Robert Louis Stevenson, 7 years old
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894)
Stevenson is the author of the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island", and
”Strange Case of Dr Jekyll”. He also played the piano and wrote over 123
original musical arrangements for various instruments.
Oregon Department of Corrections photo of James Fogle, 1968
SEATTLE (AP) — The man who wrote "Drugstore Cowboy," an autobiographical
crime novel that led to an acclaimed 1989 film starring Matt Dillon, has died at
age 75.
A state corrections spokeswoman says James Fogle died Thursday at a prison
in Monroe, Wash., where he was serving time for holding up a pharmacy in a
Seattle suburb in 2010. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s office on
Friday says Fogle died of probable malignant mesothelioma.
The Seattle Times reports that Fogle had already spent half his life in prison
when he wrote "Drugstore Cowboy," based on his experiences in a band of
addicts who roamed the Pacific Northwest robbing pharmacies to feed their
addictions.
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant turned the novel into the acclaimed 1989 film. It
was filmed mainly around Portland, Oregon, including in an area in the
Pearl District that used to be a rail yard
Director Gus Van Sant
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)
Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet
who wrote the lyrics to the United States’ national anthem, "The Star-
Spangled Banner". From 1818 until his death, Key was associated
with the American Bible Society.
Artists depiction of Francis Scott Key with Fort McHenry in
the background during the Battle of Baltimore on the night
of September 13–14, 1814
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961)
Hemingway was an American author and journalist whose writing style
had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction. He produced most of his
work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel
Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story
collections and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of
short stories and three non-fiction works were published posthumously
and many of these are considered classics of American literature.
