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Obituaries
Obituaries The following people, appearing in volumes 1–27 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found. ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO (born 1912), Italian... Read more |
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Charles L. Frambach Berlitz
BERLITZ, Charles (L. Frambach) 1914-2003 (Charles-Francois Bertin) OBITUARY NOTICE— See index for SATA sketch: Born November 22, 1914, in New York, NY; died December 18, 2003, in Tamarac, FL. Linguist and author. The grandson of the founder of the famous Berlitz language schools, Berlitz... Read more |
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Charles Causley
CAUSLEY, Charles (Stanley) 1917-2003 OBITUARY NOTICE— See index for SATA sketch: Born August 24, 1917, in Launceston, Cornwall, England; died November 4, 2003, in Launceston, England. Educator and author. Strongly influenced by folk songs and ballad forms, Causley was a prolific,... Read more |
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Vesta Tilley
Vesta Tilley Vesta Tilley (1864–1952) was a star of the English music hall circuit for more than four decades. Tilley's stage persona was that of an upper-crust male fop, and her cross-dressing made her one of the earliest male impersonators to achieve mainstream renown. Tilley later dressed... Read more |
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Ashes
ashes the powdery residue left after something is burned, often taken as a symbol of mourning or penitence (as in sackcloth and ashes).The Ashes is a trophy for the winner of a series of test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia. The name comes from a mock obituary notice... Read more |
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Valentina
VALENTINA American designer Born: Valentina Sanina in Kiev, Russia, 1 May 1904. Education: Studied drama in Kiev, 1917-19. Family: Married George Schlee, 1921 (died, 1971). Career: Dancer, Chauve Souris Theater, Paris, 1922-23; moved to New York, 1923; opened small couture house, 1925,... Read more |
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Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday 1819-93, once credited as originator of baseball and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Saratoga co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1842. The A. G. Mills commission (1905-8) investigated the origin of baseball and, based upon a single, unsubstantiated letter from an elderly man... Read more |
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Rufus Wilmot Griswold 1815-57, American editor, b. Benson, Vt. He was influential as editor of Graham's Magazine (1842-43) and the International Monthly Magazine (1850-52) and as anthologist of The Poets and Poetry of America (1842) and several similar books. He had known Edgar Allan Poe... Read more |
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Wilhelm Roux
ROUX, WILHELM (b. Jena, Germany, 9 June 1850; d. Halle, Germany, 15 September 1924) embryology, developmental mechanics, anatomy. Roux single-mindedly devoted his life to science. Even in his autobiography he gave only the scantiest details about his family and extrascientific activities. The... Read more |
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Ira Levin
Levin, Ira 1929–2007(Ira Marvin Levin) OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born August 27, 1929, in New York, NY; died, reportedly of a heart attack, November 12, 2007, in New York, NY. Novelist, playwright, and television writer. Levin was not a prolific author by most standards, but most... Read more |
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Eliot, George
...months later. After her death her reputation declined somewhat, and L. Stephen indicated much of the growing reaction in an obituary notice (1881) which praised the ‘charm’ and autobiographical elements of the early works, but found the later novels... |
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Robinson, Fayette Lodawick
...exceedingly popular with rural and small‐town audiences. Robinson also established a circus with which, according to his obituaries, he “gained a reputation second only to Barnum.” He was a rather homely, balding man with a huge goatee. |
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Saroyan, William
...Places Where I've Done Time (1972); Sons Come and Go, Mothers Hang In Forever (1976); Chance Meetings (1978); and Obituaries (1979), digressive recollections of deceased celebrities with reflections on death and life. |
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George IV
...friends, and raised the royal patronage of the arts to greater heights than had been seen since the reign of Charles I. He could be selfish, but though The Times remarked, in a famous obituary, that ‘there nev |
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Mond, Alfred, 1st Baron Melchett
...converted to imperial preference and took the Conservative whip. He was a convinced Zionist. His barony came in 1928. The Times obituary wrote that he had triumphed over ‘a bad voice, a bad delivery, and a presence unimpressive to all but the caricaturists... |
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Sheraton, Thomas
...of Sheraton's books brought him financial success and he died insane in direst poverty. Often acerbic in print, his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine described him as ‘a very honest, well-disposed man’. June Cochrane |
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Theatre World
...provides at least one photograph of each major production. It also features biographies and has continued to present useful obituaries, a feature Best Plays unfortunately has long since dropped. Some librarians suggest it is less unwieldy and therefore easier... |
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Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron
...fight in the Greek War for Independence. He died of fever at Missolonghi, his masterpiece Don Juan unfinished. Though the obituaries regretted such ‘elaborate lampoons’, the 20th cent. generally preferred his more satirical vein. John Saunders |
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McCarthy, Mary (Therese)
...persons involved in the Watergate scandal. Occasional Prose (1985) collects book reviews, essays, political reporting, and obituaries. Intellectual Memoirs: New York 1936–1938 (1992) chronicles her 24th to 26th years and includes her liaison with Philip... |
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Pixley, Annie
...her vehicles offered her an opportunity to sing and dance, so many critics saw her as an imitator of Charlotte Crabtree. However, as one obituary noted, “There has been no greater favorite with American play‐goers.” |
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obituary
o·bit·u·ar·y / ōˈbichoōˌerē/ • n. (pl. -ar·ies) a notice of a death, esp. in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person: the obituary of a friend | [as adj.] an obituary notice. DERIVATIVES: o·bit·u·ar·ist / -ərist/ n. |
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adjuratory
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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admonitory
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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adversary
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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ancillary
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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antennary
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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apery
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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bakery
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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beggary
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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bestiary
...fioriture, fury, houri, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey •statuary • actuary • sanctuary •obituary • sumptuary • voluptuary •January • electuary • ossuary •mortuary •Bradbury, Cadbury •blackberry, hackberry... |
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obituary
obituary • noun the local paper ran a full-page obituarysynonyms: death notice, eulogy; informal obit; rare necrology. |
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epitaph
epitaph • noun the epitaphs on their tombstonessynonyms: elegy, commemoration, obituary; inscription, legend. |
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interment
...of aliens in wartime (the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II). Interment is sometimes, especially in obituaries, confounded with internment—e.g.: “Graveside ceremony and internment [read interment] will be at Hillside Cemetery... |
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Obituary photos suggest growing bias against aging faces.(Obituary)
...the format of its obituary pages, making...of the first 100 obituaries of local residents...a total of 400 obituaries in the study...as listed in the obituary. If the deceased...men to have an obituary photograph that...accompanied the ... |
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Obituary Photos Suggest Growing Bias Against Aging Faces.(Obituary)
...the format of its obituary pages, making...of the first 100 obituaries of local residents...a total of 400 obituaries in the study...as listed in the obituary. If the deceased...men to have an obituary photograph that...accompanied the ... |
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Obituaries in American Culture. (Reviews). (book review)
...tribute of the obituary has only very...Janice Hume's Obituaries in American...texts of the obituaries, as well as the text of the obituary form itself...documentation, Obituaries in American...inform the obituary in ... |
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Obituary policy a mistake we've learned from.(Columns)(Obituary)(Column)
...again with news obituaries on Tuesday. We...local person's obituary to a few short...potential to sell obituaries to those who can...opt for the paid obituary in this newspaper...the change to the obituaries. The vast majority...part of a ... |
 "The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)")
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Obituaries for Mar 13, 2008
...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ordered...for detailed obituaries may be obtained...by calling the obituary department at...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ... |
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Obituaries grow steadily livelier
...once passed for obituaries, creative talent...be deployed in obituary writing to a degree...the magisterial obituaries of the Times began...want it in the obituaries. A whole new...open before the obituary department, hitherto... |
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Obituaries for Mar 12, 2008
...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ordered...for detailed obituaries may be obtained...by calling the obituary department at...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ... |
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Obituaries for Mar 16, 2008
...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ordered...for detailed obituaries may be obtained...by calling the obituary department at...concerning the obituaries page A detailed paid obituary may be ... |
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Obituaries Help - It's Never Been Easier to Find Newspaper Obituaries.(Obituary)
...expensive it is to find newspaper obituaries (http://obituarieshelp...Many people searching for obituaries (http://obituarieshelp...list of free links to newspaper obituaries across the country. According... |
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Obituaries --the long and the short of them
...the time Vic died that obituary writing changed in the...afternoons because that was obituary day when I was expected...I enjoyed writing obituaries because I found many...said, noting the long obituaries actually seem to comfort...publishing a lengthy ... |
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