Curated category
2005 deaths
- Johnny CarsonJohn William Carson entered the world on the 23rd of October 1925, in Corning, Iowa. He grew up moving between small towns like Avoca and Clarinda before…
- Saul BellowSolomon Bellows arrived in the world on the 10th of June 1915, within the quiet streets of Lachine, Quebec. His parents had fled Saint Petersburg, Russia…
- Hunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson entered the world on the 18th of July 1937, in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up as the first of three sons born to Virginia Davison…
- Charles David KeelingCharles David Keeling was born on the 20th of April 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His father Ralph worked as an investment banker and sparked a…
- Gopal GodseGopal Vinayak Godse worked at a transportation company in the years leading up to 1948. Before that employment, he served in the British Army during the…
- Arthur MillerArthur Asher Miller was born on the 17th of October 1915 in Harlem, Manhattan. He grew up as the second child of Augusta and Isidore Miller.
- Yin ShunZhang Luqin was born on the 5th of April 1906 in a village within Zhejiang Province. The Qing Dynasty had just ended when he entered the world.
- Stanley SadieStanley John Sadie entered the world on the 30th of October 1930 in Wembley. He attended St Paul's School in London before studying music privately for three…
- Al AronowitzAlfred Gilbert Aronowitz entered the world on the 20th of May 1928 in Bordentown, New Jersey. This small town sat south-east of Trenton and shaped his early…
- Shelby FooteShelby Dade Foote Jr. was born on the 17th of November 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi. His father worked for Armour and Company, moving the family from…
- George F. KennanGeorge Frost Kennan arrived in the world on the 16th of February 1904, within a household in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was Kossuth Kent Kennan, a…
- George MikanGeorge Mikan stood six feet four inches tall in 1942 when he walked onto the DePaul University campus. He weighed just over two hundred pounds and moved with…
- Karl SteinbuchKarl Steinbuch was born on the 15th of June 1917 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. He studied physics at the University of Stuttgart during a time when Germany was…
- Byron PreissByron Preiss was born on the 11th of April 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in a city that would shape his early creative instincts before he ever held…
- Lucien LaurentLucien Laurent entered the world on the 10th of December 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a town near Paris. His family already knew the game well before he…