Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. Many consider him to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Florence and Ben Stone, his maternal grandparents, were Lithuanian Jews who immigrated to the United States in 1902. In Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan said that his paternal grandmother’s family came from the Kazman area of Kars Province in northern Turkey.
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Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African American woman to serve on New York’s top court, was found dead in the Hudson River on Wednesday, police said. She was 65.
The body of Abdus-Salaam, a native of Washington, D.C., was found fully clothed in the river in Upper Manhattan at 1:45 p.m., a day after her husband had reported her missing, according to the New York Police Department. There were no signs of trauma or injury on the body, and the cause of death is still under investigation. Read More...
Lionel Messi has reportedly agreed to a 50 per cent pay reduction to secure a new five-year contract with Barcelona.
The Argentine star will be 39 by the time this latest deal expires with reports in Spain saying everything is now agreed in principal.
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