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Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, [2] was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. [ 1 ] In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, [ a ] many of which are still widely watched and studied today.
He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary awards usually become substantive, and in the case of knights and dames ...
Sir Robert Cyril May, KBE, CB Surgeon Rear-Admiral; Promoted Vice Admiral Sir William Kaye Edden, KBE, CB 1905 1990 Promoted Vice Admiral in 1957 5 April 1954 [89] N. E. Dalton, OBE July 1954: Sir John Gilchrist Thesiger Inglis, KBE, CB: 1906 1972 Promoted Vice Admiral in 1958 27 September 1954 [90] William Kenneth Weston, CB, OBE
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 ...
The loss of the house also comes a week before a new documentary on Alfred Browning Parker’s work that has been picked up by PBS will have its premiere in Gainesville. An architectural gem was ...
The father of Rev. Al Sharpton has died, the MSNBC host announced Saturday. He was 93. “I’m deeply saddened to announce the passing of my father, Al Sharpton, Sr.
Alfred Brendel (born 5 January 1931) is a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is noted for his performances of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. [ 1 ] Biography