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Lynn Samuels was a political radio host. She hosted a show on SiriusXM, also made available in podcast form. From Queens, New York, she worked in radio since 1979. From 2003 to 2011, she hosted The Lynn Samuels Show from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET on the Sirius Satellite Radio channel SIRIUS Left. This [...]
Case was a lawyer and broadcast journalist who was probably best known as the news anchor of CNN Radio from 1985 – 2011.
Andy Rooney was a radio and television personality known mainly for his segments at the end of 60 Minutes from CBS News. His commentary on the things he didn’t like became a staple of Sunday night television for many people. He appeared on the program from 1978 until 2011, when he had to step away [...]
Pierpoint was a broadcast journalist who worked for CBS. He began his career covering the Korean War, before becoming one of CBS’ White House correspondents. Pierpoint was also tasked with also covering the State Department for CBS.
Kevorkian was a pathologist, right-to-die activist, and convicted murderer. He is best known for championing a terminal patients right to die by doctor-assisted suicide. He claimed to have assisted in at least 130 terminal ill patients commit suicide.
Haines was a former host of several shows: How to Succeed in Business, Squawk Box, Morning Call, and Squawk on the Street. His co-host on Squawk on the Street, Erin Burnett, moved on to CNN with her last show being May 6th 2011. With the death of Haines, it’s unclear if the show will go [...]
If one word could describe Bob Guccione, it’s contradiction. Early in life he had tried joining a seminary, and then tried to make it as an artist. Before finally finding success as the founder and publisher of Penthouse Magazine. To those who knew him, Guccione was a polarizing personality. He was loyal and kind one [...]
Casey Johnson was a great-great-granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson which makes her an heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. Johnson is known for being a Hollywood socialite, some of her friends are Paris & Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie, and several others. On December 9, 2009 Johnson announced that [...]
Murphy was a famous actress who had starred in such movies as Clueless, 8 Mile, Sin City and Riding in Cars with Boys.
Oral Roberts was a renowned televangelist and claimed Jesus had appeared to him numerous times asking him to undertake various tasks. Under the order of Jesus, Roberts opened his own university in 1963.
Safire was an author, journalist, columnist and presidential speechwriter. He is probably most known for his long running syndicated column for the New York Times. Safire retired from his political column in 2005, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times had the following to say about Safire… “The New York Times without Bill [...]
Dunne was an investigative journalist whose focus was generally on the way high society types interact with the judicial system. He had written six novels, two non-fiction books, two collections and produced four movies. At the time of his death he was working on his final book, Too Much Money.
Hewitt was a television executive and producer who is best known for creating the news magazine show 60 Minutes.
Novak was a syndicated columnist, political commentator and journalist for more than 45 years. He was also the author of the longest-running syndicated column in U.S. political history.
Walter Leland Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on November 4, 1916. He entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1933 to study political science, economic and journalism but did not graduate. In 1950 he accepted a broadcast job with CBS and in 1961, was named the anchor of the "CBS Evening News". In 1967 it became the highest rated TV news program and remained there until Cronkite’s retirement in 1981.
King was the nephew of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a senior paster at St. James Baptist Chruch in Greensboro. He was a board member for both the King Center and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was the youngest son of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s only brother, A.D. King Sr.
Lem was a Norwegian environmental activist, author and spokesperson for The Future In Our Hands, and anti-consumerism activist. Some of Lem’s work includes… - Signaler – compilation - Utenfor bymuren – short stories - Motlys – novel - Grenseovergang – novel - Bjørneboes menneskesyn i Frihetens øyeblikk – thesis - Den tause krigen - Det [...]
Bellows was the famed editor of L.A. Herald Examiner and well known for rescuing underdog big-city newspapers from L.A. to New York. During his prestigious career Bellows worked at the New York Herald Tribume, Los Angeles Times, Washington Star, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Entertainment Tonight, and ABC News: World News Tonight… to name a few. [...]
Harvey was a radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He is probably best known for his News and Comment broadcasts, and his The Rest of the Story segments. His voice was unmistakable, with his dramatic pauses and undeniable quirks. A large part of Harvey’s success came from being able to blend monologue with reading [...]
Piquepaille was the Emerging Technologies blogger with ZDNet. Below is a quote from Larry Dignan on the Emerging Tech blog… “Roland was one of our most passionate bloggers and his ability to explain complex science well was something to behold. Roland spent most of his career in software, mainly for high performance computing and visualization [...]
Jett, born on April 13, 1992, was the only son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston. Early in childhood Jett suffered from Kawasaki disease that caused seizures at random times.
Felt was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he is most famous for being the Watergate scandal whistleblower called “Deep Throat”. Felt (Deep Throat) was leaking information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads to the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Deep Throat [...]
Sunny von Bülow was a socialite, heiress, and philanthropist. Sadly, she is probably best remembered for her husband, Claus von Bülow, supposedly trying to murder her. On December 26, 1979 Sunny was found to be unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital where he slipped into a coma, but she was revived. After vast amounts [...]
Parker was a supercentenarian, and the oldest living person in the world at 115 years, 220 days old. She obtained the title of oldest living person on August 13, 2007. Parker enjoyed poetry, and reading the daily newspaper. She loved receiving cards from well-wishers, and sent out autographs to anyone who asked for one. On [...]
Barnes was a well respected writer and broadcaster, he also held the position of chief dance, drama and opera critic for the New York Post. Along with his role at the New York Times, Barnes also wrote a monthly column for Dance Magazine, “Attitudes”. Barnes authored numerous books over the years, all pertaining to theater [...]
Pressly was news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She had worked at the station since May 2004. She also had a small part in the Oliver Stone movie W. where she played Ann Coulter.
King was the nephew of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson.
Donerson was the mother of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson.
Lynch was a former professional football player for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants. During his playing days with the Giants, Lynch made the Pro Bowl in 1963 and led the NFL in interceptions in 1961 and 1963. After his playing days were over, he found himself in the commentator’s booth from 1967 to [...]
Messner was a Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality. She was the former wife of televangelist Jim Bakker (who is a convicted felon), and she co-hosted the PTL Club with him from 1976 to 1987. She is probably most remembered as wearing loads of makeup, especially mascara. She often wore [...]