Edgar Pierre Jacobs
Credit : Jean-Michel Pochet The son of a policeman. After the war he restyled his name with the Anglo-Saxon "Edgar P. Jacobs". He accompanied Mistinguett at La Monnaie, the Brussels Opera and a...
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Giacomo Puccini
Born Lucca, Tuscany. Wrote: La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Turandot. Click on external link for more information.
War dead, Music, Seriously Famous, Italy
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Jean-Baptiste Thielemans, "Toots"
Aged 3 Toots learned the accordion, then guitar, and then in the 30s, the harmonica, inspired by Larry Adler in the movies. After a lung illness he returned to the guitar. He travelled with Benny ...
War dead, Music, United States
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Charlotte Brontë
Died: 31/3/1855, 170 years ago
Person, Literature, Seriously Famous, United Kingdom
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