Word: robert
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Well-known cases of celebrity stalking and worse--e.g., Lee Harvey Oswald, et al.--are included, but Gabler has also recorded, for instance, the story of Robert O'Donnell, the fireman/paramedic who rescued little Jessica McClure from a well in 1987 and achieved instant celebrity. This public hero became angry when his fame quickly faded, and he subsequently became a victim of migraine headaches and a painkiller addict, lost his job, was sued for divorce and committed suicide. O'Donnell, as Gabler puts it, "had been addicted to fame, and the true cause of his death was his withdrawal from...
According to Adams House co-Master Robert J. Kiely, "The oldest (going back at to at least 1963) Adams tradition at this season is a formal concert reading of a chapter from the Winnie the Pooh in which tutors, associates and even the Master take part...
...also the pinnacle of fame for sleight-of-hand magicians, such as Robert Houdin...
...CCSR, which represents the interests of the president and fellows of Harvard, is composed of University Tresurer D. Ronald Daniel and Robert G. Stone Jr. '45-'47, a fellow of the University and chair of the committee...
Speakers from outside Harvard include Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin '60, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph W. Ralston and Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley...