Emily Dickinson died 123 years ago

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She wrote many, many poems. Ms. Dickinson died on May 15, 1886 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Emily Dickinson died today – 122 years ago

Author (of poems) Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She said (in context here), “Tell the truth, but tell it slant." [That’s the trouble with people: it’s what’s-left-out that’s often the most important. I don't want the spin.]... Ms. Dickinson died on May 15, 1886 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Edward Hopper died today – 40 years ago

Edward Hopper, born on July 22, 1882, died on May 15, 1967. He was a realistic painter in the U.S., but not of houses – I don’t think. But I guess he could have been – when he ran out of other things to paint. Anyway, I’ve looked at some of his paintings on line. They don’t seem to be anything I couldn’t do – if I could paint. Check out this site: http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Hopper.htm.

A U.S. poet named Emily Dickinson, born on December 10, 1830, died in 1886. A U.S. singer named Frank Sinatra, born on December 12, 1915, died in 1998. You may have heard of one of them.