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Biography - Thursday, January 4, 2007
"Real stories and fascinating details behind the
most intriguing people who have ever lived."
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Greetings Biography Buff,
Today I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news
is that this will be the last issue you will receive of
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merged with Where Are They Now! Starting next week on Fridays
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passed.
Biographically,
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--WHO AM I?
--1. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
--2. 13th overall Draft Pick
--3. Won the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
--4. Has won 3 Consecutive Championships
--5. Ranked #59 on SLAM magazine's Top 75 Players of All Time
in 2003.
Who am I? (Answer at the bottom)
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?
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--1. Peter Lawford
--2. Jack Valenti
--3. Jack Brickhouse
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--COMINGS AND GOINGS:
****Some famous people born during this week in history:
--January 9 1967 - David John Matthews
South African, now naturalized American, Grammy-award winning
lead vocalist and guitarist from Dave Matthews Band. He has
also worked as a solo artist and with other musicians, most
often with Tim Reynolds. An occasional actor, he has appeared
in two feature films.
--January 13, 1961 - Julia Elizabeth Scarlett Louis-Dreyfus
An Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winning American actress
and comedian who gained popularity while playing the role of
Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld in the 1990s. She
currently stars in the popular CBS sitcom The New Adventures
of Old Christine.
--January 13, 1977 - Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
An English actor, had his break-through role in the early 2000
as the elf-prince Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of the Rings
and blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean
trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a
lead in Hollywood films, including Troy, Elizabethtown, and
Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom's most recent releases are the
sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Haven.
****Some famous people who have died during this week
in history:
--January 10, 1971 - Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel
A pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist
philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of
expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important
figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. Her influence
on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the
field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential
people of the 20th century.
--January 14, 1957 - Humphrey DeForest Bogart
An iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his
legacy after death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named
Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily
smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner
moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most
notable films include Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The
Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), To Have and Have Not
(1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Key Largo (1948), In a Lonely
Place (1950), The African Queen (1951) (for which he won an
Academy Award for Best Actor). Entertainment Weekly magazine
named Bogart the number one movie legend of all time.
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
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--Answers to "DEAD OR ALIVE:"
--1. Peter Lawford - Dead
--2. Jack Valenti - Alive
--3. Jack Brickhouse - Dead
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