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Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed ...
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (French: [ʃaʁlɔt ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] ⓘ; born 21 July 1971) is a French and British actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of 12, [2][3] she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 ...
Shaw was born Fiona Mary Wilson on 10 July 1958 [2] in Cobh, [3] County Cork, Ireland, [4] the daughter of physicist Mary T. Wilson (née Flynn, born 1927) [5] and ophthalmic surgeon Denis Joseph Wilson (1922–2011), who wed in 1952. [citation needed] They maintained a home in Montenotte. [6][7] Her father was of half English descent. The second of four children, she has an older brother ...
Bossy was the fifth son among ten children, [2] and grew up in a family of Detroit Red Wings fans in the parish of Saint-Alphonse, [3] in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville area of Montreal. [4] Bossy attended St. Pius X Comprehensive High School and then Laval Catholic High School. [4] His mother Dorothy was English and French-Canadian, and his father Borden, [2] who maintained a backyard ice rink at ...
Deborah Read Franklin (c. 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, until her death in 1774.
Jane Seymour Fonda[2] (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Fonda's work spans several genres and over seven decades of film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards (Oscars), two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards ...
The Bruins were coming off a successful run of two Stanley Cups and three first-place finishes, but after Cherry's first season as coach the team would see the exit of superstars Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. [17] Cherry quickly developed a reputation for being an eccentric, flamboyant coach who strongly encouraged physical play among his players.
The American teenager Ryan White, who died from AIDS in 1990, is the namesake for U.S. federal legislation that addresses the unmet health needs of persons infected with HIV/AIDS. He has been considered the poster boy for HIV/AIDS. This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS ...