6word Portrait: Tom Petty

"Runnin' down a dream," forever. Heartbreakingly.


Born this day in 1950 (d. 2017)

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6word Portrait: Peter Tosh

Wailer. 
Reggae legend. 
Rastafarian. 
Murder victim. 


Born this day in 1944 (d. 1987)

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6word Portrait: Chuck Berry

Pioneering rock legend; "Johnny B. Goode."

Born this day in 1926 (d. 2017)

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6word Portrait: Arthur Miller

Created Willy Loman; married Marilyn Monroe.

Born this day in 1915 (d. 2005)

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6word Portrait: Oscar Wilde

Nothing to declare except his genius.

Born this day in 1854 (d. 1900)

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6word Portrait: Linda Lavin

She'll always be Alice to me.

Born 80 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: e. e. cummings

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Born this day in 1894 (d. 1962)

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6word Portrait: Jerry Rice

Greatest wide receiver in football history.

Born 55 years ago today.

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6word Portrait: Luciano Pavarotti

Tenor stuck just the right tenor.

Born this day in 1935 (d. 2007)

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6word Portrait: Eleanor Roosevelt

Enduring First Lady of human/civil rights.

Born this day in 1884 (d. 1962)

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