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Slim Pickens

(Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.)actor, cowboyBorn: 6/29/1919Birthplace: Kingsburg, California Pickens worked as a rodeo star before landing his first movie role in the western Rocky Mountain (1950). His…

MTV Music Video Awards

2007 MTV Music Video Awards The 2007 Video Music Awards were presented September 9, 2007. Video of the Year Rihanna f. Jay-Z, “Umbrella…

Slim Helú, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Slim Helú, CarlosSlim Helú, Carloscärˈlōs slēm hēl&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1940–, Mexican business executive. The son of a Lebanese Maronite immigrant who became a successful merchant and…

Slim, William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Slim, William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount, 1891–1970, British field marshal. He saw service in several campaigns, notably Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, in World War I. After the war he…

Selected Rap and Hip Hop Musicians

Mos Def See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American Visual and Performing Artists Asian American Artists and Musicians…

Eminem

(Detroit MC, Marshall Mathers)Birthplace: Kansas City Grammy Award-winning controversial hard-core rap artist who burst on the music scene with the release of 1999's The Slim Shady LP, a double…

Ronnie Lane

rock musicianBorn: 4/1/1946Birthplace: London, England Bass player for the groups Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (1969–73), Lane began a solo career in 1973. Capable as a bassist, guitarist,…

Castle, Vernon, and Irene Foote

(Encyclopedia) Castle, Vernon (Vernon Castle Blythe) 1887–1918, and Irene Foote, 1893–1969, husband-and-wife dance team. Vernon Castle was an English dancer, who studied civil engineering before…

Azawakh

(Encyclopedia) Azawakh, breed of long-legged, swift hound from the Sahel region of West Africa, particularly Burkino Faso, Mali, and Niger. Slim and elegant with a narrow, chiseled head, it stands…

Taiho

(Encyclopedia) Taiho, 1940–2013, Japanese sumo wrestler. The son of a Japanese mother and a Ukrainian father, he was born on Sakhalin Island as Ivan Boryshko; his Japanese name Koki Naya. At the end…