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- Joseph Latham was born on 12 July 1892 in Bolivar, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tales of Tomorrow (1951), The Stolen Kiss (1920) and The Way of the World (1955). He died on 10 October 1970 in Valley Cottage, New York, USA.
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Chris Warren was born in Long Island, New York in 1974. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced and Chris moved to a town 20 minutes from New York City with his mother. When he was 9, his mother re-married and they moved once again to a town across the Hudson River. It was there that he found something that he loved, music.
Chris always hung out with the older kids who played instruments and were in bands when he was young. He spent every weekend with his cousins, who were into music too. When Chris was 10 years old he received "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath for Christmas. After that Aerosmith and KISS came into his life, which heavily influenced him to decide he wanted to become a rock star.
Time passed, and Chris tried to learn how to play guitar. However, he did not have the patience to practice. When a friend of his wanted to swap a drum-kit in return for a guitar, Chris traded and started playing the drums. He played the drums much better than the guitar, and it wasn't long before he joined bands and jammed with them.
After overcoming drug problems 5 years later, Chris went back to the drums and starting playing with a new group of guys and called themselves 'Meth'. The only problem was that there was no singer. Chris gave it a shot, and soon discovered that he had a talent for singing. From then on, he gave up the drums and focused on vocal work.
It wasn't long before a friend recommended Chris to the WWE (formerly WWF) in 1997. Chris impressed Jim Johnston (head of WWE music) so much that he offered him a contract. Over the course of the next 4 years, Chris recorded such entrance themes as 'DeGeneration-X', 'X-Pac', 'My Time', the 'Superstars' TV theme and part of the Run-DMC entrance music 'Kings'.
It was in 1998 that Chris made his TV debut at WrestleMania XIV, performing an alternative version of 'America The Beautiful' and the National Anthem, as well as the DX entrance music later on in the night. Five months later Chris again performed the DX entrance music live, at SummerSlam 98.
In 1999, Chris recorded the vocals for the hugely popular Triple H theme 'My Time'. This song was featured on the platinum album 'WWF The Music: Vol. 4' which sold thousands of copies worldwide. Unfortunately Chris was not as much involved with the WWE as he would have liked, after 1999. His last appearance was on the Run-DMC 'Kings' music video, which became a hit on MTV in the year 2000.
Chris fronted a modestly successful New York rap rock/metal band called Bro-Kin in 2001, however with no record label interest after years of hard work and gigging, enthusiasm waned and the band separated in 2004.
Chris currently lives in Rockland County, New York.- Nicholas Orloff was born on 5 October 1914 in Moscow, Russia. He was an actor, known for Dream Ballerina (1950). He was married to Nina Popova. He died on 14 August 2001 in Valley Cottage, New York, USA.
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Bob Kelly was born on 2 October 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is known for Street of Sinners (1957), The Mugger (1958) and Four Boys and a Gun (1957). He was married to Camille DiBello and Jean Urban. He died on 18 April 2011 in Valley Cottage, New York, USA.- Isaac Bonewits was born on 1 October 1949 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. He died on 12 August 2010 in Valley Cottage, New York, USA.
- Countess Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy (Aleksandra Tolstaya) was the youngest daughter of the famous Russian writer Count Lev Tolstoy. She was born in 1884, in Yasnaya Polyana, the ancestral estate of the Tolstoy family. Her mother, named Sofia Andreevna Bers, was the literary secretary for Leo Tolstoy, and made Alexandra an assistant to her writer father. Alexandra managed most of the secretarial work for Leo Tolstoy during his later years. She became the keeper of the Tolstoy archive after the writer's death in 1910.
Alexandra shared the "Tolstoyan" ideas and was the follower her father's position of non-violence, but she felt a duty call at the beginning of the First World War. She participated in action by helping the wounded, and became one of the leading organizers of hospitals for the wounded soldiers. Alexandra Tolstoy was decorated for her courage with three Medals of the Order of St. George, rising to the rank of Colonel.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was arrested five times by the Communists. She was sentenced for supporting the right of free speech and assembly. After release she worked as a keeper of her father's estate in Yasnaya Polyana, which was turned into a Tolstoy's National Museum. She left Russia in 1929, and settled in the United States. There she co-founded the Tolstoy Foundation in 1939, with the sponsorship from such prominent intellectuals as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Sikorsky, Tatiana Schaufuss, Boris Bakhmeteff, and Boris Sergievsky. Former President Herbert Hoover became the first Honorary Chairman from 1939-1964.
Under the leadership of Alexandra Tolstoy, the Tolstoy Foundation assisted more than 500,000 people to escape from political persecution and the horrors of war. In 1948, she testified before the government on behalf of the Displaced Persons Act and was instrumental in its passage. In 1941, on a generous private donation the Tolstoy Foundation acquired Reed Farm north of New York City. She provided the 70-acre Farm for a resettlement center for over 30,000 refugees directly sponsored by the Foundation during the Second World War and after. She organized English classes and occupational therapy for the immigrants, as well, as a summer camp for needy children.
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy was known for her remarkable calmness and dignity. She died in 1979, at age 96, and was laid to rest in the Russian cemetery of Spring Valley, New York, USA.