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  2. J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia

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    His son, Christian Tolkien (1706–1791), moved from Kreuzburg to nearby Danzig, and his two sons Daniel Gottlieb Tolkien (1747–1813) and Johann (later known as John) Benjamin Tolkien (1752–1819) emigrated to London in the 1770s and became the ancestors of the English family; the younger brother was J. R. R. Tolkien's second great-grandfather.

  3. 42 years ago today, 'Lord of the Rings' creator, J.R.R ... - AOL

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    The professor retired from teaching in 1959, and was graced with more and more literary fame until his death on September 2, 1973 at age 81. It was another 28 years after Tolkien's death before ...

  4. Death and immortality in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey comments that "the themes of the Escape from Death, and the Escape from Deathlessness, are vital parts of Tolkien's entire mythology." [ 8 ] In a 1968 BBC television broadcast, Tolkien quoted French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and described the inevitability of death as the "key-spring of The Lord of the Rings ".

  5. Forbes list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities

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    Michael Jackson earned $825 million in 2016, the highest earnings for a celebrity dead or alive in any year. Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22. This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001.

  6. Mental illness in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Tolkien scholar Nancy Bunting states that Lewis was interested in Jungian psychology and "enchanted" by the idea of the collective unconscious, and that he probably shared these ideas with Tolkien. [17] The scholar Verlyn Flieger states that Tolkien's incomplete novel The Lost Road was based on the collective unconscious.

  7. Former Playboy playmate jumps to her death with 7-year ... - AOL

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    A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...

  8. Fandango founder J. Michael Cline dies of apparent suicide at ...

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    The medical examiner's office did not immediately respond to a request for information about the cause and manner of death. Cline was a serial entrepreneur. He founded Fandango in 2000 and left in ...

  9. Category:Artists who died by suicide - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Artists who died by suicide" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 290 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .