Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (October 19, 1940-September 27, 2023) earned fame for his stage work, films such as "Gosford Park" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and his starring role in the 1986 BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective." But he is warmly re...
After playing guard on offense and linebacker on defense for the Fighting Irish, he was ignored by the NFL Draft, and only managed to get picked by the AFL's Boston Patriots in the 13th round. He played for the Patriots from 1962 to 1968, then went on become captain of the Miami Dolph...
He loved dogs, horses and children, was interested in antiques, classical and Irish music and had an extensive library in his home. A favorite small white dog was named "Smitty". Dr. Dwyre was one of the first to own an automobile in Perth. The Golden Anniversary of his practice in the...
The explosion of sketch comedy as a dominant form for American humorists can be largely traced back to the massive success of "Saturday Night Live" in the US in the 1970s, which introduced the format to many Americans. A number of contemporary sketch comedy troupes - including t...
THE NINTH HOUR. By Alice McDermott. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) In McDermott’s novel, the cause of a young Irish widow and her daughter is taken up by the nuns of a Brooklyn convent. PACHINKO. By Min Jin Lee. (Grand Central, $27.) This stunning novel chronicling four generatio...
Oscar James Dunn (1826 – November 22, 1871) was one of three African Americans who served as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction.In 1868, Dunn became the first elected black lieutenant governor of a U.S. state. He ran on the ticket headed by Hen...
In 1930, Americans William Beebe and Otis Barton discovered a way to dive deeper than ever before, using an underwater chamber known as a bathysphere. Firstcoined in a 1930 newspaper,Hooverville referred to destitute communities during the Great Depression, blamed largely on the policies of Preside...
Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (October 19, 1940-September 27, 2023) earned fame for his stage work, films such as "Gosford Park" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and his starring role in the 1986 BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective." But he is warmly re...
Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (October 19, 1940-September 27, 2023) earned fame for his stage work, films such as "Gosford Park" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and his starring role in the 1986 BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective." But he is warmly re...
Irish-English actor Sir Michael Gambon (October 19, 1940-September 27, 2023) earned fame for his stage work, films such as "Gosford Park" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," and his starring role in the 1986 BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective." But he is warmly re...