Leontyne Price (born 1927) was a prima donna soprano acclaimed in most circles as one of the finest opera singers of the 20th century.Mary Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on February 1...
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Today is Wednesday, March 7, the 66th day of 2007. There are 299 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 7, 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, A...
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In a Jan. 3 story about the death of former Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, The Associated Press misidentified a singer who appeared in a concert in Jerusalem to mark Israel's 30th Independence Day. ...
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Today is Saturday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2007. There are 324 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidentia...
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As a journalist who covered everything from race riots to Supreme Court nominations before turning to cultural subjects, I sometimes wonder whether writing about the glories of classical music isn&...
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Part pooh-bah, part pontiff, for some 50 years Leo Lerman ruled Manhattan’s cultural roost from a host of journalistic redoubts, including Mademoiselle, Vogue and Vanity Fair, ending his care...
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Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Friars Club warily proceeded with its planned roast of Hugh Hefner, which included a classic telling of ‘The Aristocrats’ j...
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Leontyne Price
Today in history - March 7
