Dame Vera Margaret Lynn ("née" Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and actress. Lynn was born in East Ham, Essex. She began performing in public at age seven and she started using her grandmother's maiden name (Lynn) as her stage name. Her first radio broadcast was in 1935 with the Joe Loss Orchestra. At this time she was being featured on records released by dance bands including those of Loss and of Charlie Kunz.
She was popular during World War II. Her best known songs are We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover.
Lynn worked a lot with charities for former military servicemen, disabled children, and breast cancer. Veterans of the Second World War still admire her. She was named the Briton who best exemplified (the best example of) the spirit of the twentieth century, in 2000.
Vera Lynn's album "We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn" went to #1 in the United Kingdom. This made her the oldest living artist to top the U.K. album charts. The album is some of her recordings made for Decca Records. Lynn recorded for Decca between 1936 and 1959. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 September 2009. The album entered the chart at number 20 on 30 August. It then climbed to number 2 the following week, before reaching the top position.
The 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, ends with a world-ending war of atomic bombs. The scene uses Vera Lynn's song "We'll Meet Again".
Lynn died on 18 June 2020 at the age of 103 in East Sussex.
Matt Hubbard
Matt Hubbard is an American television writer and screenwriter who has worked on many television shows. He graduated from Beverly High School, in Beverly Massachusetts in the class of 1996, where he excelled in the English Department. He later went on to attend Harvard University where he was an editor for the Harvard Lampoon. He has worked as a writer on the NBC comedy series "30 Rock". He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award award for Best Comedic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the third season of "30 Rock".
Chevrolet Malibu
The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car that is manufactured by General Motors. There have been eight generations of the Malibu. The Malibu is named after the city in California, Malibu, California. The Malibu is sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the Middle East.
The Malibu sucessed the 1997 Chevrolet Corsica/Beretta and was succeeded by the 1983 Chevrolet Celebrity. The eighth generation Malibu is a rebadged Daewoo Tosca, due to GM phasing out the brand. A ninth generation is being prepared for the 2016 market, it will be slightly larger and have a look similar to the Impala.
Buick Enclave
The Buick Enclave is a full-sized luxury SUV that is built by General Motors's Buick brand. The Buick was first shown at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. The Buick won the Best New SUV / CUV (over C$60,000) award from the AJAC in 2008. The Enclave replaced the Terraza minivan, the Rainier SUV and the mid-sized Rendezvous CUV. The Enclave's styling is based off the Buick Centieme concept crossover.
Ringmaster (album)
Ringmaster is the second studio album by American Horrorcore band, Insane Clown Posse. It was released on January 28, 1994. The producers of the album were Insane Clown Posse and Mike E. Clark. The album was the second of the "Joker Cards" in the Dark Carnival mythology.
Maserati GranTurismo
The Maserati GranTurismo is a 2-door 2+2 Coupé that is built by the Maserati brand. The GranTurismo has six generations. The GranTurismo was first shown at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show in Geneva. It has either a 4.2 or a 4.7 liter V8 engine.
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Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron is a 2-door Coupé that is built by the Bugatti brand. The Veyron can also be bought as ahdikrm roadster. The Veyron is in its 1st generation. The car is built in France. The Sport Series of the Veyron is currently the Fourth fastest production car in the world with a top speed of 431.072 km/h kunjey (267.856 mph), as the hennesy venom gt, koenigsegg agera rs and the new SSC tauatara have beat the record since.
The car costs about £1.6 million to buy. The tyres cost over $40,000 for a set.
The car has a monocoque construction. The car has two V8 engines joined together to make a W16 engine with quad turbocharging.
Spiderbait
Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song "Buy Me a Pony" was a defining song of Australian rock in the 90's and was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996. The group had success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of "Black Betty".
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan, also known as Topplistan and Hitlistan, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association. Since late 2006 the chart has included legal downloads.
The following charts are included:
1976-2006 the sales chart was broadcast on Sveriges Radio P3. From 2007, P3 only presents sales data for digital downloads (DigiListan), tracked by Nielsen SoundScan.
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British sports entrepreneur.
He was the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration. He is part owner of Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. He is generally considered the primary authority in Formula One racing. In 1972 he bought the Brabham team, which he ran for fifteen years. As a team owner he became a member of the Formula One Constructors Association.
On the 23 January, 2017, it was announced that Bernie Ecclestone had been replaced by Chase Carey as chief executive of the Formula One Group, though he has been appointed as chairman emeritus and will act as an adviser to the board.
He is also the co-owner of Queens Park Rangers F.C.
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Jumbo Tsuruta
Tomomi Tsuruta (March 25, 1951 – May 13, 2000), better known by his ring name Jumbo Tsuruta, was a professional wrestler who wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling for most of his career, and is well known for being the first ever AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, having won the PWF Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National Championship, and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, and unifying the three titles.
Shohei Baba
Shohei Baba ("Baba Shōhei", January 23, 1938 – January 31, 1999) was a Japanese professional wrestler. He was co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was also known as Giant Baba. Baba, along with Antonio Inoki, became one of the most famous Japanese wrestlers of his time, with a popularity in Japan that was like Hulk Hogan's in the United States of America. He was also a 3 time NWA Champion.
Baba died on January 31, 1999 from cancer.
Rikidōzan
Rikidozan is the father of puroresu. He established the puroresu as a popular professional sport in Japan less than a decade after Japan lost the World War II. Continuously defeating Americans with his famous karate chop, he was a hero for the Japanese people who were still depressed from the war. Many of his students became big stars in the sport, including Shohei "Giant" Baba and Antonio Inoki, who are two of the greatest wrestlers in the history of puroresu, and Kintaro Ohki (Kim Il), who was also a superstar in his home country South Korea.
Because the Koreans were discriminated against in Japan, his real identity was kept secret for many years even after his death. It was always believed that he was born Mitsuhiro Momota in Ohmura, Nagasaki, Japan. Momota is the last name of his adopted parents in Nagasaki.