Walt Whitman May 31,1819 – March 26 1892
In case you are a Robin Williams Fan you will know this Whitman poem he references in the Movie Dead Poets Society. O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I […]
Kelly Preston October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020
Actress Kelly Preston, who starred in movies such as “Jerry Maguire” and “Twins,” died on Sunday at age 57, her husband, John Travolta, said. Travolta confirmed Preston’s death on Instagram and said it followed a two-year battle with breast cancer. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her […]
Nancy Green
Aunt Jemima Nancy Green was born in 1834. She was a Black storyteller and one of the first black corporate models in the United States. The world knew her as “Aunt Jemima,” but her given name was Nancy Green. The famous Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe but she became the advertising world’s first […]
Historic Guitarist Owens
Roy Clark was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. 1995 published his autobiography, My Life — In Spite Of Myself. Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 […]
People in History Hemmingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between […]
People in History Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film. He is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles […]