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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 ...
Colleen Dishon, also known as Koky Dishon (12 June 1924 – 28 December 2004), [1] was an American journalist for the Chicago Tribune in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Dishon was the first woman listed in the Chicago Tribune masthead and, at one time, the most influential female journalist at the newspaper.
James Eugene Chaney (March 16, 1885 [1] – August 21, 1967) was a senior United States Army officer. He served in both World War I and World War II. Early life.
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney (September 1, 1916 – November 23, 2014) was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. [1] In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships , defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final.
Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist. She was born on Beacon Hill , Boston , June 27, 1824; and was educated in private schools in Boston. [ 1 ]
In 1899, Borthwick married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois.They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). [4] Before their children, they adopted Mamah Borthwick's niece, Jessie Borthwick Pitkin, when Mamah's sister (Jessie Octavia Borthwick Pitkin) died during childbirth in 1901.
James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi , by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
John Cheney was the son of John Cheney Senior of West Woodhay House in Berkshire, by his wife, Jane, the daughter, by his third wife, of Sir William Norreys of Ockwells and Yattendon. [1] His father was a nephew of King Henry VII's friend and cousin, Baron Cheney. [2] John was a gentleman at arms in the Royal household.