When you hear the name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), you probably think about some of the most beautiful music ever…
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When John Coltrane was born in 1926, the Jazz Age was in its heyday. At 17, when his mother gifted…
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Born a son of a village church sexton in rural Germany, Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) became known as one of the…
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Of all the 20th century statesmen, dead or alive, Sir Winston Churchill (1844–1965) was the quintessential “Renaissance man.” Though he…
“In the end, everything is a gag.” Not surprisingly, these words were uttered by one of the funniest actors of…