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E. B. White Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide "The Elements of Style", which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including "Stuart Little" in 1945, "Charlotte's Web" in 1952, and "The Trumpet of the Swan" in 1970. "Charlotte's Web" was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of "School Library Journal" readers, an accomplishment repeated from earlier surveys.
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Dan Masterson Dan Masterson (born February 22, 1934) is an American poet born in Buffalo, New York, United States (US). He became a poet after several jobs as an actor, narrator, disc jockey (DJ), lay missionary worker, advertising copywriter, and theatrical public relations director.
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Ted Poston Ted Poston (July 4, 1906 – January 11, 1974) was an American journalist and author. He was one of the first African-American journalists to work on a mainstream white-owned newspaper, the "New York Post". In 1949, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his stories on the Groveland Four. Poston is often referred to as the "Dean of Black Journalists".
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Elon James White Elon James White (Born October 16, 1978 in Brooklyn, New York) is an award-winning media creator, journalist, and CEO of This Week in Blackness.
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Mary Stuart Masterson Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress and director. She has starred in the films "At Close Range" (1986), "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), "Chances Are" (1989), "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991) and "Benny & Joon" (1993). She won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1989 film "Immediate Family", and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2003 Broadway revival of "Nine".
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Jason White (singer-songwriter) Jason Sandbrink White (born May 9, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
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Dan Guenther Dan Guenther, born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1944, is an American writer. A graduate of Coe College, he has a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. His poems and letters from Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, were included in the acclaimed novel, The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman, published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1972 and republished by Barnes & Noble in 2003. In 2002, Guenther appeared in the documentary film Stone Reader by Mark Moskowitz. The film chronicled the director's attempt to revive and have republished the acclaimed book of seemingly vanished author Dow Mossman, a lifelong friend of Dan Guenther. The revival was successful.
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D. B. Cooper in popular culture D. B. Cooper is a media epithet (actual pseudonym: Dan Cooper) used to describe an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 on November 24, 1971, extorted a US$200,000 ransom (equivalent to $ today. ), and parachuted to an unknown fate. He was never seen again, and only $5,880 of the ransom money has been found. The skyjacking continues to influence popular culture, including references in books, film, and music.
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ED Denson Eugene "ED" Denson (the capitalization of both letters in his "first name" is his own spelling that evolved from constantly using his initials) is an American music group manager, producer, record label owner, and, later, lawyer, who has made notable contributions to folk, blues, and early San Francisco rock.
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George E. White George Elon White (March 7, 1848 – May 17, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Once More to the Lake "Once More to the Lake" is an essay first published in Harper's magazine in 1941 by author E. B. White. It chronicles his pilgrimage back to a lakefront resort, Belgrade Lakes, Maine, he visited as a child.
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Dan Bankhead Daniel Robert Bankhead (May 3, 1920 – May 2, 1976) was the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in Negro league baseball for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox from 1940 to 1947, then played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1951. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945.
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Chip White Chip White is an American jazz drummer. Mr. White has performed and/or recorded with a variety of artists, including Carman McCrae, Jaki Byard, the Jazzmobile CETA Big Band, Candido, John Abercrombie, Frank Wess, and many others.
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Brian White (cricketer) Brian Humphrey White (born 3 October 1944) is a former English cricketer. White was a left-handed batsman. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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Robb White Robb White III (June 20, 1909 – November 24, 1990) was a writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels. Most of the latter had a maritime setting, often the Pacific Navy during World War II. White was best known for juvenile fiction, though he has proven popular with adults as well. Nearly all his books are out of print; nevertheless, White has a devoted following among baby boomers, many of whom were introduced to him through inexpensive paperbacks available in American schools in the mid-20th century.
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Edna White Flora Edna White (October 23, 1892 – June 25, 1992), known professionally as Edna White and privately for much of her life as Edna White Chandler, was an American classical and vaudeville trumpet player, bandleader, and composer. A child prodigy, she led one of the first successful all-female bands, and was the first trumpet player to give a recital at Carnegie Hall.
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Eon (album) Eon is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Richard Beirach recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.
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Dan White (rugby union) Dan White (born 1 May 1989) is a professional rugby union player for Leeds Carnegie. White joined Leeds Carnegie in 2006 and is a graduate of Hymers College in Hull.
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Albert White (musician) Albert White (born December 1, 1942) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released two albums in his own name, although his musical career started in the late 1950s, when he played in Piano Red's then ensemble, later known as Dr. Feelgood & the Interns.
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Pae White Pae White (b. 1963) is an American visual artist. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Clyde Manion Clyde Jennings Manion (October 30, 1896 – September 4, 1967), nicknamed "Pete", was an American baseball catcher. He played professional baseball for 17 years from 1918 to 1934, including 13 years in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1920–1927), St. Louis Browns (1928–1930), and Cincinnati Reds (1932–1934). He appeared in a total of 477 major league games (401 as a catcher) with a career batting average of .218 and a .293 on-base percentage. He had 250 hits, 112 RBIs, 96 runs scored, and 118 bases on balls.
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Dan White (magician) Daniel White is an American magician, producer, and creative consultant. In March 2015, White began performing a headline show produced by theory11 at The NoMad Hotel in New York City, titled "The Magician at The NoMad." The critically acclaimed show has been featured in Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, and three times on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon".