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In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

  
  Ray Charles Georgia
Ray Charles, an Albany, Georgia native, and legendary musician, has died at the age of 73.
Ray Charles (1930-2004) Albany's most famous native son.
Albany, Georgia native, Ray Charles, dubbed the Godfather of Soul, died Thursday, June 10, 2004...
www.imsatlanta.com /raycharlesgeorgia.html   (279 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov Home Page
Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, in 1920.
Petrovichi is very proud of their native son, and have honored the place of his birth with a memorial stone.
A picture was supplied by Alexander Azimov, who is almost certainly a relative of Isaac's.
www.asimovonline.com   (3421 words)

  
 Blacklick Township Page
Its oldest families have venerable names like Adams and Edwards; the Adamses claim ties to the family who produced two early US presidents, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Edwardses were kin to Jonathan Edwards of Great Awakening/Princeton University fame.
Perhaps the Valley's main claim to lasting fame (if a biographical entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica is a measure of such) is Belsano native son Malcolm Cowley, a leading literary figure and critic who rubbed shoulders with the likes of Thornton Wilder, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others of the inter-war and post-war eras.
The Valley's most famous athlete also is a Blacklick Township native, former jockey Bill Hartack.
www.nantyglo.com /blacklick.htm   (1015 words)

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