The dread and fear that can come with a cancer diagnosis have their roots in its killer nature: It's the No. 2 cause of death in Americans, second only to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Robert Byrd (artist) Robert John Byrd (born January 11, 1942) is an American author and illustrator from Haddonfield, New Jersey. Byrd was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Following high school, Byrd joined the U.S. Navy in 1961, leaving in 1962 to attend Trenton Junior College.
Carol Ryrie Brink. Born December 28, 1895 in Moscow, Idaho. Died August 15, 1981 in La Jolla, California. Carol Ryrie Brink wrote nearly forty plays, children's books, books for adults and collections of poetry but is principally remembered for three tales, all for children. She was born in 1895 in the small town of Moscow in the remote and only recently admitted state of Idaho.