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Grant and Everett had two daughters, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett. [2] [3] She largely left acting to focus on philanthropy during her later life. Grant and her husband sponsored more than twenty heart surgeries for children. [2] Grant died of a brain aneurysm in Westlake Village, California, on June 25, 2011, at the age of 74. [2]
Chad Everett. Raymon Lee Cramton (June 11, 1937 – July 24, 2012), known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama Medical Center, which aired from 1969 to 1976.
Nothing Lasts Forever. (Thorp novel) Nothing Lasts Forever is a 1979 action thriller novel by American author Roderick Thorp, a sequel to his 1966 novel The Detective. The novel is mostly known through its 1988 film adaptation Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. In 2012, the book was brought back into print and released as an ebook for the 24th ...
Among the finalists are American Fiction writer Percival Everett, Rufi Thorpe, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds. Each winner will receive $50,000 — one of the largest literary awards in the world.
Thorp (/ θɔːrp / THORP) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. In 2020, the population was 232. [3] The town of Thorp is 100 miles (160 km) east of Seattle, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Ellensburg, and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Cle Elum.
In 1880 the Wisconsin Central Railroad reached Thorp from Abbotsford. The little community had been called North Fork, but the railroad named the station Thorpe, and soon shortened it to Thorp. [14] The name honored Joseph G. Thorp, who founded the Eau Claire Lumber Company in 1866 and was a state senator in the 1860s and 1870s. [15]
Edward Oakley Thorp (born August 14, 1932) is an American mathematics professor, author, hedge fund manager, and blackjack researcher. He pioneered the modern applications of probability theory, including the harnessing of very small correlations for reliable financial gain. Thorp is the author of Beat the Dealer, which mathematically proved ...
Katherine Everett (1872 – 1954) was an Anglo-Irish writer, memorist, and designer of houses and gardens. Life. Katherine Everett was born Kathleen Olive Herbert in 1872 in Cahernane House, County Kerry. Her father was Henry Herbert of the Muckross estate. Everett had a difficult and unhappy relationship with her mother, leading her to leave ...