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Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written Seii (清井) in Japanese) [1] is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. He is best known for Grandfather's Journey , a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for ...
Allen was born on January 21, 1953, in Seattle, Washington, to Kenneth Sam Allen (a librarian) [19] and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen [20] (a fourth-grade teacher). [21] From 1965 to 1971 he attended Lakeside School , [ 22 ] a private school in Seattle where he befriended Bill Gates , with whom he shared an enthusiasm for computers. [ 22 ]
Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950) is a convicted financial fraudster, former financier, and sponsor of professional sports. He was convicted of fraud in 2012, having operated an eight billion dollar Ponzi scheme , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is now serving a 110-year federal prison sentence.
Roy Marcus Cohn (/ k oʊ n / KOHN; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954, when he assisted McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists.
David Parker Ray (November 6, 1939 – May 28, 2002), also known as the Toy-Box Killer, [2] was an American kidnapper, torturer, serial rapist and suspected serial killer.Ray kidnapped, raped and tortured an unknown number of women over many decades at his home in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, occasionally assisted by accomplices including his daughter Glenda Jean "Jesse" Ray and partner Cindy ...
Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English stage, television, and film actor. He came to national recognition in the role of Ray Doyle in ITV crime-action television drama series The Professionals (1977–1983).
While still a teenager, Al was kicked out of the family home after his devoutly religious father caught him listening to Jackie Wilson. [11] He then lived with a prostitute, began hustling, [clarification needed] and indulged in recreational drugs. [12] "[I listened to] Mahalia Jackson, all the great gospel singers.
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II (where he worked under Walter Schumann), he joined the Artie Shaw big band and wrote many arrangements for him. [1] After his stint with Shaw, he was hired in 1954 by Mitch Miller, head of A&R at Columbia Records, as the label's home arranger, working with several artists including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy ...