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5 days ago · Linda Thompson – British folk singer who, along with her husband Richard, converted to Sufism in the 1970s. The couple have since divorced and she has left the religion.
6 days ago · Don Murray. An original cast member of Knots Landing, Murray played Abby’s brother and Karen’s ill-fated first husband, Sid Fairgate. The Oscar-nominated actor, who boasted a mile-long list of...
Jun 25, 2024 · She made headlines nationwide when her 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed to death Turner’s abusive gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Turner’s account of her life, Lana—the Lady, the Legend, the Truth, was published in 1982.
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Jun 16, 2024 · Anna May Wong (born January 3, 1905, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1961, Santa Monica, California) was an American actress who overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first Asian Americans to have a successful film career in Hollywood.
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Jun 15, 2024 · Anna May Wong — born Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles on Jan. 3, 1905 — is widely recognized as Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. A year before she died in 1961 from a heart attack ...
2 days ago · Cuba Crossing – 1980 film by Chuck Workman involving a plot against Fidel Castro. Death of a Prophet – 1981 film by Woodie King Jr. about the 1965 assassination of black nationalist Malcolm X. Rise and Fall of Idi Amin – 1981 film by Sharad Patel in which Ugandan President Idi Amin eliminates those he dislikes.
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3 days ago · Laurene Powell Jobs (born 1963), widow of Steve Jobs, founder of Emerson Collective. Anton LaVey (1930–1997), founder of the Church of Satan, author, musician and occultist, lived and died in San Francisco. Eleanor Dumont ( Madame Moustache) (1829–1879), Gold Rush era professional card dealer and gambler.
