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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Preddy's younger brother William was also a P-51 pilot in the European Theater of Operations in WWII, and was also killed in action, but was not an ace, as he had fewer than the requisite five kills. (IIRC he had two.) lpadilla@voicenet.com 207.103.47.111 03:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC) Preddy is listed as the 6th highest scoring US ace.
The Orange County Review is a weekly newspaper based in Orange, Virginia owned by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper focuses on local community news. The newspaper focuses on local community news. Public notices from the county commissioners also appear in the newspaper.
The funeral home was featured on a postcard, which is part of the Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection at the Boston Public Library. [7] A mortician bought the building in 2008. [8] In 2010, the main building was converted into 14 apartments. [9] In March of 2022, a five-story apartment building was approved to be built in the funeral home's ...
Sarann Knight-Preddy (July 27, 1920 – December 22, 2014) was an American business leader and gaming pioneer in the U.S. state of Nevada. In 1950, she became the "first and only woman of color to receive a gaming license" in the state. [ 1 ]
Orange is a town and the county seat of Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,880 at the 2020 census , representing a 3.4% increase since the 2010 census . [ 5 ] Orange is 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Charlottesville , 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. , and 4 miles (6 km) east of Founding Father and fourth ...