I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.
I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.
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Richard Bach, Novelist (1936) |
June Carter, Musician (1929) |
Donald J. Carty, Businessman (1946) |
June Carter Cash, Musician (1929) |
Vinton Cerf, Inventor (1943) |
Glenn Danzig, Musician (1955) |
Joel Edgerton, Actor (1974) |
Edward VIII, Royalty (1894) |
King Edward VIII, Royalty (1894) |
Mark Akenside, Poet (1770) |
Shana Alexander, Journalist (2005) |
William S. Hart, Actor (1946) |
Maynard Jackson, Politician (2003) |