â¤0.2 mg/dL. Measurement of the levels of bilirubin is used in the diagnosis and treatment of liver, hemolytic, hematologic, and metabolic disorders, including hepatitis and gall bladder obstruction. The assessment of direct bilirubin is helpful in the differentiation of hepatic disorders.
Ritchie Valens. In an all too brief career, Ritchie Valens was the first Chicano rock and roll star, having his best remembered hit, La Bamba, just one month before his untimely death with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper on February 3, 1959.
Getty Images. Slash was born Saul Hudson in Stoke-on-Trent, England, in 1965. The Hudson family lived there until Saul was 11, when they moved to Los Angeles. Slash had a pretty good foot in the door of the rock world from the time he was born. His mother, Ola Hudson, designed costumes for John Lennon, the Pointer Sisters, and Diana Ross, and his father, Anthony Hudson, designed album covers for Neil Young and David Bowie, among others.