Courtney Love - Early life. The daughter of Grateful Dead manager and publisher Hank Harrison and therapist Linda Carroll (nee Risi), Love spent her childhood with her mother as she wandered through five husbands and as many hippie communes in Oregon and at boarding school in Nelson New Zealand. Love later claimed to have been given LSD as a toddler. Her father denies this and has passed polygraph tests. A troubled, angry child, Love was a veteran of reform schools and juvenile halls by the time she was a ...

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Courtney Love, Courtney Love - Biography, Courtney Love - Early life, Courtney Love - Musical career and marriage, Courtney Love - Life after Cobain, Courtney Love - Controversy, Courtney Love - Manga, Courtney Love - Discography, Courtney Love - Filmography

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Cradle of Filth, Cradle of Filth - Biography, Cradle of Filth - Trivia, Cradle of Filth - Line-up, Cradle of Filth - Current band members, Cradle of Filth - Former band members, Cradle of Filth - Discography, Cradle of Filth - Studio releases, Cradle of Filth - Live and other releases

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In 1892 her family moved to Beje house in Haarlem, and in 1918 the family took in the first of many children. Corrie began training as a watchmaker in 1920 and in 1922 became the first female watchmaker licensed in the Netherlands. In 1923 she helped organize the first girls' club, and in the 1930s these clubs grew to become the very large Triangle Club. Corrie was able to rescue many Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazi SS during the Holocaust. In 1940 the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and banned her club organization. By 1942 her family had become very acti ...

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Corrie ten Boom, Corrie ten Boom - Biography, Corrie ten Boom - Foonotes

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The grandson of a preacher, West was shaped from a young age by religious tradition and political struggle. As a young man, he marched in civil rights demonstrations and organized to demand black studies courses at his high school. West later wrote that in his youth he admired "the sincere black militancy of Malcolm X, the defiant rage of the Black Panther Party, and the livid black theology of James Cone." After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, he enrolled at Harvard University at age 17, and gra ...

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Cornel West, Cornel West - Biography, Cornel West - Politics, Cornel West - Published works, Cornel West - Reference

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Hannibal Lecter - Early life and murder spree. Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania in 1938 to wealthy parents. His father was a count, his mother a descendent of the famous Visconti family of Milan. In Hannibal he is said to be a cousin of the artist Balthus. He had a younger sister named Mischa. When Lecter was six, a group of German deserters retreating from Russia shelled his family's estate, killing his parents and most of the servants. Lecter, his sister, and other local children were rounded ...

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Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal Lecter - Biography, Hannibal Lecter - Early life and murder spree, Hannibal Lecter - Helping the FBI, Hannibal Lecter - Winning Clarice, Hannibal Lecter - Appearance, Hannibal Lecter - Lecter as Cultural Figure, Hannibal Lecter - Related References

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Michael Morpurgo - Early Life. Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire in 1943. During the last years of World War Two he was evacuated to Cumberland, and later moved back to London, and then on to Essex. He attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury (his unhappy experiences at boarding school would later be drawn upon for his novel The Butterfly Lion - possibly his most famous work to date.) He later spent a brief spell in the army. ...

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Michael Morpurgo, Michael Morpurgo - Biography, Michael Morpurgo - Early Life, Michael Morpurgo - Teaching, Michael Morpurgo - Farms for City Children, Michael Morpurgo - Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo - Illustrators, Michael Morpurgo - Literary Awards and Prizes, Michael Morpurgo - Shortlisted, Michael Morpurgo - Awarded, Michael Morpurgo - Bibliography, Michael Morpurgo - Trivia

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Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Rolly and Betty Fox. He was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. His goal in life was to become a physical education teacher. After graduating with honours in high school, he applied to Vancouver's Simon Fraser University. In 1977 after feeling pain in his right knee, he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma cancer. At the time the only way to treat his condition was to amputate the leg. Three years after losing his right leg at age 20, the young athlete decided ...

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Terry Fox, Terry Fox - Biography, Terry Fox - Marathon of Hope, Terry Fox - Legacy, Terry Fox - Portrayals, Terry Fox - Honours

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Lil' Wayne began rapping at a young age, with his gangbanging friends Eirc Tittloson and Ricky Wlliams at parties in his hometown of New Orleans. Later that year Tittloson was shot in a car while driving to one of his arrangements with Wayne. During one of these parties, members of a group called U.N.L.V., signed by the label Cash Money Records, overheard Lil' Wayne and later, during an autograph signing session, they introduced him to the CEOs of the label, Brian "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Wayne made a good first impression ...

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Lil Wayne, Lil Wayne - Biography, Lil Wayne - Discography, Lil Wayne - Albums, Lil Wayne - Mixtapes

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Michael Trent Reznor was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania to Michael Reznor and Nancy Clark. Reznor was called by his middle name to avoid confusion with his father. When Trent was five, his parents divorced, and he was sent to live with his maternal grandparents in Mercer. His sister Tera, born in 1971, remained with his mother. Trent began playing the piano at the age of five and showed an early aptitude for music. In a 1995 interview, his grandfather Bill Clark remarked, "Music was his life, from the time he was a wee boy. He was so gifted." [1] His former piano teacher Rita Beglin said Reznor "always reminded me ...

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Trent Reznor, Trent Reznor - Biography, Trent Reznor - Discography, Trent Reznor - Writing and performance, Trent Reznor - Featuring, Trent Reznor - Guitar, Trent Reznor - Mellotron, Trent Reznor - Mix, Trent Reznor - Piano, Trent Reznor - Producer, Trent Reznor - Programming, Trent Reznor - Remixes, Trent Reznor - Saxophone, Trent Reznor - Vocals, Trent Reznor - Trivia

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La Toya Jackson was the first female sibling of the Jackson family to pursue a solo musical career. Her debut album "La Toya Jackson" was released in 1980 on Polydor Records. The first single off the album "If You Feel The Funk" was critically acclaimed and was a chart single in most European countries (#40 on the Billboard R&B Charts, #17 Billboard Dance/Club Play), #42 in Germany, and #18 in Holland). The second single, "Night Time Lover" didn't do as well as the first single release, although it was co-written and co-produced by her brother Michael Jackson. The album also included a cover vers ...

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LaToya Jackson, LaToya Jackson - Biography, LaToya Jackson - Public perception/scandals, LaToya Jackson - 2001 and after, LaToya Jackson - Discography, LaToya Jackson - Albums, LaToya Jackson - Singles

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Jindal, born in Baton Rouge to Indian immigrants, was a Hindu but converted to Catholicism while in high school. He graduated from Brown University with honors in biology and public policy. Afterwards, he received a master's degree in politics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the only Indian-American currently serving in Congress, and is only the second in Congressional history after Dalip Singh Saund, who served California's 29th Dis ...

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Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal - Biography, Bobby Jindal - 2003 race for Governor, Bobby Jindal - House victory, Bobby Jindal - Position on Controversial Issues

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In 1964, at the age of 16, after his parents divorced, Abagnale ran away to New York City. He decided to exploit his mature appearance and alter his driver's license to make it appear that he was ten years older to get a job. Frank Abagnale - Bank fraud. His first con was to print his account number on blank deposit slips and add them to the real blank ones. This meant that the deposits written on those slips ended up into his account. He collected over US$40,000 before the bank discovered the trick and he ...

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Frank Abagnale, Frank Abagnale - Biography, Frank Abagnale - Bank fraud, Frank Abagnale - Free rides, Frank Abagnale - Abagnale M.D., Frank Abagnale - Legal jobs, Frank Abagnale - Becoming a teacher, Frank Abagnale - Scorecard, Frank Abagnale - Arrest and imprisonment, Frank Abagnale - Legitimate jobs, Frank Abagnale - Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale - Books, Frank Abagnale - Abagnale's books

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Will Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960, where he lived until the age of nine, when his father died. His mother moved the family to her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After graduating from high school at 16, he enrolled in Louisiana State University, later transferring to Louisiana Tech and then the New School University. Beginning with a start at an architecture degree, followed by mechanical engineering, he fell into computers and robotics. After five years of ...

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Will Wright, Will Wright - Biography, Will Wright - Games designed by Wright, Will Wright - Games credited

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Masaccio was born by Giovanni di Mone Cassai and Jacopa di Martinozzo in Castel San Giovanni di Altura, now San Giovanni Valdarno in the Tuscan province of Arezzo. His father was a notary and his mother the daughter of an innkeeper of Barberino di Mugello, a town a few miles south of Florence. His family name, Cassai, comes from the trade of his grandfather Simone and granduncle Lorenzo, who were carpenters - cabinet makers ("casse", hence "cassai"). His father died in 1406, when Tommaso was only five; in that year another brother was born, ...

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Tommaso Masaccio, Tommaso Masaccio - Biography, Tommaso Masaccio - Legacy, Tommaso Masaccio - Main works

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Important note: This account of Grigor's life is based on if one plays using the reccomendations of the Empire Earth official strategy guide and does not conform to all possible outcomes. According to the history in Empire Earth and calculations, Grigor was born in 1988. When he was young, he abandoned his parents to their own property and he joined the Russian Mafia, quickly rising through the ranks. During this time, he earned the nickname "The Crocodile", for his treatment of his enemies. He is also known as "Illy" to his fr ...

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Grigor Stoyanovich, Grigor Stoyanovich - Biography, Grigor Stoyanovich - A New Future

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Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Character History. William Pratt was born in 1860 in London, England to Anne Pratt and an unknown father. William's surname was not revealed in the series and for years was widely accepted to be "Walthrop" in the fandom. However, creator Joss Whedon recently revealed it to be "Pratt". In 1880, at approximately 25 to 30 years of age, William was a brown-haired, ineffectual gentleman who lived with his mother and wrote poetry. He was called "William the Bloody" behind his bac ...

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Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Biography, Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Character History, Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Powers & Abilities, Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Romantic Relationships, Spike Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Appearances

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Born in 1900, Zelda was known as a fearless child. Her school career was notable only for her failing grades and apathetic attitude regarding consequences of her actions. She had few friends among girls, but enjoyed an active social life with many admirers. That was when Frances Scott Fitzgerald came in. Her courtship with Scott was one riddled with obstacles. He resented that she dated other men while pledging her love to him; she was jealous of his writing ability. These rivalries festered throughout their subsequent marriage in 192 ...

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Zelda Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald - Biography, Zelda Fitzgerald - Trivia

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While the mid-1980s spinoff series The Flintstone Kids depicts Barney as a child, the series seems to be mostly apocryphal due to its presenting Barney as a childhood friend of Wilma and Betty (vs. the original series' assertion that they first met as young adults). Still, the series' assertions that Barney had at least one younger brother, Dusty, was a childhood friend of Fred, and was the son of artist Flo Rubble and car dealer Robert "Honest Bob" Rubble might be taken as valid. The original series also suggested in one episode that Barney was the nephew of Fred's boss, Mr. Slate, though subsequent episodes and ...

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Barney Rubble, Barney Rubble - Biography, Barney Rubble - Trivia

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Hwang Seong-gyeong had been born to parents who, while poor, still had a strong sense of justice, but this resolve was what led to their downfall. He grew up hardened and eventually enrolled himself in the Seong Dojo to learn to use the long blade. It didn't take him long to become the best student in the dojo and was eventually deemed good enough to be taught a private lesson by the master himself, Seong Han-myeong. The master was happy to have such a gifted student and was even considering adopting him as his son. However, he never had a c ...

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Hwang Seong-gyeong, Hwang Seong-gyeong - Biography, Hwang Seong-gyeong - Series' Appearances, Hwang Seong-gyeong - Tournament Match Videos

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Angel vampire - Character History. Angel was born as Liam, to an Irish merchant, in 1727. By 1753, at the age of 26, he had developed a taste for alcohol, women and sloth. Though not an evil man, Liam was a hedonist whose only real ambition lay in seeing the world. For the lazy Irishman that seemed a laughable dream, especially after he was expelled from his father's household, but he had caught the eye of an affluent "woman"--actually a vampire--named Darla. She lured him into an alley and, promising him a world full of excitement ...

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Angel vampire, Angel vampire - Biography, Angel vampire - Character History, Angel vampire - Powers & Abilities, Angel vampire - Angel vs. Angelus, Angel vampire - Romantic Interests, Angel vampire - Appearances, Angel vampire - Trivia

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