The death of musician Marc Bolan was a great shock to the music world. Bolan was only 27 years old when he died in a car accident on September 16, 1977. Marc Bolan’s Musical Journey Bolan was a major force in the glam rock movement...
American painter Paul Jackson Pollock was a key player in the abstract expressionist movement. He gained notoriety for his “drip technique,” which he employed to paint his canvases from all sides by sprinkling or pouring liquid home paint over a horizontal surface. Since he covered...
John Nash was a mathematician who inspired the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ starring Russel Crowe. The film won multiple awards in 2002, including an Oscar and Golden Globe. The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician (86) and his wife, Alicia (82), died in a car accident in New...
The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, also known as ‘Yorkshire Ripper,’ spread terror throughout Britain in the 1970s. Peter Sutcliffe, born in 1946, was the son of a working-class couple in Bingley, Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Ripper was a misfit throughout his life. He...
Who was Jayne Mansfield? In Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1933, Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer. She wed Paul Mansfield when she was 17 years old. Mansfield was just 21 when she and Paul moved to Hollywood, but she was already married...
