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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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obituary
obituary • noun synonyms: death notice; inf. obit. |
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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 obituaries. They understandably... |
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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 obituaries. They understandably... |
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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 various... |
 "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 ordered... |
 "The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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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 news obituary. Without it... |
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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 ordered... |
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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 ordered... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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FINDING OBITUARY FOR EACH ANCESTOR IS KEY STEP
...for a printed obituary for each ancestor. Obituaries, most found...information; obituaries can furnish...In one old obituary that I once...sometimes a clipped obituary file. (In...was to clip obituaries from the daily... |
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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 obituary for multiple days... |
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