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Twinless Twin
A twinless twin, or lone twin, is a person whose twin has died. Twinless twins around the world unite through organizations and online groups to share support and the status as a twinless twin. Triplets, quadruplets and higher order multiples can also experience this sort of loss. Notable twinless twins * Angel Carter (b. 1987), fraternal twin sister of child pop singer Aaron Carter. Aaron died aged 34 on November 5, 2022. *Solomon "Shazam" Conner, member of H-Town. His twin brother and bandmate Keven "Dino" Conner was killed in an automobile accident in 2003. * Philip K. Dick (1928–1982), American science fiction author whose twin sister, Jane, died when the twins were five weeks old. The loss of his twin is said to have profoundly affected his writing. *Jody Flack (b. 1979), identical twin sister of television presenter and actress Caroline Flack, who died of suicide by hanging aged 40 on 15 February 2020. *Tom Gullikson (b. 1951), American tennis player. His twin brother an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Kay
Jason "Jay" Kay (born Jason Luís Cheetham, 30 December 1969) is a British singer and songwriter. In 1992, he co-founded the acid jazz and funk band Jamiroquai and still serves as their lead vocalist. As of 2017, the band had sold more than 26 million albums worldwide. Outside music, Kay is known for his interest in luxury cars, and made appearances in the shows ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), Top Gear'' and ''Fifth Gear''. He has also contributed to environmental causes. Kay previously had a high-profile relationship with Denise van Outen. Early life Jay Kay was born Jason Luís Cheetham in Stretford, Lancashire, on 30 December 1969, to English cabaret singer Karen Kay (TV personality), Karen Kay and Portuguese guitarist Luís Saraiva. His parents split up, and he did not meet his biological father until he was about 28. His identical twin, David, died of brain damage a few weeks after the two were born, and makes him a twinless twin. Kay said in a 2010 interview that his moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Turner
Sophie Belinda Turner (born 21 February 1996) is an English actress. She made her acting debut as Sansa Stark in the HBO epic fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. Turner appeared in the 2013 British drama television film '' The Thirteenth Tale'' and made her feature film debut in the psychological thriller '' Another Me'' (2013). She appeared in the action comedy '' Barely Lethal'' (2015) and portrayed a young Jean Grey / Phoenix in the ''X-Men'' film series (2016–2019). Early life Turner was born in Northampton, England on 21 February 1996, the daughter of Sally, a nursery school teacher, and Andrew, who works for a pallet distribution company. She moved to Chesterton, Warwickshire when she was two years old. She attended Warwick Prep School until she was 11, and later attended the independent The King's High School for Girls. Turner has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawyer Sweeten
Sawyer Storm Sweeten (May 12, 1995 – April 23, 2015) was an American child actor. He is known for having played Geoffrey Barone on the sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Early life Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to parents Timothy Sweeten and Elizabeth Millsap. He had two sisters Madylin, Maysa, and an identical twin brother, Sullivan. Madylin, Sawyer and Sullivan starred on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' for nine seasons. The Sweeten family moved to California when the twins were six months old; the siblings were cast less than a year later. Later, Sawyer and Sullivan owned a house together in Riverside, California. Death On April 23, 2015, Sweeten died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, 19 days before his 20th birthday, and making his twin brother Sullivan a twinless twin. His death prompted public tributes by his ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' co-stars. His on-screen father Ray Romano was shocked by the news and said he was a "wonderf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody Loves Raymond
''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American television sitcom created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Worldwide Pants Incorporated, in association with HBO Independent Productions. The cast members were Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Madylin Sweeten, and Monica Horan. Most episodes of the nine-season series were filmed in front of a live studio audience. The series received positive reviews and has been ranked the 49th all-time funniest television comedy by ''Complex'', the 60th best all-time series by ''TV Guide'', the eleventh-best sitcom starring a stand-up comedian and the 35th best sitcom of all time by ''Rolling Stone'', and (alongside ''South Park'') the 63rd best written television series by the Writers Guild of America. In a '' Hollywood Reporter'' poll of all-time television programs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indochine (band)
Indochine () is a French rock music, rock and New wave music, new wave band formed in Paris in 1981. They became very successful in the Francophonie, Francophone world, Europe and Latin America in the 1980s, with songs like "L'Aventurier" and "Canary Bay". Following the release of several critically acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, albums in the 1990s, the group regained success with the release of ''Paradize'' in 2002. Indochine has sold over 10 million albums and singles worldwide. History 1980s Indochine (French for Indochina) was formed in 1981 by two Frenchmen in their early twenties, Nicola Sirkis and Dominique Nicolas, in Paris. They soon added Dimitri Bodiansky, the cousin of one of Nicola's friends. They gave their first concert at Le Rose Bonbon, a café in Paris on 29 September 1981. This brief performance on stage earned them their first contract with a record company. They recorded their first single in November 1981. It included two songs, "Dizzide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Sirkis
Nicolas Henri Didier Sirchis (; born 22 June 1959), better known by his stage name Nicola Sirkis, is a French musician, primarily known for his work as the frontman and singer of the French rock band Indochine. He is the only remaining member of the original line-up of the band which he formed in 1981 with a friend, Dominique Nicolas, soon to be joined by his twin brother Stéphane and Dimitri Bodianski. Indochine's biography on the cultural web revie Ados.fr (French). The band has been active for 38 years, and Nicola Sirkis saw critical and wide appeal and success in 2002 with the release of '' Paradize
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Panozzo
John Anthony Panozzo (September 20, 1948 – July 16, 1996) was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx. Early life Panozzo was born to Tranquinino Panozzo and Elizabeth Lofrano Panozzo, both of whom were of Italian descent, and grew up in the Roseland neighborhood, the south side of Chicago, Illinois, with his fraternal twin brother, Chuck (born 20 minutes apart). Chuck and John also have an older sister, Emily. At age 7, the twins took musical lessons from their uncle in which John took an interest in drums and percussion. They attended Catholic school and eventually they were part of a three-piece band in which John played drums and Chuck played guitar. They would play weddings at age 12 and were paid $15 apiece. Styx In 1961, John, Chuck, and their neighbor, Dennis DeYoung, formed a band called The Tradewinds in which John played drums, Chuck played guitar, and Dennis played the accordion and sang. They played local gigs at bars and began gaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styx (band)
Styx () is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ..., in 1972. They are known for blending melodic hard rock guitar with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with Piano, acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with Sentimental ballad, power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre. The band established themselves with a progressive rock sound during the 1970s, and began to incorporate pop rock and soft rock elements in the 1980s. The original line-up comprised Dennis DeYoung, James Young (American musician), James "J.Y." Young, John Curulewski, John "J.C." Curulewski and brothers Chuck Panozzo, Chuck and John Panozzo. Debuting with ''Styx (album), Styx'' in 1972, the band usually released an album every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Panozzo
Charles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo (born September 20, 1948) is an American musician best known as a co-founder of the rock band Styx. He is currently a part-time bass player in the band, sharing bass duties with Terry Gowan. Panozzo is living with HIV, which played a role in limiting his full-time participation. Early life and education Panozzo grew up in a working-class Italian Catholic neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 7, Panozzo and his fraternal twin brother, drummer John Panozzo, who died in July 1996, took music lessons from an uncle. He attended Catholic schools. Panozzo received a degree in art education and taught art at the high school level. He left his teaching job to pursue his career in music with Styx. Styx In 1961–1962, Panozzo founded a band which would eventually become Styx with his brother, John and singer/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung. The band's only number one in the US was " Babe", released in 1979. Other successful so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
