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Martha Franc Ruggles Bernhard Updike (October 18, 1937 – October 9, 2023) was an American social worker and the widow of author John Updike. She served as a model for several of his fictional characters, including in his story "A Constellation of Events", which was loosely based on the initiation of their relationship.
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Robert L. Updike House is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1904, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Colonial Revival style brick dwelling. It has a steep gable roof and features a full height portico on the front facade. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
Oct. 15—Two elderly Bedford residents died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home Sunday, the state Medical Examiner's Office announced Tuesday. The victims were identified as 78-year-old ...
Linda Grace Hoyer Updike (1904–1989) was an American writer from Plowville, Pennsylvania. She was the mother of writer John Updike and grandmother of writer David Updike . Linda Updike also served as the model for several of her son's characters, including one of the main characters in the novel Of the Farm .
The Cavalier Daily is an independent, student-run daily news organization at the University of Virginia.Founded in 1890, under the name College Topics, The Cavalier Daily is Virginia's oldest collegiate daily and the oldest daily newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The newspaper was founded in Luray, Virginia in 1911, by a merger between The Page News (established in 1881) and The Page Valley Courier (established March 1867). The Page News and Courier is one of a number of newspapers owned by the Byrd Family.
The Times-Dispatch has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk's The Virginian-Pilot. [5] In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Chester, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the Times-Dispatch has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro.