Friday, August 24, 2007

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross died today – 3 years ago

Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was born on July 8, 1926 in Zürich, Switzerland. She said, “It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it." [Sheltered from life.]... Ms. Kubler-Ross died in 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

U.S. writer Kate Douglas Wiggin was born on September 28, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She wrote “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”. She said, “It does make a difference what you call things.” [Oh, I suppose!]... Ms. Wiggin died in 1923 at Harrow, Middlesex, England.

U.S. industrialist Henry John Kaiser was born on May 9, 1882 in Sprout Brook, New York. He said, “Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." [I’ll try to remember that.]... Mr. Kaiser died in 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Revlon founder Charles Haskell Revson was born on October 11, 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts. He said, “In the factory we make cosmetics; in the drugstore we sell hope." [Yeap!]... Mr. Revson died in 1975 in New York City, New York.

German photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was born on December 6, 1898 in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia, Imperial Germany. He said, “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter." [But oh, I love pictures!]... Mr. Eisenstaedt died in 1995 in Menemsha, Massachusetts.

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