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 region of Germany. A year earlier, as a vanguard for the family, her cousin George Engelmann had explored the region of the Midwestern United States. George was also from Frankfurt, about the same age as <mask>, and had attended the same school, receiving a degree as M.D.and later becoming a famous expert in the botany of North America. They reached the Port of New York City on 17 June and went next to St. Louis in Missouri, a slave state that Koerner deeply abhorred. Shortly after, having departed that city, he and the Engelmanns settled down in the Shiloh Valley near Belleville, Illinois. (Demonstrating the sincerity and earnestness of Koerner's attitude toward the abolition of slavery, the 50th anniversary edition of the "Belleviller Zeitung" printed this example from "those memorable days of the anti-slavery movement: A large crowd was gathered in great excitement in Belleville's public square. Koerner, inquiring for the cause of this unusual gathering and learning that a slave was being offered for sale, rose from his horse, went to the auction stand, bought the slave, and immediately gave him freedom.") Koerner continued his legal studies in American law. at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky during 1834-1835.While at the University, he got to know Mary Todd who a few years later married Abraham Lincoln. From 1835 he practiced in Belleville as a lawyer in his own firm, then practiced in the office of Adam W. Snyder in Belleville and from 1837 worked in the office of James Shields. In 1838 he received American citizenship. Elected
<mask> was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842, served on the Illinois Supreme Court from 1845 to 1848, and as the 12th Lieutenant

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 Governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1857. Originally a Democrat, he became a member of the Republican Party after its formation, and helped develop its anti-slavery platform. As a friend, he took over some of Abraham Lincoln's cases when Lincoln was elected president. Koerner was the first citizen of German extraction ever elected to the Illinois or Missouri legislatures.In 1851, in a clash with the editor of Anzeiger des Westens Henry Boernstein, he called the Forty-Eighters Greens in his Belleviller Zeitung newspaper and Boernstein, in a published reply, insultingly called him <mask>. Service for the Country
In 1861, Koerner was instrumental in raising the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment but before its organization had been completed, he was appointed Colonel of Volunteers and assigned as aide to Gen. John C. Frémont, upon whose removal he was assigned to Gen. Henry W. Halleck's staff as Brigadier General. He resigned in April 1862 due to impaired health. Shortly thereafter, he succeeded Carl Schurz as United States Ambassador to Spain. The expectation was that Koerner would prevent Spain from entering into the American Civil War on the side of the Southern slave states. Although Koerner, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America (his precise titles as ambassador) managed to accomplish this objective, he was discontented in Spain and asked the president several times for a replacement. An important reason prompting his request was that the stipend for his ambassadorship did not nearly cover the huge financial obligations expected of him at the Spanish court.Koerner had to provide such funds from his private accounts. In 1864, he left the


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 National Register of Historic Places. It was acquired in 2001 by the City of Belleville and is being restored by the historical society of St. Clair County, Illinois (St. Clair County Historical Society) as a museum dedicated to the well-known German-American.It will illuminate Koerner's friendship with Abraham Lincoln. In 2009, Belleville celebrated Koerner's 200th birthday with a festive dinner attended by Koerner and Engelmann descendants. The following day, they planted an American white oak tree (the state tree of Illinois) at Koerner's Walnut Hill grave and presented a valuable exhibit for the planned Koerner Museum: a heavy silver tablet, given by Queen Isabella II of Spain in 1864 to <mask> for his farewell as a US ambassador to Spain. Do right and fear no one

The historical society of St. Clair County, Illinois, in which Belleville is located, will restore the former home of <mask> to a museum under the motto "Do right and fear no one," which in 2009 was also the motto of his 200th birthday celebration. "Act properly and fear no one" was, however, not quite his personal motto. Rather, in his memoirs he described this phrase as the "religion" of most Burschenschafter (fraternity students) during his student years at Jena – though he still may have made it his own basic position as an active Burschenschafter. One of his personal leitmotivs was pointed out by the "Belleviller Zeitung" (the local German language newspaper) on 11 January 1899, nearly three years after his death, in a biography in the jubilee edition at the 50th anniversary of their first appearance:

See also

 <mask> Koerner House
 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1852
 List of governors of Illinois
 List of lieutenant

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Belleville Zeitung

Works

Collections of the Important General Laws of Illinois, with Comments (St. Louis, 1838)

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External links
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1896 deaths
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title: Roberto Carlos

texts: <mask> (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as <mask>, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game". A free kick specialist throughout his career, his bending shots have measured at over . In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year. Widely considered one of the greatest left backs in history, he was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in a 2002 FIFA poll, and in 2004 was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. At club level, <mask> joined Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 to spend 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times.In April 2013, Marca named him in their "Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madrid's History". He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances at club and international level. <mask> made his debut for the Brazil national team in 1992. He played in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in 1998 in France, and win the 2002 tournament in Korea/Japan. He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002. With Brazil he is especially known for a bending 40-yard free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997. With 125 caps he has made the second most appearances for his national team.He took up management and was named as the manager of Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in

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 June 2013. He resigned as head coach in December 2014. From January to June 2015, he was manager of Akhisarspor. Although <mask> announced his retirement from playing at the age of 39 in 2012, in July 2015 he was appointed player/manager of Indian Super League club Odisha FC, with whom he would make three appearances. In 2022 he is to make a one-off appearance for Sunday league pub team The Bull in The Barne United. Club career

Early years

<mask> began his professional career playing for União São João, a football club based in Araras in the state of São Paulo. In 1992, despite playing at what was seen as a lesser club and only being 19 years old, he was called up for the Brazil national team.In August 1992, aged 19, he joined Atlético Mineiro on loan and went on the club's tour of Europe. The tour consisted of the B team, as the club was prioritising the first Copa CONMEBOL in South America at the same time. The tour served as a test for many players, and those who stood out could be integrated definitively to the main group. <mask> did not participate in the first two games in Italy but played the full match against Lleida in Spain on 27 August in a match for the Ciutat de Lleida Trophy. He remained in the team for the next two games, held in Logroño, against Logroñés and Athletic Bilbao. Before retiring from football in 2014, <mask> thanked Atlético Mineiro for the opportunity. In 1993, <mask> joined Palmeiras, where he played for two seasons, winning two consecutive Brazilian league titles.After almost signing for Aston Villa side in 1995, <mask> chose a move to Inter Milan, in the Serie A, playing one season for the Nerazzurri. He scored a 30-yard free-kick on his

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 debut in a 1–0 win over Vicenza but his season at Inter was unsuccessful, with the club finishing seventh in Serie A. In an interview with FourFourTwo in a May 2005 issue, <mask> said that the then-coach of Inter, Roy Hodgson, wanted him to play as a winger, but <mask> wanted to play as a left back. <mask> spoke to Inter owner Massimo Moratti "to see if he could sort things out and it soon became clear that the only solution was to leave". Real Madrid
<mask> joined Real Madrid in the year 1996 close season. When newly appointed manager Fabio Capello learned that <mask> had become transferable he barely could believe it, and he asked chairman Lorenzo Sanz to travel to Milan immediately. An agreement had been reached 24 hours later.<mask> was given the number 3 shirt and held the position as the team's first choice left-back from the 1996–97 season until the 2006–07 season. During his 11 seasons with Madrid, he appeared in 584 matches in all competitions, scoring 71 goals. He is Real Madrid's most capped foreign-born player in La Liga with 370 appearances, after breaking the previous record of 329 held by Alfredo Di Stéfano in January 2006. During his Real Madrid career, <mask> was, alongside Milan and Italy legend Paolo Maldini, considered the greatest left-back in the world. As a high-profile player and one of the most influential members of the team, <mask> was considered one of Madrid's Galácticos (which included Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Ronaldo and David Beckham) during Florentino Pérez's first tenure as club president. He won four La Liga titles with Madrid, and played in the 1998, 2000 and 2002 UEFA Champions League finals, assisting Zinedine Zidane's winning

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texts: goal in 2002, considered one of the greatest goals in Champions League history. <mask> was named as Club Defender of the Year and included in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2002 and 2003.In the later part of his Real Madrid career, <mask> was named as one of the club's "three captains" alongside Raúl and Guti. Renowned for getting forward from his left-back position and scoring spectacular goals, in February 1998, he scored arguably his most memorable goal for Real Madrid with a bending volley struck with the outside of his left foot from near the sideline in a Copa del Rey match against Tenerife in what was described as an "impossible goal". On the final day of the 2002–03 season, with Madrid needing to beat Athletic Bilbao to overtake Real Sociedad and win their 29th La Liga title, <mask> scored from a free-kick in the second minute of first half stoppage time to put los Blancos 2–1 ahead. The team eventually ran out 3–1 winners to wrap up the title. On 6 December 2003, <mask> scored the opening goal for Madrid as they beat Barcelona in El Clásico at Camp Nou for the first time in a La Liga match in 20 years. In March 2007, in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Bayern Munich, <mask> failed to control the backpass when Madrid kicked off, allowing Bayern's Hasan Salihamidžić to steal the ball and feed to Roy Makaay, who scored the quickest goal in Champions League history at 10.12 seconds. <mask> bore the brunt of criticism for that mistake which led to the team's elimination from the Champions League, and, on 9 March 2007, he announced he would leave Real Madrid upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2006–07 season.His final goal for

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 Real Madrid was a stoppage time winner against Recreativo de Huelva with three games remaining in the 2006–07 La Liga season. The goal proved to be crucial to Real Madrid winning its 30th league title as they eventually finished level on points with Barcelona, becoming champions via the head-to-head rule. Madrid clinched La Liga in <mask>'s final match, a 3–1 win over Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Fenerbahçe
On 19 June 2007, <mask> signed a two-year contract (with one year optional) with the Turkish Süper Lig champions Fenerbahçe; he was presented at club's home ground, the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, in front of thousands of fans. In the first official match he played with the team, Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Super Cup against Beşiktaş by a score of 2–1. During a league match against Sivasspor, he scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on 25 August 2007 from a diving header, which was only the third headed goal of his career. He was injured during the final period of the same season and missed the title race between Fenerbahçe and rivals Galatasaray.His team eventually lost the title to their rivals, while guaranteeing a place for themselves in Champions League knockouts for the next season. He announced that he was unhappy about the final result and would do his best to carry the domestic trophy back to the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. On 7 October 2009, <mask> announced that he would leave Fenerbahçe when his contract expired in December 2009. He offered to return to Real Madrid and play for free, though he also said return to the Brazilian domestic leagues was a possibility, and announced his departure on 25 November. He made his last appearance for Fenerbahçe on

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 17 December, as a late substitute against Sheriff Tiraspol in the UEFA Europa League. Corinthians

After 15 years away from Brazil, <mask> returned to his country in 2010 to play for Corinthians, joining his friend and former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo. On 4 June 2010, <mask> scored a goal against Internacional and helped Corinthians to move to the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A table.The Timão won the game 2–0. On 16 January 2011, <mask>uesa. Concerned with his safety after being threatened by fans after the Copa Libertadores da América defeat to Colombian club Tolima, <mask> requested his release by the club, which was promptly facilitated by Corinthians. Anzhi Makhachkala

On 12 February 2011, <mask> signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala, worth approximately €10 million. Playing in a defensive midfield position, <mask> was named captain of Anzhi on 8 March. On 25 April, he scored his first goal for Anzhi in a 2–2 draw with Dynamo Moscow, converting a 58th minute penalty. On 30 April, he scored his second goal, converting a penalty in a 1–0 win over Rostov, and on 10 June, he then scored his third goal on a 20th minute in a 2–0 win over Spartak Nalchik.On 11 September 2011, <mask> scored his fourth goal in a 2–1 win over Volga Nizhny Novgorod. As of his first season for Anzhi, <mask> made 28 appearances and scored five goals. On 30 September, he became the caretaker coach of Anzhi following the sacking of Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, before Andrei Gordeyev assumed the role also in a caretaker capacity. <mask> announced his plans to retire at the end of 2012, but continued to work behind the scenes at Anzhi. In August

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 2012, Anzhi coach Guus Hiddink confirmed his retirement at a news conference in Moscow, also stating, "<mask> was a world class football player. Every master's career ends at some point." Racism in Russia
In March 2011, during a game away at Zenit Saint Petersburg, a banana was held near <mask> by one of the fans as the footballer was taking part in a flag-raising ceremony.In June, in a match away at Krylia Sovetov Samara, <mask> received a pass from the goalkeeper and was about to pass it when a banana was thrown onto the pitch, landing nearby. <mask> picked it up and threw it by the sidelines, walking off the field before the final whistle and raising two fingers at the stands, indicating this was the second such incident since March. India and England

In the 2015/16 season, he accumulated the dual role of player and manager in Indian football (see more information in the manager tab). In 2022 he was hired through a promotional event to perform for a pub team. International career

<mask> amassed 125 caps, scoring 11 goals for the Brazilian national team. He represented Brazil at three FIFA World Cups, four Copa América tournaments, the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 1996 Olympic Games. He is especially famous for a bending 40-yard free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997 on 3 June 1997.The ball curled so much that the ball boy ten yards to the right ducked instinctively, thinking that the ball would hit him. Instead, it curled back on target, much to the surprise of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, who just stood in place. This particular attempt has been considered to be the greatest free kick of all time. In 2010, a team of French

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texts: scientists produced a paper explaining the trajectory of the ball. At the 1998 World Cup, he played seven matches, including the final loss to France. After a qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup which was held in South Korea/Japan, Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert spat on <mask>, an action which caused FIFA to give Chilavert a three-match suspension and forced him to watch the first game of the World Cup from the stands. <mask> played six matches in the finals, scoring a goal from a free kick against China, and was a starter in the final against Germany, with Brazil winning 2–0.After the tournament, he was also included in the World Cup All-Star Team. <mask>'s next international tournament was the 2006 World Cup. In July 2006, after Brazil's 1–0 defeat to France in the quarter-finals, he announced his retirement from the national team, saying, "I've stopped with the national team. It was my last game." He said he no longer wanted to play for Brazil because of the criticism he faced from fans and Brazilian media for his failure to mark goalscorer Thierry Henry on France's winning goal. Upon signing with Corinthians in January 2010, <mask> told TV Globo that he hoped to play at the 2010 World Cup and believed his return to Brazilian football may help him return to the national team, as manager Dunga had yet to settle on a left back. However, he was left off the 30-man provisional squad that was submitted to FIFA on 11 May 2010, along with Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.Despite his deep desire to do so, <mask> was ultimately not named in Dunga's final squad of 23 for the Brazilian squad for the World Cup. Instead, Brazil newcomer Michel Bastos earned a spot for the left

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Tactically, <mask> started out playing football in Brazil as a forward – usually as a centre-forward or outside forward – but spent most of his career as defender, usually as a left-sided full-back or wing-back. In 2006, he was described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game", by John Carlin of The New York Times; indeed, he was known for his forward surging runs throughout his career. <mask> is also widely considered by several pundits as one of the best left backs in the history of the sport. During his time at Inter, he was also used out of position as a winger in a 4–4–2 formation on occasion by manager Roy Hodgson, which had a negative impact on his performances, and often saw him caught out defensively; in his later career with Anzhi Makhachkala, he was instead deployed as a defensive midfielder in a three-man midfield, in order to compensate for his loss of pace and physical decline due to his advancing age. <mask> was nicknamed El Hombre Bala ("The Bullet Man") throughout his career, due to his powerful bending shots and free kicks, which have been measured at over , and for which he became renowned.A set-piece specialist, he is regarded as one of the foremost free kick takers of his generation, and was known for being capable of striking the ball powerfully – in particular from long range – and of producing curling shots with the outside of his left boot in dead ball situations. A talented and consistent player, with good dribbling skills at speed, as well as precise passing and crossing ability, he also possessed significant strength and excellent physical qualities, which along with his pace,

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 work-rate, and energy, allowed him to cover the left flank effectively and assist at both ends of the pitch. While he earned a reputation as a hard-tackler, he was also known for being a clean player throughout his career. In addition to his stamina, running speed, technical skills, and crossing ability, he was also known for his long throw ins, as well as his strong  thighs, despite his small stature, which allowed him to accelerate quickly and strike the ball powerfully. Media

<mask> has appeared in commercials for the sportswear company Nike. In 1998, he starred in a Nike commercial set in an airport in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup alongside a number of stars from the Brazil national team, including Ronaldo and Romário. In a Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, <mask> starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside other star footballers, including Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and the Japanese Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament's "referee".<mask> has also starred in Pepsi commercials, including a 2002 World Cup Pepsi advertisement where he lined up alongside David Beckham, Raúl and Gianluigi Buffon in taking on a team of Sumo players. <mask> features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, and was selected to appear on the cover of FIFA Football 2003 alongside Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs and Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids. He was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 15. In 2015, the arcade game company Konami announced that <mask> would feature in their football video game Pro


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 Evolution Soccer 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends. In 2016, <mask> launched a software called Ginga Scout that connects players with coaches across the globe. In April 2018, <mask> was announced as ambassador of Morocco's candidature of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Charity
On 16 June 2019, <mask> took part in Soccer Aid at Stamford Bridge, London.He played for the World XI team which was captained by Usain Bolt and they beat the England XI on penalties. In 2019, <mask> became the global ambassador of the international children's social programme Football for Friendship. <mask> attended programme's Forum and awarded the winners. In January 2022, Bull In The Barne United, a Sunday League pub team, won a raffle meaning that <mask> would play for them in a one-off league game. The Shrewsbury-based side play in Division One of the Shrewsbury & District Sunday League and paid just £5 to enter the Ebay raffle. Managerial career

Anzhi Makhachkala

<mask> had a brief spell as interim manager at Anzhi Makhachkala in early 2012. He later criticised the club upon resigning alongside manager Guus Hiddink.Sivasspor
<mask> was appointed manager of Turkish Süper Lig team Sivasspor in June 2013. On 21 December 2014, he left the club following a defeat to İstanbul BB. Akhisarspor
On 2 January 2015, <mask> was appointed as manager of Akhisarspor. Delhi Dynamos
After finishing his season in Turkey, <mask> signed for Al-Arabi of the Qatari Stars League, but due to talks breaking down, he did not join the Qatari club. Then, on 5 July 2015, it was announced that he had signed to be the head coach of the Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League for the 2015 season. At the end of the season,

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 it was announced that he would not return to Delhi Dynamos in 2016. Doping accusations
In 2017, a report of investigative journalists of German broadcasting station ARD revealed doping practices in Brazil, including physician Júlio César Alves who claims to have treated <mask> for many years.<mask> denies the allegations. Personal life

On 24 June 2005, <mask> was robbed by two gunmen while doing a live radio interview. He was not hurt but they took his watch and the interviewer's cellular phone. On 2 August 2005, he was naturalised as a Spanish citizen. This proved important for Real Madrid, as it meant that he now counted as a European Union player, opening up one of the club's allowed three slots for non-EU players and enabling Real Madrid to sign fellow Brazilian Robinho. For his 38th birthday, it was reported that Anzhi Makhachkala owner Suleyman Kerimov bought him a Bugatti Veyron. <mask> has 11 children with 7 women.In October 2017, he became a grandfather when his daughter Giovanna gave birth to a son. Career statistics

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Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. footballers
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title: Pamela McGee

texts: <mask> (born December 1, 1962) is an American former professional women's basketball player, 2012 Women's Basketball Hall of Famer, and mother of two professional basketball players. She is the first WNBA mom to have a son and daughter drafted in the NBA and the WNBA. She is the only Olympic Gold Medalist to give birth to an Olympian in basketball. Her son JaVale received a gold medal in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. This was 37 years after his mother won hers in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles California. This would be the first of many first in her illustrious Basketball career. A pioneer in Women’s Basketball is featured in a HBO documentary,”Women of Troy”.<mask> was the second overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft. She played in the league for two seasons with the Sacramento Monarchs and Los Angeles Sparks. <mask> grew up in Flint, Michigan, where she attended Flint Southwestern Academy before graduating from Flint Northern High School. At Northern Highschool she was both an Academic All American and won two back to back state championships in Women's Basketball and Women's Track. She set the state record in the Shot putt in track and field. She was the MVP of the Parade All American game which hosted the top players in the nation. <mask> won back-to-back NCAA Championships as an All-American at the University of Southern California, where she was a teammate of twin sister Paula, Cynthia Cooper and Cheryl Miller.In 1984, she won Olympic gold in Los Angeles before embarking on a professional career that included stints in Brazil, France, Italy and Spain. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She has been noted as one of the few

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 women basketball players who has won on every level. Two State Championships in Michigan with a still standing record of 75-0 wins;  She then won two National Championships at the University of Southern California in the eighties. That same year she graduated as student-athlete in 4 years with a BA in Economics and Social Science with an emphasis on Finance. That same year she was the first to win a Gold-Medal at the LA Olympics in Women's Basketball. She then won World Championships in Barcelona Spain, Brazilian World Championships, and the European Ronchetti Cup with 4-time WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper.Professional career
<mask> started her professional career with the Dallas Diamonds in the Women's American Basketball Association where she played alongside her sister Paula. She later played in Brazil, Spain and Italy and was a four-time Italian League All-Star. <mask> was a first round draft pick in the inaugural season of the WNBA and played there for two seasons. USA Basketball
<mask> was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1983 Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela. The team won all five games to earn the gold medal for the event. <mask> averaged 3.4 points per game. <mask> played for the USA National team in the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.The team won six games, but lost two against the Soviet Union. In an opening round game, the USA team had a nine-point lead at halftime, but the Soviets came back to take the lead, and a final shot by the USA failed to drop, leaving the USSR team with a one-point victory 85–84. The USA team won their next four games, setting up the gold medal game against USSR.

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 This game was also close, and was tied at 82 points each with six seconds to go in the game. The Soviets Elena Chausova received the inbounds pass and hit the game winning shot in the final seconds, giving the USSR team the gold medal with a score of 84–82. The USA team earned the silver medal. <mask> averaged 4.2 points per game.In 1984, the USA sent its national team to the 1984 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan, for pre-Olympic practice. The team easily beat each of the eight teams they played, winning by an average of just under 50 points per game. <mask> averaged 6.5 points per game. She continued with the national team to represent the US at the 1984 Olympics. The team won all six games to claim the gold medal. <mask> averaged 6.2 points per game. Statistics

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Personal life
<mask> has a daughter, WNBA player Imani <mask> and a son, NBA player and NBA champion JaVale <mask>, currently with the Phoenix Suns.<mask> is the first WNBA player to have a child play in the NBA and WNBA. In 2012, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She lives in Annandale, Virginia. The consecutive NCAA championships followed two Michigan state championships at Flint Northern High School. Besides playing in France, Italy and Brazil, she was drafted #2 at 34 years old, into the WNBA. She starred for the Los Angeles Sparks and Sacramento Monarchs. JaVale <mask> is the first son of a WNBA player to ever play in the NBA.<mask>'s husband George Montgomery was drafted to the NBA with the 35th pick in the 1985 NBA draft although he never played there. <mask>, with a degree in economics, balanced her international

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 basketball career with raising both children, home schooling, coaching and teaching school in the off season, though the formidable tasks were not without controversy. In 2013, it was announced that <mask> and her son JaVale would be starring in their own reality television show, Mom's Got Game. In 2021, her son JaVale won an Olympic gold medal for USA Basketball, making them the first mother-and-son duo to win Olympic gold. References

External links

 https://web.archive.org/web/20110224011311/http://www.wnba.com/coachfile/pamela_mcgee/index.html?nav=page
 WNBA Statistics at basketball-reference.com

1962 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American women's basketball coaches
American women's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Michigan
Basketball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Basketball players from Flint, Michigan
Centers (basketball)
Identical twins
Los Angeles Sparks players
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in basketball
Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
People from Humboldt County, California
People from Annandale, Virginia
Power forwards (basketball)
Sacramento Monarchs players
Twin people from the United States
Twin sportspeople
USC Trojans women's basketball players
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
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<mask> (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of Tartan Noir" and as Scotland's Camus. Biography
<mask> was born in Kilmarnock on 25 November 1936, the youngest of four children of a former miner, and attended school at Kilmarnock Academy. He went on to study English at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an MA in 1960. McIlvanney then worked as an English teacher until 1975, when he left the position of assistant headmaster at Greenwood Academy to pursue his writing career.The writer's elder brother was the sports journalist <mask>. His son, Liam McIlvanney, is also a crime writer. In addition to his literary career, McIlvanney wrote regularly for newspapers, and was a writer and narrator of the BBC Scotland football documentary Only a Game? in 1986. McIlvanney held onto his strong socialist views throughout his life. In common with many from his background in Scotland, he was strongly opposed to Thatcherism. Later he became disappointed by the shift of Labour under Tony Blair and by 2014 he had come to feel, hesitantly, that Scottish independence might be the best political solution.<mask> died on 5 December 2015 at the age of 79, after a short illness. On hearing of his death, a number of public figures, including Nicola Sturgeon, Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh, paid

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 tribute noting both his inspirational writing and his likeable and gentlemanly personality. The Telegraph obituary noted: "Many authors are admired. Many are respected. Few are loved as he was, for what they are as well as for what they have written." Writing
His first book, Remedy is None, was published in 1966  and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. Docherty (1975), a portrait of a miner whose courage and endurance is tested during the depression, won the Whitbread Novel Award.The Big Man (1985) is the story of Dan Scoular, an unemployed man who turns to bare-knuckle fighting to make a living. Both novels feature typical McIlvanney characters – tough, often violent, men locked in a struggle with their own nature and background. The novel was adapted into a film in 1990 directed by David Leland, starring Liam Neeson, and featuring Billy Connolly. His novel, The Kiln (1996), is the story of Tam Docherty, the grandson of the hero of Docherty. It won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award. Laidlaw (1977), The Papers of Tony Veitch (1983) and Strange Loyalties (1991) are crime novels featuring Inspector Jack Laidlaw. Laidlaw is considered to be the first book of Tartan Noir, despite the author's calling the term Tartan Noire.<mask> was also a poet, and wrote The Longships in Harbour: Poems (1970) and Surviving the Shipwreck (1991), which also contains pieces of journalism, including an essay about T. S. Eliot. <mask> wrote a screenplay based on his short story "Dreaming" (published in Walking Wounded in 1989) which was filmed by BBC Scotland in 1990 and won a BAFTA.

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 From April 2013, <mask>'s writing was regularly published on his own website, which features personal, reflective and topical writing, as well as examples of his journalism. His final novel, The Dark Remains, was completed by Ian Rankin and released in September 2021. Reviews
 Gifford, Douglas (1976), review of Docherty, in Burnett, Ray (ed. ), Calgagus No. 3, pp.58 & 59,
 Aitchison, James (1983), review of The Papers of Tony Veitch, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed. ), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31, August 1983, pp. 60 - 62,

Prizes and awards
 1967 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Remedy is None
 1968 Scottish Arts Council Book Award for A Gift from Nessus
 1975 Scottish Arts Council Book Award for Docherty
 1975 Whitbread Award, for Best Novel for Docherty
 1977 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction for Laidlaw
 1983 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction for The Papers of Tony Veitch
 1990 Glasgow Herald People's Prize for Walking Wounded
 1990 BAFTA (screen adaptation): "Dreaming"
 1992 Glasgow Herald People's Prize for Strange Loyalties
 1992 Scottish Arts Council awards for Surviving the Shipwreck and Strange Loyalties
 1996 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award for The Kiln
 2013 Saltire Society Fletcher of Saltoun Award 2013 for "outstanding contribution to Scotland's life and culture"
 2013 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for writing
 2016 University of Glasgow posthumously awarded him with an honorary doctorate. References

External links
Writer's website at www.williammcilvanney.com
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Natural Loyalties: The Work of <mask>vanney: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
<mask>vanney’s Laidlaw Novels: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
<mask>vanney: The Write Stuff, National Library of Scotland

References to reviews of work
 McLuckie, Craig. "Researching McIlvanney. A Critical and Bibliographic Introduction", Scottish Studies International 28 (Scottish Studies Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germersheim), 1999. Newton, Ken."<mask>ney": Literary Encyclopedia

 McLuckie, Craig. "Postcolonial Resistance: Class, Gender and Race in McIlvanney's The Big Man," Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses (RCEI) 2002; 45: 151–67. McLuckie, Craig. "<mask> and the Provocative Witness: Resistance in the 'Laidlaw' Trilogy," Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses (RCEI) 2000 Nov; 41: 87-101. 1936 births
2015 deaths
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Costa Book Award winners
People educated at Kilmarnock Academy
People from Kilmarnock
Scottish mystery writers
Scottish crime fiction writers
Scottish novelists
Scottish socialists
21st-century Scottish writers
20th-century Scottish poets
Scottish male poets
20th-century British male writers
Tartan Noir

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title: John Kassir

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<mask> (born October 24, 1957) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. He is also known for his role as Ralph in the Off-Broadway show Reefer Madness and its 2005 film adaptation. Early life
<mask> was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 24, 1957. He is the son of an Iraqi father from Mosul and a Syrian mother. Career
Kassir first became known in 1985, when he defeated Sinbad for best stand-up comic on Star Search. As a stand-up comic, he has opened for the likes of Lou Rawls, Tom Jones, The Temptations and Four Tops on their TNT Tour, Bobby Vinton, Richard Belzer, U2, and Harry Blackstone, Jr. among others. <mask> has also appeared on stage performing improvisation with Robin Williams.In television, he played the Bulgarian kicker, Zagreb Shkenusky, for 7 years in the HBO comedy series 1st & Ten, about a fictional football team. His other live-action credits include sketch-acting on The Amanda Show and a portrayal of Shemp Howard in the 2000 TV biopic The Three Stooges, produced by Mel Gibson, and Ralph in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical. He was also able to get his own Pee-wee Herman style show in 1997 called Johnnytime, which aired for two seasons on the USA network. He also appeared as The Atom in the Justice League of America pilot episode, which, despite not being picked up, was released as a film in some markets. Kassir

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texts: has appeared in over a dozen feature films, starred in eight TV pilots (six of which went to series and two of which lasted on air for over six years each) and guest-starred in dozens of TV series in both comic and dramatic roles. Kassir has specialized in voice-over work for animation, video games, and other productions, most notably as the voice of Crypt Keeper in Tales from the Crypt. He would later voice Ray "Raymundo" Rocket in Rocket Power.He also provided the voice for the mercenary Deadpool in the video games X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, as well as for Sauron and Pyro, two other well-known characters. He was also featured in the very first commercial for the Nintendo cornerstone video game series The Legend of Zelda in the United States in 1987. A few of his many theater credits include: originating the role of Kenny in Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (also starring Scott Bakula), for which he was nominated for both a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle award. <mask> also originated the role of Ralph in the musical Reefer Madness, on stage and in the film version. Kassir provided the vocal effects of the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Disney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Also, he provided the voice of Buster Bunny in four Tiny Toon Adventures episodes (following Charlie Adler's departure from the


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texts: role). He played the villainous Scuttlebutt in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island.He also made one voice appearance in an episode of Ben 10, (Last Laugh) as Zombozo. He voiced the character Adam MacIntyre and provided Additional voice over work in the video game Dead Rising. His voice is featured in the games Shadows of the Damned and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as Hell demons and Desperado Enforcement captain Monsoon, respectively. In 2011, he voiced Crazy Smurf in the live-action/animated film The Smurfs, and in 2012, he voiced Jealousy as well as Gumball, Penny, Leslie, Carrie & Darwin when he possesses them in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Flower". Kassir appeared in Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), along with Bill Nighy, as Fallon, the two-headed leader of the giants; Nighy played the big head while Kassir played the small head. Additionally, he voiced Buster Bunny (taking over from Charlie Adler late in the final season of Tiny Toon Adventures), Ray "Raymundo" Rocket on Rocket Power, the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel, Jibolba in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series, Pete Puma in The Looney Tunes Show, and Deadpool in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series. Kassir even voiced Elliot the Dragon in Disney's 2016 live-action remake of the 1977 live-action/animated movie Pete's Dragon.<mask>


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<mask> (March 1, 1954 – July 3, 2006) was an American mezzo-soprano. She was noted for her performances of both Baroque era and contemporary works. Her career path to becoming a singer was unconventional – formerly a professional violist, Lieberson did not shift her full-time focus to singing until she was in her thirties. Life
One of four children,  <mask> was born to parents who were both involved with opera in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mother, Marcia, was a contralto and music teacher and her father, Randolph, taught music in high school and college. She performed as a child in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel & Gretel, as a gingerbread boy. She returned to opera after taking part in a charity performance of the same work at a prison, this time taking Hänsel's role.After this performance, she auditioned for the Met, at age 29. While rehearsing in his opera Ashoka's Dream at Santa Fe in 1997, she met composer <mask>. She married him two years later, changing her name to <mask> <mask>. <mask>'s song cycles Rilke Songs and Neruda Songs, both available on CD, were composed especially for his wife<mask> <mask> died from breast cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico on July 3, 2006, at the age of 52. Only a few years previously, she had nursed her sister through her final illness with the same disease. Her husband fell victim to cancer too, falling ill in 2007 and dying in April 2011.Career
<mask> began her musical career as a violist, and became principal viola with the San Jose Symphony. At age 26, she turned to studying voice seriously at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Her professional career as a singer began in 1984, and in 1985 she made her operatic debut after meeting Peter Sellars, appearing in his 1985

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 Charpentier's Médée, with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants), Phèdre (Jean-Philippe Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie), Theodora and Irene (Handel's Theodora; Theodora at Göttingen with Nicholas McGegan, Irene at Glyndebourne with Christie), Minerva (Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria with René Jacobs), Ottavia (Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea with Marc Minkowski) and the title roles of Handel's Ariodante and Serse. She made a number of recordings, including works of Bach and Handel, as well as modern works. Those who worked with <mask> Lieberson have spoken of her intense commitment to the detail of bringing a piece to life.Canadian vocal coach Denise Massé said in a New Yorker magazine interview,

<mask> is like Callas in her determination to dig as deeply as possible into the character — to find all the grain in the wood. In June 2005, <mask> made her last appearance in Amsterdam, performing the Sellars staging of Bach's Ich habe genug. Her final public performances were given on March 16, 17, and 18, 2006, at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and soprano Celena Shafer. In 2007, she posthumously received the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for her recording of her husband's Rilke Songs, and in 2008 won again posthumously for her performance of her husband's Neruda Songs. Recordings
Besides those mentioned above, her most recent recordings include two of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantatas, BWV 82 (Ich habe genug) and BWV 199 (Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut), which made the New York Times top 10 classical albums of the year and No. 3 on the Billboard classical

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 chart.Musical America recognized her as the 2001 Vocalist of the Year. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, before her marriage to <mask>, <mask> rose to prominence in the repertoire of George Frideric Handel. She performed and recorded opera and oratorios with the Göttingen International Handel Festival, under Nicholas McGegan's direction. Her recordings include Ariodante, Serse, "Messiah" (as a soprano), "Clori, Tirsi e Fileno", Theodora, Susanna, and two CDs of Handel arias. For the oratorio Theodora, she sang both the roles of Irene and the title character; and she has recorded Henry Purcell's incidental music for The Fairy-Queen and the title role of  Dido and Aeneas with McGegan. For her 1999 debut at the Wigmore Hall, <mask>on made a live recording of Lieder by Schumann (Frauen-Liebe und Leben, Op. 42) and Brahms (Op.57) with the pianist Julius Drake. References

External links
Neruda Songs, new album on Nonesuch

1996 Terry Gross, Fresh Air interview, 14 minutes
NPR story on <mask>on, 2002
The New Yorker Profile, "The Soul Singer: A mezzo with the most potent voice since Callas." January 5, 2004 issue
<mask> Lieberson sings Handel arias

Obituaries and appreciation
Lloyd Schwartz, Fresh Air appreciation, July 7, 2006
Radio Open Source tribute "<mask> Lieberson Remembered", July 13, 2006
Alex Ross, "Fervor: Remembering <mask> Lieberson. ", The New Yorker, September 25, 2006 issue
Frank Villella, "Remembering <mask> Lieberson", From the Archives blog, March 18, 2016

1954 births
2006 deaths
American operatic mezzo-sopranos
American classical violists
Women violists
Grammy Award winners
Deaths from breast cancer
Deaths from cancer in New Mexico
20th-century American women opera singers
21st-century

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title: Darren Elkins

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<mask> (born May 16, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights in the Featherweight division. <mask> is known for his toughness and comeback victories. <mask> was born in Hobart, Indiana and competed four years in wrestling for Portage High School. <mask> placed seventh in the state of Indiana as a freshman, qualified for the state competition as a sophomore, placed third as a junior, and was a State Champion as a high school senior. <mask> also won multiple freestyle state championships as a youth. <mask> then went to college for two years and wrestled at University of Wisconsin Parkside, but did not finish his education at the university nor earn a degree. Mixed martial arts career

Ultimate Fighting Championship
<mask> made his UFC debut on the preliminary card of UFC on Versus 1, where he defeated Duane Ludwig via TKO after Ludwig suffered a serious ankle injury after being taken down by <mask> in the first round.His next bout took place on the preliminary card of UFC on Versus 2 against Charles Oliveira. <mask> took Oliveira down early, but his opponent quickly attempted a triangle choke. Oliveira then transitioned to an armbar, which forced <mask> to submit. <mask> was expected to face touted prospect Edson Barboza on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123, but <mask> was forced from the card with an injury and replaced by Mike Lullo. <mask> made his Featherweight debut against world ranked Michihiro Omigawa on June 11, 2011, at UFC 131. He won the fight via unanimous

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texts: decision. <mask> won a unanimous decision over Zhang Tiequan on October 8, 2011, at UFC 136.After several failed guillotine attempts from Zhang, <mask> was able to dominate him from top position including at several points mounting him and pounding away with strikes. <mask> defeated TUF 14 winner Diego Brandão on May 26, 2012, at UFC 146. <mask> utilized his top game with ground and pound to win the second and third rounds, earning him the unanimous decision victory. <mask> fought fellow featherweight prospect Steven Siler on November 17, 2012, at UFC 154. After dominating the fight for three rounds, <mask> was awarded the unanimous decision victory, moving him to 4–0 at featherweight and 5-1 overall in the UFC. <mask> faced Antonio Carvalho on March 16, 2013, at UFC 158. <mask> won via first-round TKO stoppage after landing strikes that rocked Carvalho followed by a knockdown, prompting the referee to intervene.After taking virtually no damage in the fight against Carvalho, <mask> made a quick return and faced Chad Mendes on April 20, 2013, at UFC on Fox 7, replacing an injured Clay Guida. He lost the fight by 1st-round TKO. <mask> faced Hatsu Hioki on August 28, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 27. After getting hurt by a body kick late in the first round, <mask> rallied in the last two rounds and won the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Jeremy Stephens on January 25, 2014, at UFC on Fox 10. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> was briefly linked to a matchup with Tatsuya Kawajiri on September 20, 2014, at UFC

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texts: Fight Night 52, but the bout never materialized as Kawajiri was sidelined indefinitely with a detached retina.<mask> faced Lucas Martins on October 25, 2014, at UFC 179. <mask> won the fight via split decision. The scorecards were 30–27, 30–27, 27–30. <mask> faced Hacran Dias on December 20, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 58. Fighting in Brazil for his second straight fight, he lost the fight via unanimous decision, 29-28 across the scorecards. For a third consecutive fight, <mask> appeared on an international card where he faced Robert Whiteford on October 24, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 76. He won the fight via a  dominating 30-27 unanimous decision, almost finishing Whiteford on one occasion.<mask> next faced Chas Skelly on March 5, 2016, at UFC 196. He won the fight by a dominating unanimous decision, 30–26, 30–27, 29–27. <mask> faced Godofredo Pepey on July 23, 2016, at UFC on Fox 20. He won the fight via dominating unanimous decision, 30–26, 29–27, 29–27. <mask> faced Mirsad Bektić on March 4, 2017, at UFC 209. After being dominated the first two and a half rounds, <mask> rallied back in the third round and won by knockout due to punches and a head kick. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history.He was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Dennis Bermudez on July 22, 2017, at UFC on Fox 25. He won the back-and-forth fight via split decision, 29–28, 29–28, 28–29. <mask> faced Michael Johnson on January 14, 2018, at UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi. He won the fight via

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 rear-naked choke submission in round two. The trademark "Damage" weathered a first round storm to complete the comeback and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Alexander Volkanovski on July 14, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 133.He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Ricardo Lamas on November 17, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 140. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round. <mask> faced Ryan Hall on July 13, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 13. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Nate Landwehr on May 16, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.Return to winning
<mask> faced Luiz Eduardo Garagorri on November 7, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira. He won the fight via a submission in round three. <mask> faced Darrick Minner on July 24, 2021, at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw. He won the bout via TKO. This fight earned him the Performance of the Night award. <mask> faced Cub Swanson on December 18, 2021, at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus. He lost the bout via TKO in round one.<mask> is scheduled to face Tristan Connelly on April 30, 2022 at UFC Fight Night

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<mask> is an American record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. <mask> has worked with several popular recording and live acts in the music industry. Hits "Meet Me Halfway" and "Imma Be" by Black Eyed Peas, "It's My Birthday" by Will.i.am, "American Boy" by Estelle, "Feel Good" by Robin Thicke,  "Can't Stop Won't Stop" by Usher, and "Gang Bang" by Madonna, and "Be Okay" and "Let's Rock" by Chrisette Michele are among the songs <mask> has contributed to. Early life
<mask> was born and raised in Chicago's South Side. He began his music career playing with the city's New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church gospel choir. Recalling to Modern Drummer Magazine how he started: "<mask> survived being thrown to the lions thanks in part to how he got his start behind the kit – playing drums in his church’s band. “I come from a Gospel background,” he explains.“Having to learn songs fast is part of the everyday life of a church musician doing Gospel music. A lot of times we would do concerts where there was no sheet music and we had thirteen songs in different styles. So just being able to absorb music quickly and keep it locked in is how I’ve learned to approach music.”

"At Chicago’s Curie performing arts high school, <mask> picked up more important tools of the trade, building his sight-reading chops, honing the keyboard and bass skills he’d picked up in church, mastering concert percussion, and performing blazing drum solos with the advanced jazz band and stage bands. After high school, <mask> attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating with a degree in production and engineering. Armed with the skills and know-how to succeed on both sides of the

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 music-making process, he relocated to New York to work as an engineer for Bad Boy Records hit maker Richard Younglord Frierson." Career
"Producer, songwriter and musician <mask> is the driving force behind many top 10 singles and Grammy Award winning hits. "Meet Me Halfway" and "Imma Be" by The Black Eyed Peas and Grammy winners "American Boy" by Estelle and "Be Okay" by Chrisette Michele are just a few.A Chicago native, <mask> is best known for his drumming chops that round out the sounds of multi-platinum selling recording artists The Black Eyed Peas and Fergie. In addition, <mask>' album credits read like a who's who of the music industry including Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Pussycat Dolls, Earth Wind and Fire, John Legend and many more." DRUM! Magazine says of <mask>: "the hottest drummer in hip-hop.. pocket provider." "<mask> produced three tracks on the Peas' smash CD The E.N.D., including the Top Ten hit "Meet Me Halfway," which went Number One on the UK Singles Chart, and "Ring-A-Ling. ""Imma Be" is the third single from the Peas record-breaking The E.N.D. to hit Number One.He worked on Fergie's 2006 solo smash The Dutchess. In 2007 <mask> released the album entitled "The Band Behind The Front" with Bucky Jonson on the BBE label. Filmography

 Be Cool (2005)
Cast: Black Eyed Peas

 La La Land (2016)
Cast: Cole

Discography

Fergie – Double Dutchess
 "Life Goes On" (producer)

Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
 "Grand Piano" (writer & producer)

will.i.am – It's My Birthday
 "It's My Birthday" (writer)

 Goapele – Strong As Glass
 "Strong As Glass", "Hey Boy", "My Love", "Powerful", "Truth Is" (producer)

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 McFall – Name of the album TBA
 "Home" (producer)

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
 "Feel good" (co-writer)

Britney Spears – Britney Jean
 "Perfume" (producer)

will.i.am – #Willpower
 "Love Bullets" (writer)

Usher – Looking 4 Myself
 "Can't Stop Won't Stop" (producer)

Madonna – MDNA
 "Gang Bang" (writer)

 The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
2010 Grammy Winner for Best Pop Album
 "Imma Be" x2 Plat (producer)
 "Meet Me Halfway" x2 Plat (producer)
 "Meet Me Halfway" x2 Plat (producer)
 "Ring A Ling" (producer)
 "Outta My Head" (writer)
 "Where Ya Wanna Go" (writer)

 Chrisette Michele – I Am
2009 Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
 "Be Okay" (producer)
 "Let's Rock" (writer)

 Murs – Murs for President
 "Lookin Fly" (writer)

 Mariah Carey – E=MC2
 "Heat" (writer)

 Estelle – Shine
2009 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominee for Song of The Year
 "American Boy" (writer)

 Jully Black – Revival
2008 Juno Winner for Best R&B Album
 Executive producer/ producer

 Michael Jackson – Thriller 25
 "The Girl Is Mine" (producer)
 "P.Y.T." Magazine, "<mask> Harris, Soul in The Machine”
 Vibe Magazine article on the Bucky Jonson forthcoming CD
 September 2007, Drum! Magazine, <mask> Harris article in the "Trial By Fire"
 Modern Drummer Magazine, "Pocket Comes First”
 2005 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
 2005 Rolling Stone, "Up in It”
 2005 Apple Pro/Music "Turning Ideas into Songs”
 2005 M-‐Audio "On The Road with the Black Eyed Peas Band”

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Songwriters from Illinois
Record producers from Illinois
Musicians from Chicago
Black Eyed Peas
Fergie
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<mask> (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. <mask> won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He was nominated for a Critic's Choice Television Award for his role as Whiterose in Mr. Robot, for which he also earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He is known for such roles as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Father Ray Mukada on Oz, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the Jurassic Park franchise, Hugo Strange in Gotham, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film Seven Years in Tibet. <mask> is the host of the HLN medical documentary series Something's Killing Me with <mask>. <mask> has also done extensive voiceover work and stage acting.The best known of his voice acting roles is that of Captain Li Shang from the Disney animated film Mulan. He later reprised this role twice, for the 2004 direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II, and the 2005 video game Kingdom Hearts II. Early life and education
<mask> was born and raised in San Francisco, the son of Roberta Christine <mask> (née Leong), a telephone-company supervisor, and William D<mask>, a postal worker. He has one older brother and one younger brother. He is of Chinese descent, with family from Hong Kong. <mask> attended Lincoln High School, where he discovered his love of acting and starred as the lead in numerous school plays, before attending San Francisco State University. Career
<mask> gained wide attention as a result of his Broadway debut in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow.The play won multiple awards, including several for <mask>, who at that time ceased using his full name in favor of his initials. He has since ceased the use of punctuation in his

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 unexplainable, real medical ailments and attacks that may be gradual or descend rapidly. But in either case, if a cause and cure are not found immediately, these real-life patients will die.Charity work
<mask> donates his time and resources to a number of LGBT and arts-related charities, such as the Ali Forney Center, Materials for the Arts, and Rosie's Theater Kids, of which he is also a board member. Personal life
<mask> is openly gay. He began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988. In 2000, the couple had twin sons—Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo <mask>—through a surrogate mother using <mask>'s sperm and an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, <mask> wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. <mask> and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004. <mask> co-parents his son with his ex-partner Jackson and Jackson's husband, Jordan Roth.His son Jackson Foo is openly gay, having come out at age 15. On October 7, 2018, <mask> married Richert John Frederickson Schnorr, his partner of eight years, in Brooklyn, New York City. Filmography

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21st-century American memoirists
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Alan Melikdjanian (; Russian: Алан Меликджанян; born April 13, 1980), known by the alias <mask>sillusion, is a Latvian-American independent filmmaker and YouTuber. Melikdjanian has been active in the founding of video-sharing sites Openfilm and Filmnet.com, and is the creator of the webseries Captain Disillusion, which focuses on critical analysis of visual effects and video editing while promoting critical thinking and skepticism. Early life
Melikdjanian was born to Soviet-era circus performer parents, and is of Armenian and Russian descent. His father, Vilen, was a particularly well-known performer. He toured the Soviet Union with his parents until age 6, where he would live with his grandmother while attending school. During summer, he would resume touring with his parents. In his youth, Melikdjanian would spend most of his free time trying to copy the styles of Disney animators.His family defected to the United States in the late 1980s; he rejoined them two years later, attending the William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami, where he studied video production and 3D animation. He graduated from the Miami International University of Art & Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film production. Career

FilmNet.com and Openfilm
Melikdjanian was the co-founder and creative director of FilmNet.com, and was the co-founder and chief creative officer of Openfilm. Both were intended as alternatives to popular video-sharing site YouTube, but for serious amateur filmmakers who "don't want to place their work alongside YouTube's mediocrities." Openfilm closed in August 2015. "Captain Disillusion" YouTube Channel, 2007–present

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 Russian TV International, Phil Plait, the James Randi Educational Foundation, Fortean Times, Home Media Magazine, and Sun Sentinel, among others.He has also received thanks from people for debunking videos they had shared. Interviews

In 2008, during an interview for The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Melikdjanian describes Captain Disillusion as a YouTube web series that tackles paranormal and illusion videos uploaded by others on YouTube. He started this effort as a blog entry on Myspace but later saw these items as ready made scripts for short videos. He notes that Penn & Teller were instrumental to his current interest and eventually found the skeptical movement involved in similar work. He finds that his followers like to learn about the illusions. It is not his intent to spoil legitimate entertainment or a current performer's work. His intent in showing how video illusions are created is to clear up misconceptions.Melikdjanian describes the basis for Openfilm briefly, saying it "was formed for film makers. The goal is to provide higher quality product and a group of serious content creators." During an interview for The Skeptic Zone, in 2010, Melikdjanian describes <mask>sillusion as a superhero. And in a following 2011 interview, he describes that his work as <mask>sillusion is done "in the maximum fun way possible". He describes his work with James Randi, Randi calling him to participate in The Amaz!ng Meeting and his video work with Randi in a later project. During an interview by Susan Gerbic for Skeptical Inquirer, he states "I think it's best to focus on what you know—something you're already an expert on outside of skepticism—and explore the ways in which it's connected to skepticism. With <mask>sillusion, I connected a

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<mask> (; nicknamed Gorba, born May 9, 1945) is an expatriate Iranian Jewish arms dealer and former SAVAK agent. According to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Ghorbanifar was a double agent for Iran and Israel. The CIA director William Casey believed that Ghorbanifar was an Israeli agent. He is best known as a middleman in the Iran–Contra Affair during the Ronald Reagan presidency. He re-emerged in American politics during the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq during the first term of President George W. Bush as a back-channel intelligence source "in order to report on any interaction and attempts at negotiations between Iranian officials and US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad". Prior to the Iraq War, Ghorbanifar had passed allegations to the Bush administration that “enriched uranium was smuggled from Iraq into Iran and some may remain hidden in Iraq” which the CIA later discovered to be a fabrication created by Ghorbanifar. Ghorbanifar was linked to the Niger uranium forgeries which were forged documents initially released by SISMI that would later be used partly as justification for the Iraq War.Career
Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution Ghorbanifar was an agent of Iran's SAVAK intelligence service, and a partner in an Israeli-Iranian shipping company, Starline Iran, which shipped oil from Iran to Israel. <mask> knew Israel's military attache in Tehran, Yaakov Nimrodi, who helped build SAVAK. In 1980 Ghorbanifar was the liaison between the Shah's last Prime Minister, Shahpour Bakhtiar, in exile in Paris, and conspirators in the Iranian armed forces organising what is sometimes known as the Nojeh

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 Coup. The plot was exposed, and hundreds of officers were arrested at Nojeh Air Base on 9-10 July 1980. <mask> had owned a shipping company and headed the logistics branch of the Niqab network which organised the civilian part of the plot. He had been recommended for the role by Bakhtiar. Some Iranian sources later accused Ghorbanifar of leaking information to the Iranian government which helped thwart the coup plot.In December 1985 Adnan Khashoggi said in an interview that Ghorbanifar was head of European intelligence under Mir-Hossein Mousavi (Prime Minister from 1981). In 1981 Ghorbanifar was the source for the Washington Posts stories about Libyan hit squads targeting President Reagan and other senior US figures; in 1986 he said he had created the story "To hurt Libya, an enemy of Israel". Ghorbanifar's contribution to the Libyan story contributed to the CIA's 1984 decision to issue a "burn notice" against Ghorbanifar. In the early 1980s Ghorbanifar accompanied Cyrus Hashemi to Israel to arrange a $50m arms shipment, codenamed "Cosmos", to Iran. The deal was cancelled at the last minute with much of the equipment already loaded onto a ship in Eilat. During the 1980s, Ghorbanifar arranged the transaction of PROMIS software to Khalid bin Mahfouz, a prominent Saudi billionaire. Iran–Contra Affair
In the 1980s, Ghorbanifar's principal American contacts were National Security Council agents Oliver North and Michael Ledeen.Ledeen vouched for Ghorbanifar to National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane. Oliver North later claimed that Ghorbanifar had given him the idea for diverting profits from TOW and HAWK missile sales to


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 Iran to the Nicaraguan Contras. Ghorbanifar's suspected duplicity during the Iran–Contra deal led CIA Director William Casey to order three separate lie-detector tests, all of which he failed. Iranian officials also suspected Ghorbanifar of passing them forged American documents. The CIA issued a burn notice (or "Fabricator Notice") on Ghorbanifar in 1984, meaning he was regarded as an unreliable source of intelligence, and a 1987 congressional report on Iran–Contra by the Congressional Committees Investigating The Iran-Contra Affair cites the CIA warning that Ghorbanifar "should be regarded as an intelligence fabricator and a nuisance". His own cohorts in the arms trading affair were also incredulous. "I knew him to be a liar," North eventually acknowledged.Ronald Reagan had described Ghorbanifar as a “devious character.” Robert McFarlane, the national-security adviser who approved the Iran–Contra arms trades, once described Ghorbanifar as "one of the most despicable characters I have ever met." Former CIA official and Iran-Contra figure George Cave, who was involved in the 1984 decision to issue the burn notice, has described Ghorbanifar as "the most totally amoral person I have ever met". According to a report in Time, <mask>'s links with the CIA led to internal disputes, with the counter-terrorism division supporting him and Middle East officers attempting to discredit him. <mask>'s anger at being labelled a liar may have led him to urge Iranian contacts to leak the Iran-Contra story. The affair first became public in a Lebanese newspaper, apparently leaked by Mehdi Hashemi. French–Lebanese hostage crisis
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 has been suspected of being a former French DGSE informer, and allegedly accompanied Jean-Charles Marchiani, the right-hand man of former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua, during his meetings with the deputy Iranian foreign minister to negotiate the release of the French hostages in Lebanon in the mid-1980s. War on terrorism
In December 2001 Michael Ledeen organized a three-day meeting in Rome, Italy between <mask> <mask> and Defense Intelligence Agency officials Larry Franklin and Harold Rhode.Also present were two officials from Italy's SISMI. In addition to a position at the American Enterprise Institute, Ledeen was working as a consultant to then U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, who oversaw the Office of Special Plans. The 2001 meeting took place with the approval of then-Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. The meeting concerned a secret offer from reportedly dissident Iranian officials to provide information relevant to the War on Terrorism and Iran's relationship with terrorists in Afghanistan. Summer 2003 news reports of the meetings prompted an internal review, as well as an investigation by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld characterized the meetings as insignificant, saying, "There wasn't anything there that was of substance or of value that needed to be pursued further."News reports also indicated that Ghorbanifar sought to be paid for the middleman role. Subsequent contacts with Ghorbanifar were abandoned. <mask> <mask> has emerged as the probable origin of the information cited by Congressman Curt Weldon's book,

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<mask>, also known as <mask>, (ca.1945 – 18 October 2000), was an American citizen journalist, editor and publisher of Neighborhood News, a weekly e-mail newsletter, that reported on crime in Venice, California. <mask> was murdered at his Oakwood neighborhood home, one convicted assailant was sentenced to 16 years in prison, and the anniversary of his death is honored by locals. Personal
<mask> was 55 years old at the time of his murder. He had lived on the 700 block of Vernon Ave for 20 years and in Venice since 1969. <mask> was known in his community as a local anti-crime activist, block captain for the Model Neighborhood Program, and a member of the Community Police Advisory Board. His hometown was Dayton, Ohio. After attending Catholic schools in Dayton, he went on to earn his BA degree from Ohio State University.He then studied at UC Berkeley graduated with a master's degree in business. Before turning to citizen journalism, <mask> had established himself as a house painter, property manager, and real estate agent. His memorial service was held at Church of St. Mark, Oakwood. <mask> was survived by his older sister Rita, his companion Cynthia Jean Moore and her two children. Citizen journalism
<mask> reported on criminal activity in the Oakwood neighborhood for around three years and was known by residents to be a "controversial" figure. As part of his activism against crime, <mask> became a citizen journalist focusing on local crime, and he edited and published an Oakwood neighborhood e-mail newsletter, which he published from his home in Venice, California. <mask> was known for reporting what he had heard on crime scanners, visiting crime scenes—often arriving first—and investigating criminals and even photographing drug deals for Neighborhood News.The Neighborhood News published a listing of crimes, such as shootings, drug sales, thefts, and vandalism. Death
<mask> <mask> was known as a "controversial" figure in the community, according to Ruth Galanter, a Venice city councilwoman. She called <mask>' killing "a straightforward

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 assassination." Galanter said <mask>' stance and activism against crime had made him a highly visible obstacle to crime elements and attracted many enemies as a result. Police believed that two assailants murdered <mask>. Police said his murderers waited for him and shot him several times in his driveway after he returned home in his camper van from a workout at an all night gym around 4:15 a.m.

Legal investigation and prosecution
Police carried out an investigation into <mask>' premeditated murder. Initially, police said they did not have any leads and the Los Angeles City Council established a $25,000 reward.Police investigated a conspiracy to kill <mask>. A man was sentenced on 24 February 2003 to 25 years in prison for his role in a national cocaine ring, and it was also believed that he and others were linked to the slaying of <mask>. <mask> kept tabs on the crime activity in his neighborhood and police believed others had conspired to kill him. It was alleged that <mask> was killed because the people in the crime ring thought he was giving police information about their operations. The indictment indicated that <mask> murder and the attempted murder of an unidentified man were meant to further the individuals criminal enterprise. There was also a conviction in another case against a person believed to be the only surviving assailant. Byron Lopez, a.k.a."Crook", who was arrested 26 February 2002 and later pleaded guilty and did not contest the pre-meditated murder charges brought against him. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Context
Venice, California had experienced a wave of gang-related violence during the 1990s, especially from 1994 to 1997, and experienced a resurgence prior to <mask>' murder. In response, police, under the leadership of LAPD Chief of Police Bernard C. Parks, established a Model Neighborhood Program that placed more police in the neighborhoods who were regular patrolling within a zone while at the same time the city of Venice, according to advocate councilwoman Ruth Galanter, would use city resources to clean

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 up vandalism and involve citizens. <mask>' Oakwood neighborhood is located in Venice, California and is about 12 city square blocks in size. Impact
The city of Venice designated 18 October, the anniversary of <mask>' murder, as "Jim Richards Day", which has been observed since 2008. Reactions
As the investigation began, L.A. Police Lt. Horace Frank said, "people ought to be outraged by every murder.We're outraged by every murder and will pursue every murder aggressively." In reaction to <mask>' murder, Venice residents spoke of a climate of fear that was settling in as a result of the violence. Ruth Galanter, a Venice councilwoman representing Oakwood, said, "It is a heinous act meant to intimidate the community and threaten residents into staying quiet in the face of a criminal takeover of their community by gang members and drug dealers." Vanessa Celentano, <mask>' neighbor, said, "People are going to be more worried now than ever. The fact that the block captain got shot to death, I mean, where does that leave us? It's scary." Resident Patt Morrison wrote about the intimidation that neighbors in Oakwood felt about talking about <mask>' murder, the complacency of residents about the neighborhood's problems, and the admiration for <mask>' activism in an atmosphere of fear.In the 2008 proposal to create a day of commemoration, Galanter said, "Jim was a brave and dedicated man. The city and the community owe a debt of gratitude to him. Those who believe they can intimidate this community have sorely underestimated the good people of Oakwood." See also
 List of journalists killed in the United States
 Venice Shoreline Crips
 Venice 13
 Culver City Boys 13

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<mask> (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers. <mask> is recognized for his comic and acerbic adaptations and collaborative screenplays of the 1940s and early 1950s. His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power. His comedy writing was considered among the best of the period, and he, along with writer friends Ben Hecht and Herman Mankiewicz, became major contributors to the film genre known as "screwball comedy". Among his notable screenplays which he wrote or co-wrote, were The Front Page (1931), the critically acclaimed His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Ocean's 11 (1960), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).Early life
<mask> <mask> was born in New York City to two prominent figures in the American theater, Broadway producer <mask> and singer Reine Davies. After his parents were separated, <mask> and his older sister Pepi moved to California and were raised by his mother's sister, actress Marion Davies. He grew up in Hollywood, spending much time at San Simeon, the "enchanted castle on the hill", where his aunt reigned as publisher William Randolph Hearst's mistress. He was a child prodigy and was admitted to UC Berkeley at the age of 13, but dropped out a few years later to work as a journalist for Hearst's newspapers. According to biographer William MacAdams, "Hollywood was home to Lederer, where for most people it was a place they moved to in order to work

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 for the movies. Virtually none of the film community had grown up in Los Angeles, but Lederer had been brought there when he was 11 by Marion Davies, his mother's sister... Lederer thus knew the movie colony inside out as seen from the top and wasn’t impressed ..."

Screenwriting career
When he was 19, Lederer became friends with Ben Hecht, who introduced him to the New York literati. His friendship with Hecht led to his being hired to write additional dialogue for the film The Front Page.He later moved back to Hollywood to become a full-time screenwriter. <mask> is recognized for his acerbic wit, with adaptations and collaborative screenplays written mostly during the 1940s and early 1950s. His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power. His comedy writing was also among the best of the period, and he, along with Hecht and Herman Mankiewicz became major contributors to the film genre known as "screwball comedy". He was friends with screenwriters Joseph and Herman Mankiewicz. Herman would later become co-screenwriter of Citizen Kane. After becoming friends with <mask>, "Herman told Joe to come to the office of their mutual friend <mask> ... "  Herman, who met Hearst as a result of his friendship with <mask>, later "saw Hearst as ‘a finagling, calculating, Machiavellian figure.’ But also, with <mask>, ... wrote and had printed parodies of Hearst newspapers ..."

As explained by The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael, "Mankiewicz found himself on story-swapping terms with the power behind it all, Hearst himself.When he had been in Hollywood only a short time, he met Marion Davies and Hearst through his friendship with <mask>, a writer, then in his early twenties, whom Ben Hecht had met and greatly admired in New York when <mask> was still in his teens. <mask>, a child prodigy, who had entered college at thirteen,

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 got to know Mankiewicz ... <mask> was Marion Davies’s nephew – the son of her sister Reine ... Marion was childless, and <mask> was very close to her; he spent a great deal of his time at her various dwelling places, and took his friends to meet both her and Hearst.”

After finishing the script for Citizen Kane, Mankiewicz gave a copy to <mask>, which Kael explains was foolish:

<mask>, however, told director Peter Bogdanovich that Kael was totally incorrect in this matter, and "she never bothered to check with him." He did not, in fact, ever give the script to Davies. <mask> explains:

According to Hecht biographer, William MacAdams, "When Hecht began looking around for a new collaborator ... he thought of <mask>, whom he had met on one of his first trips to Los Angeles....In a letter to screenwriter Gene Fowler, Hecht called <mask> "a very tender soul....[who] captivated the New York literati just as the other Charlie (MacArthur) had a few years earlier." Leading screenplays

His friendship with Hecht led to his being hired in 1931, when he was 20, to write additional dialogue for the film version of the 1928 play The Front Page. The film would be nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In 1933, he made contributions to Hecht's screenplay for Topaze, along with many others, without being credited.From 1940 to 1943 <mask> worked at MGM where he wrote a series of light comedies, usually centering on mismatched couples. Comrade X (1940), written in collaboration with Ben Hecht and directed by King Vidor is the story an American in Russia (Clark Gable) who falls in love with a streetcar conductor (Hedy Lamarr). In 1942 he directed his first film, Fingers at the Window, although he did not write the screenplay. He penned the screenplay for the classic 1951 science-fiction/horror film The Thing from Another World, directed largely

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 by Howard Hawks but credited to Christian Nyby and co-wrote the original 1960's Ocean's 11. <mask> wrote or co-wrote screenplays (notably with Ben Hecht) for Howard Hawks's production of His Girl Friday (a remake of The Front Page), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and the Lewis Milestone remake of Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Marlon Brando. His Girl Friday has remained his most popular and critically acclaimed screenplay. At the suggestion of the film's director, Howard Hawks, <mask> changed the sex of the lead character in the play, Hildy Johnson, from male to female.With Ben Hecht, he co-wrote the original Kiss of Death which was to feature the actor Richard Widmark's chilling debut as the psychopathic killer with a giggle. In addition, he wrote and directed the 1959 film Never Steal Anything Small, an adaptation of a play by Maxwell Anderson and Rouben Mamoulian, starring James Cagney. The Spirit of St. Louis was <mask>'s last significant film work. The films that followed that were primarily vehicles for established stars. <mask> was valued as a Hollywood screenwriter who produced lively, acerbic adaptations and worked well in collaboration with others. He was also a member of another circle of writers on the East Coast which included Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman, Howard Dietz, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and editor Harold Ross. These writers were to become the nucleus of the Algonquin Round Table.Awards
In 1954, he won three Tony Awards for the Broadway Musical Kismet, as Best Producer (Musical), as Best Author (Musical) with Luther Davis, and as co-author of the book which, with several collaborators, contributed to the Best Musical win. Personal life

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texts: aunt's primary home with newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. According to Davies's biographer Fred Guiles, "Everyone close to Marion knew that Charlie was her favorite person after Hearst. . . . He was her knight-errant and no one, not even Hearst, ever reckoned with Marion alone from then on; they knew that they were dealing, too, with nephew Charlie." <mask>'s father, <mask>, produced her first film, Runaway Romany. Hearst, who at that time had not known Davies, saw the film and offered Davies a one-year acting contract, leading to their future relationship and further roles for Davies.In July 1928, Davies and Hearst left on a summer vacation to Europe. Among those invited who joined them, at Hearst's expense, were <mask> and his sister Pepi. During another summer trip to Europe in 1934, Hearst and Davies considered having <mask> write a scenario for a movie project called Movie Queen, a proposed film and vehicle for Davies that had been discussed in Hollywood. Hearst also asked <mask> to help rewrite the script for another Davies film, Hearts Divided (1936), which he did without credit. In 1950, Hearst personally asked <mask> to find him an attorney to draw up a trust agreement for his will in order to provide Davies with a lifetime income from the Hearst estate after his death. <mask> remained close to Davies after Hearst's death in 1951. When Davies died in 1961 at age 64, nearly recovering from cancer treatments and deterioring health from years of heavy drinking, <mask>, along with Davies' husband and her sister, were at her bedside.During his visits at Hearst's estate, <mask> befriended Charlie Chaplin, also a frequent visitor, and got a small role in his 1931 film, City Lights. The scene was cut from the final film, however, and the seven-minute clip was first publicly shown in the 1983 documentary Unknown Chaplin. Marriages

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