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1. Eva Duarte was a poor peasant girl who was raised by her mother in a slum in Argentina. At the age of 15, she took off for Buenos Aires in hopes of becoming an actress. On January 22, 1944, Eva, who was now a well known film star, met Colonel Juan Peron, who was then Argentina's Secretary of Labor. Shortly thereafter they began an affair which culminated in marriage on December 9, 1945. She campaigned vigorously for her husband's run for office and her popularity helped him to become the 41st President of Argentina on June 4, 1946. What was the cause of her death at age 33?
2. Best remembered as "Billy the Kid", he was at various times a cowboy, gambler, horse thief, cattle rustler, and killer. On April 1, 1878, he murdered Sheriff William Brady of Lincoln County in the New Mexico Territory. He was caught, tried, convicted, and sentenced by Judge Warren Bristol to die by hanging. Appeals for clemency to the Governor of the N.M. territory, Lew Wallace were denied. Two days before his date with death he escaped, killing two guards in the process, and took off to hide out in the home of his friend, Pete Maxwell. Eventually he was discovered inside the house and was shot where he stood.
Do you know the identity of the person who ended the legend of "Billy the Kid"?
3. Annelies Marie Frank was born June 12, 1929 and died in early March 1945 at the age of 15. Her sad story is a familiar one, starting in 1942 when the Nazis passed laws which resulted in her family losing their German citizenship. They went into hiding the following year in a secret annex until they were discovered, and her family was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.
In what country was the secret annex where they hid out for two years?
4. James Joseph Croce was born January 10, 1943 in South Philadelphia, PA and died in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA on September 20, 1973. In 1972, ABC Records produced two of his albums, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and "Life and Times". His biggest single was "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" which hit #1 on American charts in July, 1973.
He is known for singing a lot of great songs, which of the following is NOT one of them?
5. Poet, novelist Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932. She won a Fulbright Scholarship and attended university in Cambridge, England where she would meet her future husband, poet Ted Hughes. She made at least two attempts at suicide, once in 1953 when she tried to overdose on pills and again in 1961 when she purposely crashed her car. Finally in 1963, after learning her husband was having an affair she decided to take her own life.
What method did she pick to end it all?
6. Right-handed Major League pitcher, Darryl Kile was born December 2, 1968 and died June 22, 2002. During a 12 year career, he pitched for the Houston Astros (1991-1997), Colorado Rockies (1998-1999), and St. Louis Cardinals (2000-2002). He compiled a lifetime W-L record of 133-119, and was an All Star three times.
What was the cause of this young athlete's death at just 33 years of age?
7. Jayne Mansfield was born April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, PA. She appeared over 30 times in Playboy magazine and in February 1955 was the magazine's "Playmate of the Month". She made over 20 movies and also played on Broadway in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter", in a role she would reprise for the movie in 1957. She met a tragic early death on a highway in Sidell, LA when the car in which she was riding plowed into the back of a truck, killing her instantly. In the 1960s, she declined a chance to play a role in what was to become one of the more popular TV sitcoms of that era.
Who is the still familiar character she chose not to portray?
8. Outlaw and killer Jesse Woodson James, was born September 15, 1847 in Kearney, Missouri. He and his brother, Frank, operated as guerrillas on the Confederate side during the Civil War, and later led one of the most feared gangs in the west, wreaking havoc mostly between 1866 and 1876. He married his wife, Zerelda, on April 4, 1874 and they had four children. He met his inevitable fate on April 3, 1882 when he was shot to death.
Who ended Jesse's life in St. Joseph, Missouri at the young age of 34?
9. The beautiful actress who was known as Carole Lombard was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on October 6, 1908 as Jane Alice Peters. She played in a slew of zany comedies in the 1930s including "My Man Godfrey" (1936). She would meet her untimely death on March 5, 1942 when the plane she was traveling on slammed into Mount Potosi, about 30 miles from Las Vegas.
The famous and popular Carole was once half of one of the most well-known Hollywood married couples, along with Clark Gable, her equally famous and popular spouse, who was in fact her second husband. Who was her first?
10. Comedian and actor, Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman, better known as Andy Kaufman was born January 17, 1946 and died at the age of 38 on May 16, 1984. He is best remembered for playing the role of Latka Gravas on the TV sitcom "Taxi" for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 1979. He made his TV debut on "Dean Martin's Comedyworld" (1974) and he was a guest on the very first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live" on October 11, 1975.
What caused the loss of the much beloved Mr. Kaufman?
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