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Leila Taha
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Leila Taha is a regular contributor for BIO Now. She would love for Michael Jackson's ghost to haunt her house.
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J-Lo Opens Up About Divorce
August 2, 2011 by Leila TahaPost a commentJennifer Lopez is breaking the silence about her breakup. After seven years of marriage, the 42-year-old songstress split from husband Marc Anthony last month. Lopez...
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- Hispanic Musicians and Singers
- Tax Truants
- Fashion Front Row
Marc Anthony
Singer / 1968 -
Marc Anthony is a singer, songwriter, and actor of Puerto Rican descent who has made his mark through his Latin and salsa-inspired music.
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Outlaws of the Wild West
May 21, 2012 by Leila TahaThe Wild West is a part of history that never stops fascinating us. A vast expanse of land free from the law and order of the rest of the country, the Old West was...
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- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Wild West
- Name Changers
Butch Cassidy
Thief / 1866 - 1909
Outlaw Butch Cassidy, also known as Robert Leroy Parker, partnered with the Sundance Kid to rob banks and trains in the early 1900s.
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- Wild West
- Famous Pisceans
- Famous People Born in Illinois
Wyatt Earp
Police Officer / 1848 - 1929
Wyatt Earp was a frontiersman, marshal and gambler. After moving to Tombstone, Arizona, he got into a feud, which ended in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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- Wild West
- Famous Irish-Americans
- Name Changers
Billy the Kid
Criminal / 1859 - 1881
Billy the Kid is best known for his time as a thief and gunfighter, constantly on the run from law enforcement.
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Matt Damon Defends Teachers
August 1, 2011 by Leila TahaActor Matt Damon took a break from his busy film schedule for a political cause this weekend. The Oscar winner hit the streets of Washington, D.C., for the Save...
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Kentucky Derby Celebrity Owners
May 4, 2012 by Leila TahaThis weekend signals the start of the Kentucky Derby. Though we usually think of baseball as "America's pastime," horse racing is a long-standing tradition in much...
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- Best Song Oscar Winners
- Best Original Score Oscar Winners
- Famous Taureans
Burt Bacharach
Songwriter, Pianist / 1928 -
Songwriter and pianist Burt Bacharach wrote the musical Promises, Promises and the film score for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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- Celebrities With Court-side Seats
- Eagle Scouts
- Best Director Oscar Winners
Steven Spielberg
Director, Producer / 1946 -
Academy Award-winning filmmaker, director and producer Steven Spielberg's films include Jaws, The Color Purple and Schindler's List.
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- Famous Cancerians
- Famous People Named George
- Famous People Born in 1930
George Steinbrenner
Business Leader / 1930 - 2010
Owner of the New York Yankees from 1972 until his death, George Steinbrenner was one of the most notorious team owners in baseball history.
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Jesse Owens Biography: Olympic Triumphs, Olympic-Sized Struggles
July 30, 2012 by Leila TahaJesse Owens, a record-breaking Olympic sprinter and the best athlete of his time, spent much of his life struggling with issues of race. Unlike other athletes of...
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- The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
- Famous Black Athletes
- Famous Virgoans
Jesse Owens
Track and Field Athlete / 1913 - 1980
American track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. His long jump world record stood for 25 years.
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Posthumous Props
April 26, 2012 by Leila TahaAmong the many, many artists who struggle to become famous, only a small handful succeed. And an even smaller group succeeds posthumously. Whether it's due to the...
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Mathematicians
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician, Astronomer / 1473 - 1543
Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus identified the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system.
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- Famous Recluses
- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous People Named Emily
Emily Dickinson
Poet / 1830 - 1886
While never popular in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson has become one of the most widely known, most revered poets in history.
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- Famous Lefties
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous Pianists
Wolfgang Mozart
Songwriter, Pianist / 1756 - 1791
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.
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- Imbibers
- Famous Arians
- Famous Painters
Vincent van Gogh
Painter / 1853 - 1890
Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, although he remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life.
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- Aviation Accident Victims
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
- Famous Virgoans
Otis Redding
Songwriter, Singer / 1941 - 1967
Otis Redding’s career was cut short when he died in a plane crash in 1967. His song “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay” became his first and only No. 1 hit in 1968.

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