A Wonderful Life: 50 Eulogies to Lift the SpiritCyrus Copeland Algonquin Books, 1 janv. 2006 - 296 pages The lives of the worldÕs greatest contributors to arts, politics, sports, and letters are celebrated with wit, humor, and reverence by their equally famous friends, relatives, and peers. Here are fifty eulogies, fond remembrances of the twentieth centuryÕs best and brightest: World Pioneers: Martin Luther King Jr. honored by Robert Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi by Jawaharlal Nehru Movie Stars: Joan Crawford remembered by director George Cukor, Orson Welles by Charlton Heston Media Titans: Katharine Graham celebrated by Ben Bradlee, Edward R.Murrow by Charles Kuralt Entertainers: John Belushi by Dan Aykroyd, Bob Hope by Larry Gelbart Composers and Singers: Jerry Garcia by Robert Hunter, Leonard Bernstein by Ned Rorem Athletes: Mickey Mantle by Bob Costas, Arthur Ashe by Douglas Wilder In these moving and personal tributes, we see the true personalities of these fifty remarkable people, shadings of character usually hidden from the spotlight. |
Table des matières
Bette Davis | 3 |
Judy Garland | 8 |
Marilyn Monroe | 13 |
Charlie Chaplin | 18 |
Joan Crawford | 24 |
James Mason | 29 |
Gregory Peck | 35 |
Tallulah Bankhead | 42 |
Bob Hope | 156 |
John Belushi | 162 |
Walt Disney | 165 |
Lenny Bruce | 174 |
Milton Berle | 178 |
TUNESMITHS TROUBADOURS | 185 |
Leonard Bernstein | 187 |
Dusty Springfield | 192 |
Orson Welles | 49 |
PIONEERS | 55 |
Princess Diana | 57 |
Rosa Parks | 63 |
Martin Luther King JR | 68 |
Coretta Scott King | 72 |
Julia Child | 78 |
Bill W | 82 |
Alfred Kinsey | 87 |
Karen Silkwood | 92 |
Sigmund Freud | 95 |
Mahatma Gandhi | 100 |
Albert Schweitzer | 104 |
Elisabeth KüblerRoss | 111 |
MEDIA TITANS | 117 |
Edward R Murrow | 119 |
Katharine Graham | 126 |
Malcolm Forbes | 132 |
David Brinkley | 138 |
Henry Luce | 143 |
ENTERTAINERS | 149 |
Fred Rogers | 151 |
Jerry Garcia | 198 |
Cy Coleman | 202 |
John Denver | 206 |
Nina Simone | 212 |
911 HEROES | 219 |
Father Mychal Judge FDNY | 221 |
Capt Robert Dolan USN | 231 |
Chief Peter Ganci FDNY | 237 |
Capt Francis Callahan FDNY | 240 |
ATHLETES | 245 |
Mickey Mantle | 247 |
Arthur Ashe | 254 |
Charles Atlas | 259 |
Wilt Chamberlain | 265 |
Christy Mathewson | 270 |
PARENTS | 275 |
Col Don Conroy | 277 |
Hilda Stegner | 285 |
Edith Freundlich | 288 |
Acknowledgments | 291 |
Credits and Permissions | 293 |
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