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A 1978 documentary Dionne Quintuplets, narrated by Pierre Berton, included news footage and interviews. [47] The 1994 TV miniseries Million Dollar Babies [48] was based on the novel Time of Their Lives—The Dionne Tragedy. The publicity around the birth and display of the quintuplets inspired the 1999 episode of The Simpsons, "Eight Misbehavin ...
Marie Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born on December 12, 1940, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Lee Drinkard and Mancel Warrick. Her mother was manager of the Drinkard Singers, and her father was a Pullman porter, chef, record promoter, and CPA. Dionne was named after her aunt on her mother's side. [4] She had a sister, Delia ("Dee Dee ...
Dinah Washington ( / ˈdaɪnə /; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. [1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, [1] and gave ...
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady. The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley ...
MrBeast, YouTube's biggest star and a philanthropic force with nearly unrivaled influence among young audiences, acknowledged Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early ...
Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr. (/ d i ˈ ɒ n /) is an American journalist, political commentator, and long-time op-ed columnist for The Washington Post.He is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at the McCourt School of Public Policy of Georgetown University, and an NPR, MSNBC, and PBS commentator.
"The world's biggest aircraft could begin transporting passengers in 4 years — see what it might be like aboard 'The Flying Bum' ". Business Insider; Plaugic, Lizzie (17 August 2016). "The giant 'flying bum' aircraft flew for the first time today". The Verge; Palma, Bethania (20 January 2023).
Kim Yi Dionne (born 1977) is an American political scientist specializing in politics and public opinion in African countries. She is an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside. Her book Doomed Interventions examines why HIV/AIDS interventions on the African continent have failed to lower transmission rates despite being ...