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Kris Kristofferson: For The “Star Who Was Born”, Songwriting Mattered More Than Anything Else
Kris Kristofferson meant different things to different people. To many, he was a pioneer of the 1960s country…
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Malaysia’s Hail Amir: A Showman From Start To End
He was never really into it for the money. And even after 50 years, he was more keen…
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Kelvin Kiptum: A Life Done As Fast As His Race
In the running world, no marathon is created equal, says Ryan Fan, a special needs educator and marathon…
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Franz Beckenbauer: The German Footballer Who Made Maradona Weep
It was epic football theater: Diego Maradona, the Argentine hailed as the game’s greatest, was weeping uncontrollably. The…
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Lewis Pragasam: The Drum God Who Was Too Human
Macaques, the most brilliant of monkeys, have a habit of intimidating uninvited guests by beating the trees they…
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Tony Bennett: The Crooner Who Left His Heart With You, Not San Francisco
Twenty Grammy awards over nearly a century of living. Tony Bennett, the singer loved not just in America…
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Tina Turner: “Simply The Best” Female Rocker We Knew
The limo was headed to the Hilton Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas. Seated at the back was one…
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Harry Belafonte: The Man Who Married Pop With Politics
Music has often intertwined with politics, sometimes striking the right chord with it and sometimes being not so…
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Benedict: He Who Showed Popes They Can Resign, Apologize For Their Faults
What measures the greatness of a pope? A Time magazine cover? Millions of Twitter followers? Pope Benedict XVI,…
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Pele: If Football Had A Face, This Had To Be The One
He was named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, after Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. If his…
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Irene Cara: The Pop Princess Who Left Us With “Oh, What a Feeling!”
It was the year of “She Works Hard for The Money”, the hit by 'Disco Queen' Donna Summer…
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Elizabeth II: She Who Never Wanted To Be Queen, But Became Synonymous With The Word
"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted…
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Elvis Presley: “The King” Rocks On, Nearly 5 Decades After His Death
Four and a half decades have elapsed and countless guests have checked in and out of the Heartbreak…
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Olivia Newton-John: Grease’s Virgin-Turned-Vixen The World Would Never Forget
In the minds of 70s teens and young things, Olivia Newton-John will forever be Grease’s virgin-turned-vixen Sandra Dee.…
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James Caan: The Movie Gangster America Wept For
James Caan used to joke that he “would have refused to die” in “The Godfather” had he known…
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Lata Mangeshkar: “The Voice” of India and “The 8th Wonder of the World”
She was widely regarded as “The Voice” of India, and by some as the “Eighth Wonder of the…
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Bob Saget: The TV Dad Who “Taught” And Made Us Laugh
TV parents are special because they come across as the “perfect parents” ours will never be — with…
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Sidney Poitier: “The Sir” Whom The Whole World Loved
English singer-actress Lulu was the first to say it to Sidney Poitier. “If you wanted the sky I’d…
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Betty White: The Eternal ‘Golden Girl’
For American TV — and pretty much, the world’s — she’ll always be the “Golden Girl”. With a…
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Prince Philip: The Man Behind One of the World’s Most Powerful Women
“Behind every successful man, there is a strong woman” is the saying. But Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband…