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.
Byrdstown was established in 1879 as a county seat for the recently-formed Pickett County. The town, where several families already lived, was named for Colonel Richard Byrd, a Civil War veteran from Kingston. Byrdstown was officially incorporated in 1917.