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Portrait Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1934 - 2016

Influential Canadian singer-songwriter whose most-covered tune is the woeful ballad "Hallelujah."

Author Stephen King

Stephen King

1947 -

Prolific author famed for page-turning horror novels like "Carrie," "The Shining" and "Misery" that inspired Hollywood hits.

Billy Porter During London Fashion Week September 2019 - Day 3

Billy Porter

1969 -

Actor, singer and style icon who became the first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "Pose."

1996

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John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Carolyn Bessette marry at the First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Because the wedding starts late and the old building lacks electricity, the priest officiates by flashlight.

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