Word: amersham
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Paul Schoeffler, 70, German opera bass-baritone famous for his interpretation of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger; after a long illness; in Amersham, England. Schoeffler sang in Vienna during and after World War II and regularly made the operatic grand tour during the 1950s. At New York's Metropolitan Opera he was popular as Scarpia in Tosca and as Don Giovanni. Despite his success, he complained that "this business of dressing up in a silly costume, putting on a wig and paint on the face and getting killed or poisoned or drunk every night" made for a less...
Died. Sir Alexander Haddow, 69, trail-blazing cancer expert who directed London's famed Chester Beatty Research Institute, Royal Cancer Hospital from 1946 to 1969; in Amersham, England. Starting at the institute in 1936, Haddow joined a research team that pointed to the value of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. He was knighted for his work...