Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.
John Agar, Actor (1921) |
Tallulah Bankhead, Actress (1903) |
Ernie Banks, Athlete (1931) |
Bernard Barton, Poet (1784) |
Eddie Cantor, Comedian (1892) |
Peter Dawson, Musician (1882) |
Dick Gephardt, Politician (1941) |
Philip Glass, Composer (1937) |
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Leader (1543) |
Derek Jarman, Director (1942) |
George Washington Cable, Novelist (1925) |
John Galsworthy, Author (1933) |
Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist (1944) |
Molly Ivins, Journalist (2007) |
Gil Kane, Artist (2000) |
Coretta Scott King, Activist (2006) |