Bob Hope Bob hope was born in Leslie Townes Hope May 29, 1903. Sadly died July 27, 2003 (aged 100) in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cause was Pneumonia. Bob Hope, born Leslie Townes Hope, (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an English-born American comedian and actor who appeared on Broadway, in vaudeville, movies, television, and on the radio. He was noted for his numerous United Service Organizations (USO) shows entertaining American military personnel—he made 57 tours for the USO between 1942 and 1988.
Medha Sarma Tuesdays with Morrie Eulogy Morrie once said, “dying is only one thing to be sad over... living unhappily is something else.” Morrie Schwartz was a remarkable person, a wonderful husband, a loving father and an amazing professor. His loving personality has touched the lives of many people around him, including his students, family and friends. During our lessons in the weeks before his passing, he managed to change my whole life and my outlook of the world. I knew Morrie was different, the I met him, 16 years ago on the very first day of class. Right off the bat, he said, “ I hope that one day, you think of me as your friend.” And let me tell you, Morrie was a lot more than just a friend to me.
He was named in honor of Rose’s father, John Francis Fitzgerald, the popular Boston Mayor who everybody knew as Honey Fitz. Soon after he was born, family and friends called this small blue-eyed baby, Jack. Jack as a child was never very healthy; he always suffered from one ailment or another. When Jack was three years old, they moved a couple blocks away to a new and bigger home to support the large family. Jacks father worked very hard to be successful
At Reitz we felt the effects of the war first hand with the death of soldier whom was very close in the Reitz Community. Marine Srgt. Brock Baab was a Reitz wrestling coach, big supporter of Reitz, and a father of a fellow classmate. During my Senioryear at Reitz the football team went undefeated with a record of 15-0 and won Reitz’s first official State Title. In 2008 Reitz would receive a new digital score board for the Bowl.
Sheen has starred or featured just over 68 titles throughout his life thus far (IMDB). ABC News, a nationally respected news channel ranks Charlie Sheen’s top five performances as followed: 1. “Platoon” (1986): A Vietnam War movie that was awarded four Academy Awards including best picture and best director. Sheen’s character, Chris, dropped out of school to join the war to follow the desire of fulfilling his patriotic duty, In this publicity image released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer/Orion
Nearly thirty years later, former CEO of Manico, Inc., Jack Kahl “officially” changed the name to Duck Tape® by commercializing it and giving it personality. Today, duct tape is offered in over twenty different colors and patterns. Besides its World War II association, duct tape was used to help one of the most “successful failures” in history. When Apollo 13 was crippled by an explosion only two days after the launch, astronauts were left with a limited oxygen supply that was slowly running out. Of course, they fixed it with duct tape.
The Lightning Thief One of the greatest books I have ever read, was published on July, 1, 2005. The lightning Thief was created by the award winning author, Rick Riordan. The book was so successful, Riordan went on creating a series. Rick wrote the book, because he ran out of Greek mythology stories to tell his son Haley who is diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia similar to the main character Percy Jackson. The book is about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson, who found out that his father is the Greek god Poseidon.
The most historically important sports figure in my eyes is Lou Gehrig. I believe Gehrig is so important in history because he was an amazing baseball player with 493 homeruns. Lou Gehrig delivered what is now known as sports' most famous speech. Suffering from the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he died less than two years later at the age of 37. Today, Gehrig remains an inspiration, representing fortitude, humility and courage to the tens of thousands of Americans living with Lou Gehrig's Disease.
When he got his first guitar he had a taste of musical success by winning his high school talent show (Bio.com). In 1958 Presley went into the U.S. army he spent two years in Germany (Rubel). When he came back he married Priscilla Beavlieu in 1967 and the had a daughter named Lisa Marie in 1968 but they divorced in 1973 (Rubel). Presley stared in thirty-three sucsseful fims and made history with his telivison apperences (Elvis.com). His sales earned him gold, platuim, and multi platuim awards (Elvis.com).
Terry Fox could be considered one of the biggest and most inspiring Canadian hero of the 20th century. Instead of crumbling in self pity after he had his right leg amputated when diagnosed with bone cancer, march 1st 1977 ("The 10 Most Inspiring Canadians" 8), Terry decided to run from coast to coast across Canada to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic ocean at St.John's Newfoundland on April 12,1980, with the goal of dipping it in the Pacific in Vancouver, BC, months later (TheStar. web.). He ran an average of 42 kilometres a day with a hop/skip running style.