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DIED. BILL SHOEMAKER, 72, Hall of Fame jockey known as "the Shoe"; in his sleep; in San Marino, Calif. Born prematurely at 2 lbs., he grew to 4 ft. 11 in. and 98 lbs.--small even for a jockey. With his gentle, almost motionless style, he had a unique rapport with his horses and, said trainer Charlie Wittingham, "bothered a horse less than any other rider." In 41 years he won 11 Triple Crown events and an impressive 22% of his races overall. In 1986, aboard Ferdinand, he became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. A year after...
...cataract, then slipped over the precipice. His only injuries: a few bruised ribs. Jones, who had lost his job after his parents closed the family auto-equipment business, said he was suicidally depressed but his friends told reporters he also said he could survive the drop and gain fame and riches. "After hitting the falls," he said in an ABC News interview, "I feel that life is worth living." Local law officials said Jones drank vodka and Coke with a friend before entering the water. They have charged him with mischief and illegally performing a stunt...
...This is the Namu familiar to many Chinese, a crass celebrity famous for her fame. Her self-promotion so irks her own people in their remote homeland at the foot of the Tibetan plateau that many insist she is not Mosuo at all, just a mixed-blood descendant of 13th century Mongolian invaders dispatched by Kublai Khan...
...happy that the half-Taiwanese, half-Japanese star speaks five languages, including Japanese, so he can play parts in Japanese movies. I think his "lost-puppy look" can be appealing worldwide, not just in Asia. But, as you reported, he is not strictly interested in gaining fame. He is curious about spiritual matters. He seems to be the type of guy who could be happy just playing with computers at home. But who knows? Maybe he will take a chance on success in Hollywood! Mina Nomura Tokyo...
...Winger has tried to transfer some of her own fame to Rothenberg’s memoir. The day after her “Today Show” plug, she says, several book chains sold out of Breathing for a Living...