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Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
Fenton was born Leonard Finestein [1][2] in Stepney, the son of Fanny (Goldberg) and Morris Feinstein, a women's garment maker. His parents were Ashkenazi Jews with ancestral roots in Eastern Europe (Riga in Latvia and Lithuania). [2] He attended Raine Foundation Grammar School from 1937 to 1944. [3] Fenton originally trained to be a civil ...
Dianne Feinstein. Dianne Emiel Feinstein[b] (née Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. [3] A San Francisco native, Feinstein ...
Alan Shawn Feinstein was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 25, 1931. He grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Feinstein graduated from Boston University, where he studied economics and journalism. [1] After graduating, he wrote advertisements for a shoe company but was unsatisfied with the experience. [1]
Leonard Bernstein. . (m. 1951) . Children. 3. Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (née Felicia María Cohn Montealegre; February 6, 1922 – June 16, 1978) was an American actress born in Costa Rica. [1] Montealegre appeared in televised dramas and theatrical roles. [2] She also performed with symphony orchestras in dramatic acting and narrating roles.
Murder, Inc. (Murder, Incorporated) was an organized crime group active from 1929 to 1941 that acted as the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate – a closely connected criminal organization that included and was started by the Irish Mob, and included Italian-American Mafia, the Jewish Mob, and other criminal organizations in New York City and elsewhere. [1]
Richard Charles Blum (July 31, 1935 – February 27, 2022) was an American investor and the husband of United States Senator Dianne Feinstein. [1] He was the chairman and president of Blum Capital, an equity investment management firm.
Originally arrested in 1960 for the killing of a store clerk, Jameson murdered a prison guard and escaped before trial, but was arrested again when he was robbing a grocery store. One of the life sentences was commuted in 1975 by the state governor, Michael Dukakis. He escaped again in 1985 and wasn't recaptured until 2005. Ancell E. Hamm 1972