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Famous People Who Died on January 1
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Hank Williams
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- Country Legends
- Country Music Pioneers
- Musical Monikers
Hank Williams
Songwriter, Singer / 1923 - 1953
Hank Williams became one of America's first country music superstars, with hits like "Your Cheatin' Heart," before his early death at 29.
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Cesar Romero
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- Hispanic Actors
- Celebrity Enlistees
- Famous Military Veterans
Cesar Romero
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Dancer / 1907 - 1994
Actor and dancer Cesar Romero performed in movies from the '30s through the '60s. He became a pop culture icon in the 1966 Batman television series.
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Shirley Chisholm
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- Notable Female Leaders
- Groundbreaking Women
- Influential Women of Washington
Shirley Chisholm
U.S. Representative / 1924 - 2005
Shirley Chisholm was the first black congresswoman, and the first African-American woman to make a bid for the U.S. Presidency.
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Fred West
- In these groups:
- Infamous Serial Killers
- Famous Libras
- Famous People Named Fred
Fred West
Murderer / 1941 - 1995
Fred West is best known for the gruesome murders and brutal sexual assaults in 1960's and 1970's England.
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Helen Wills Moody
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Tennis Players
- Famous Coaches
Helen Wills Moody
Coach, Tennis Player / 1905 - 1998
Tennis player Helen Wills Moody was the first female athlete to become an international star, winning 31 Grand Slam titles during her career.
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Edward Weston
- In these groups:
- Famous Arians
- Famous Photographers
- Famous Artists
Edward Weston
Photographer / 1886 - 1958
Edward Weston's photography captured organic forms and texture. Portraits of his family taken in the 1940s are some of his best work.
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profile name: Fred West profile occupation: Murderer
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profile name: Cesar Romero profile occupation: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Dancer
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profile name: Helen Wills Moody profile occupation: Coach, Tennis Player
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono
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View groupYoko Ono met John Lennon in 1966 during a preview of Ono's art exhibition at a London gallery. The began an affair a year later and, after Cynthia Lennon filed for divorce, married in 1969. In addition to collaborating on numerous recordings, including Two Virgins and "Give Peace a Chance," the couple held "Bed-ins for Peace" to protest the Vietnam War. After the Beatles's breakup, they moved to New York, where their son, Sean Ono Lennon, was born in 1975. Lennon was shot and killed outside their apartment building on December 8, 1980. In his memory, Ono founded the Strawberry fields Memorial in Central Park, the John Lennon Museum in her hometown of Saitama, Japan, and the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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The Wright Brothers
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- Wilbur Wright
- Orville Wright
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