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Jerome "Jerry" Cosentino (June 13, 1931 – April 3, 1997) was an American politician from the state of Illinois. He was a Democrat who served as state Treasurer from 1979 until 1983, and again from 1987 until 1991.
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 ...
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was born into a Jewish family in Chicago [1] on November 29, 1949, [2] the son of pet store proprietor Muriel Estelle (née Singer) and print shop owner Irving Shandling. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He grew up in the Casa Loma Estates area of Tucson, Arizona , having moved there with his family so that his older brother Barry could ...
Life.com later became a redirect to a small photo channel on Time.com. Life.com also maintains Tumblr [45] and Twitter [46] accounts and a presence on Instagram. The magazine struggled financially and, in February 1993, Life announced the magazine would be printed in a smaller format starting with its July issue, which reintroduced the original ...
Gerry Faust debuted at Notre Dame with a 27-9 win over LSU on Sept. 12, 1981, and the Irish climbed to No. 1 in the country the following week.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s.
Born and lived entire life in Chicago metropolitan area. [8] Barbara Acklin (1943–98), singer. Came to Illinois aged five and resided until her death. [9] Ron Acks (1944–living), NFL linebacker 1968–76. Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. [10] Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009 ...
Gerald Gabrielse (Ph.D. 1980) – Professor of Physics at Harvard, known for his techniques of creating antimatter; Martin Gardner (A.B. 1936) – author and columnist of "Mathematical Games" in Scientific American; Richard Garwin (Ph.D. 1949) – physicist, author of first hydrogen bomb design, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom