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...eminence of the '80s; of a heart attack; in Paris. In his crisp, sexy videos for Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, leggy ladies struck poses while a fuzzy bass line growled under Palmer's knowing vocals. And there stood the star in jacket and tie, like an investment banker unwinding on karaoke night. He would rather be remembered for adapting a world of musical styles to the R. and B. he grew up loving. But for a legion of fans, Palmer will always fit his own ironic self-description: the James Bond of boogie. --By Richard Corliss
Before signing any kind of recording contract, though, the up-and-coming crooner studied econometrics and mathematical economics at some of the world’s most prestigious universities. She went on to work as a broker and investment banker...
...benefactor, George Fisher Baker, was a renowned New York banker who donated $5 million for the building of the library...
...America, rich and poor, like partisan and bad driver, are terms we reserve for people besides ourselves. Ask a banker and a burger flipper, and they will both tell you that they're middle-class. So it is too on TV. Once, prime time had populist fun with the differences between rich and poor Americans (The Beverly Hillbillies, Good Times, Dallas). But by the late 1990s, both struggling workers and scheming, zillionaire J.R. types had become fewer, replaced by the characters in middle-class soaps (Dawson's Creek) and the cappuccino-quaffing likes of Frasier, Friends and Will & Grace...
...heart attack; in Paris. In his crisp, sexy videos for Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, leggy ladies would strike a pose as a fuzzy bass line growled under Palmer's knowing vocals. And there stood the star in jacket and tie, like an investment banker unwinding on karaoke night. He would rather be remembered for adapting a world of musical styles to the R. and B. he grew up loving. But for a legion of fans, Palmer will always fit his own ironic self-description: the "James Bond of boogie." ?By Richard Corliss...