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My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
John Barrymore, Actor (1882) |
Chris Farley, Comedian (1964) |
Galileo Galilei, Scientist (1564) |
Jaromir Jagr, Athlete (1972) |
Herman Kahn, Scientist (1922) |
Graham Kennedy, Entertainer (1934) |
Henry Addington, Statesman (1844) |
Ray Evans, Musician (2007) |
Richard P. Feynman, Physicist (1988) |
Minnie Maddern Fiske, Actress (1932) |
Stephen Gardiner, Architect (2007) |
Martha Gellhorn, Journalist (1998) |
Mikhail Glinka, Composer (1857) |
Marcus A. Hanna, Politician (1904) |
Mark Hanna, Businessman (1904) |
Henry W. Kendall, Scientist (1999) |