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Jessi Zazu
Jessi Zazu
Lead Singer, Those Darlins

Music

Those Darlins was a rock and roll band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band owns and operates its own record label, Oh Wow Dang Records. The band entered into a hiatus in 2016. Lead singer Jessi Zazu died from cancer on September 12, 2017.

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Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian

Comedy

Rosie O'Donnell is an American comedian, actress, author, and television personality. She has been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, a lesbian rights activist, and a television producer.

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George Washington
George Washington
1st President of the United States (1789 - 1797)

Politics

George Washington was an American politician and soldier, who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He also served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945 and 1951-1955)

Politics

Sir Winston Churchill was a British statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.

Tags: British · Prime Minister · World War II · United Kingdom · Germany · King George VI · Queen Elizabeth II · Anglo-American Relations · British Army · Territorial Army

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After 7
After 7
Recording Group

Music

After 7 is an R&B group founded by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell. Jason Edmonds, son of Melvin Edmonds, later joined in. The Edmonds brothers are the siblings of pop and R&B singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

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Riff
Recording Group

Music

Composed of five layers of rhythmic soul, Riff emerged as a breakout sound as far back as high school. The group's rendition of the Eastside High's alma mater is as storied as the film itself. It was added to the 1989 release of the film "Lean on Me".

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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Academy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Nicolas Cage is an actor, director, and producer. He received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995).

Tags: Screen Actors Guild Award Winner · Golden Globe Award Winner · Academy Award Winner · Patricia Arquette · Lisa Marie Presley · Saturn Films · August Coppola · Peggy Sue Got Married · Raising Arizona · Leaving Las Vegas

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Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Recording Artist

Music

Jon Secada is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. He also has worked as a songwriter.

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Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Recording Artist

Music

Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress and business magnate Priscilla Presley. Presley has been married four times, including to singer Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage.

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Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley
Actress and Co-Founder, Elvis Presley Enterprises

Television

Priscilla Presley is an actress and business magnate. She is the former wife of Elvis Presley, as well as co-founder and former chairwoman of Elvis Presley Enterprises, the company that turned Graceland into one of the top tourist attractions in the U.S.

Collections: Women's History Month

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Exposé
Exposé
Recording Group

Music

Exposé is a freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved success, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from its debut album.

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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
The Genius

Music

Ray Charles was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records.

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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Nancy Wilson was an American singer with more than seventy albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul — a "consummate actress", and "the complete entertainer".

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Henrietta Lacks
Source, HeLa Cell Line

Science

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman, whose cancer cells were the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line will reproduce indefinitely.

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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States (1901 - 1909)

Politics

Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States.

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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Recording Artist

Music

Kelly Clarkson is an American singer-songwriter, actress and author. She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural season of the television series "American Idol". Clarkson has sold over 25 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide.

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Drew Carey
Drew Carey
Actor, Comedian, Sports Executive, and Game Show Host

Television

Drew Carey is an American actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring in his own sitcom, "The Drew Carey Show".

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Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans
Actor and Comedian

Television

Damon Wayans is an actor, comedian, writer and producer, and member of the Wayans family of entertainers. He has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including the sitcom "My Wife and Kids".

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George Clooney
George Clooney
2-Time Academy Award Winner and 3-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

George Clooney has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in "Syriana" (2006) and the other for co-producing "Argo" (2012).

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Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
Academy Award Winner and Primetime Emmy Award Winner

Film

Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy, and was the first recipient of a Leopard Club Award that honors film professionals whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination.

Tags: Academy Award Winner · Primetime Emmy Award Winner · Network · Order of Arts and Letters · France · Broadway · Golden Globe Award Winner · BAFTA Award Winner · The Happening · Peter Wolf

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George Lopez
George Lopez
Actor and Comedian

Comedy

George Lopez is an American comedian and actor. He is known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom "George Lopez". His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican-American culture. He has received several honors.

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Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Recording Group

Music

Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band, founded by Walter Becker (guitars, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Walter Becker
Walter Becker
Co-Founder, Guitarist, Bassist, and Co-Songwriter, Steely Dan

Music

Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of Steely Dan. Following an undisclosed illness, Becker died on September 3, 2017.

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eels
eels
Recording Group

Music

Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is a rock band, formed in 1995 by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, known by the stage name E. Since 1996, Eels has released eleven studio albums, seven of which charted in the Billboard 200.

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Kierra Sheard
Kierra Sheard
Recording Artist

Music

Kierra Sheard is an American gospel singer, fashion designer, and radio host. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard (member of gospel singing group The Clark Sisters) and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.

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