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Walter Elias Disney

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Walter Elias Disney popularly known as Walt Disney (1901 – 1966) was a film producer, media magnate and co-founder of the Walt Disney Company. He was an iconic figure in the Twentieth Century media and entertainment industry, helping to produce many films. With his staff, he created famous cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; his name was also used for the successful Disney Theme Parks. During his lifetime, he received a record 59 Nominations for the Academy Awards, winning 22 Awards.   Early Life Walt Disney was born on 5 December 1901, in Chicago. His parents were of German/English and Irish descent. As a child, the Disney family moved between Marceline in Missouri, Kansas City and back to Chicago. The young Walt Disney developed an interest in art and took lessons at the Kansas City Institute and later Chicago Art Institute. He became the cartoonist for the school magazine. When America joined the First World War, Walt dropped out of school and tried to enli...

Barack Hussein Obama

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Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve in the office. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012.                                                             Who Is Barack Obama? Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first African American commander-in-chief. He served two terms, in 2008 and 2012. The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he was elected a U.S. senator representing Illinois in 2004. He and wife Michelle Obama have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.                   ...

Linda Ikeji

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Ikeji was born and raised in a  Catholic  family from  Nkwerre, Imo State ,  Nigeria . She is the second child. She began writing at the age of 10. She finished secondary school at the age of 17 and, at 18, enrolled at the  University of Lagos , where she studied English language. To assist her family and support herself through school, she had part-time jobs as a waitress, model and writer. Ikeji graduated from the University in 2004. In 2006, she started blogging as a hobby. At that time, the internet was not as prominent in Nigeria and she had to make her posts at a  cybercafé . Professional career Ikeji started blogging in 2006. She became an active blogger in 2007   using a blogger sub-domain lindaikeji.blogspot.com and later obtained her domain www.lindaikejisblog.com. On 22 August 2016, on her blog, she announced the creation her online TV network, Linda Ikeji TV alongside other brands she was establishing. Linda Ikeji ...

The Continuation of Oprah Gail Winfrey's Biography.

Early Life Born Oprah Gail Winfrey, her first name was spelt Orpah on her birth certificate after the biblical figure of that name in the Book of Ruth, but people often mispronounced it “Oprah” and it seemed to stick. Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita Lee, Winfrey moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber and businessman. In 1971, Winfrey entered Tennessee State University. She began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville. Early Broadcasting Career In 1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she hosted the TV chat show People Are Talking. The show became a hit and Winfrey stayed with it for eight years, after which she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show, A.M. Chicago. Her major competito...

Oprah Gail Winfrey.

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        Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program and of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the “Qu...