The first Hispanic rock star‚ Richard Steven Valenzuela aka Ritchie Valens was born May 13‚ 1941 near Los Angeles California. At an early age Valens developed a love for music; being able to play several instruments. While exposed to the rhythm and blues music though his father‚ Valens vowed to devoted most of his time to the guitar and would slowly strive to aspire his dreams of being an artist. By the age of 16 Valens joined his first band The Silhouette‚ an integrated group who played local high-school
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Richard Capitan is a husband‚ father‚ grandfather and brother. He is now a retired state trooper and gets called into “work” for some statements and help on cases that happened when he was active. Richard worked as a polygraph examiner for about 30 years and had the privilege to meet some infamous and interesting people. But‚ for this specific topic Richard had the opportunity to interview people for the Richard Kuklinski (The Iceman) case. He had interviewed witnesses‚ people from the
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Richard Reed Richard‚ 38 is the co founder of Innocent Drinks‚ the brand of smoothies and vegetable pots that has grown its turnover from £400‚000 to £165m in 12 years – a phenomenal achievement that Reed says has been made possible from “good decisions‚ hard work and a huge dose of serendipity”. After studying Geography at Cambridge University‚ Reed went on to work for an advertising agency as an account manager. The three founders of Innocent Drinks - Adam Balon‚ Jon Wright and of course
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Richard II‚ known as Richard of Bordeaux from his birthplace‚ was born on Jan. 6‚ 1367‚ the younger son of Edward‚ Prince of Wales (the Black Prince)‚ and Joan‚ daughter of Edmund‚ Earl of Kent. After his father’s death‚ Richard became the heir apparent‚ was created Prince of Wales in the later part of 1376‚ and on June 22‚ 1377‚ succeeded Edward III‚ his grandfather‚ as king of England. While he was underage‚ the control of the government had been left to a government that came increasingly under
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Biography for Walt Disney by : www.imdb.com } source of information Date of Birth 5 December 1901‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ USA Date of Death 15 December 1966‚ Los Angeles‚ California‚ USA (cardiac arrest following lung cancer surgery) Birth Name Walter Elias Disney Nickname Uncle Walt Height 5’ 10" (1.78 m) Mini Biography At age 16‚ during World War I‚ he lied about his age to join the American Red Cross. He soon returned home‚ where he won a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute
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Family background: Stanislavski had a privileged youth‚ growing up in one of the richest families in Russia‚ the Alekseyevs.[4] He was born Constantin Sergeyevich Alexeyev – "Stanislavski" was a stage name that he adopted in 1884 in order to keep his performance activities secret from his parents.[5] The prospect of becoming a professional actor was taboo for someone of his social class; actors had an even lower social status in Russia than in the rest of Europe‚ having only recently been serfs and
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E-MAIL ADDRESS: veronguti@yahoo.com To whom it may concern‚ Dear Sir/ Madam‚ I am a University of Nairobi graduate‚ born‚ raised and schooled in Kenya. I have worked In 2 NGOs in the last 3 years. (The first was as a volunteer in the ICL ABC Project Abstinence‚ Being Faithful and Condom as a Peer Education Supervisor). This has been with adolescents‚ fellow youth in institutions of higher learning and urban slums (Dandora and Mathare). As a result I have acquired modest but valuable skills
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“President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino” María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25‚ 1933 – August 1‚ 2009) was a Philippine politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines‚ the first woman to hold that office‚ and the first female president in Asia‚ though not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution‚ which toppled the 20-yearauthoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to
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Geena`s career began in 1980s‚ she first worked as a model‚ a mannequin in the window for the Ann Taylor‚ and a few months later‚ signed a contract with the Zoli modeling agency‚ based in New York. While working as a model‚ Geena was cast as April in the film “Tootsie” (1982)‚ as she was chosen by Sydney Pollack for the role. After the initial success‚ she earned a role in the TV series “Buffalo Bill”‚ which lasted from 1983 until 1984. In 1984‚ she portrayed Karen Nicholson in TV series “Family
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We know very little about Shakespeare’s life during two major spans of time‚ commonly referred to as the "lost years." The lost years fall into two periods: 1578-82 and 1585-92. The first period covers the time after Shakespeare left grammar school until his marriage to Anne Hathaway in November of 1582. The second period covers the seven years of Shakespeare’s life in which he must have been perfecting his dramatic skills and collecting sources for the plots of his plays. "What could such a genius
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