990 pop. 137,723), NW Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş, on the Someşul River, near the Hungarian…Tawadros II
(Encyclopedia) Tawadros II, 1963–, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (see Copts), 2012–; successor of Shenouda III. Born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman, he studied pharmacy at Alexandria Univ. (grad. 1975…Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
(Encyclopedia) Lightfoot, Joseph Barber, 1828–89, English prelate and scholar. A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became Hulsean professor of divinity (1861) and Lady Margaret professor (1875…Horsley, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Horsley, SamuelHorsley, Samuelhôrzˈlē [key], 1733–1806, English prelate, noted as a scientist. He became bishop of St. David's in 1788, of Rochester in 1793, and of St. Asaph in 1802.…Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen
(Encyclopedia) Moe, Jørgen EngebretsenMoe, Jørgen Engebretsenyörˈgən ĕngˈəbrĕtsən mōˈə [key], 1813–82, Norwegian folklorist and poet, bishop of Kristiansand. He collected and revised sagas and folk…Trending
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