Ned Rorem Born October 23rd

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ned Rorem was born on October 23rd. 1923 in Richmond, Indiana.

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Lionel Johnson Born On March 15th

Lionel Johnson was born on March 15th, 1867 in Kent, England. He was an influential literary critic and had the dubious honor of having his young lover, one Lord Alfred Douglas (AKA Bosie) stolen by one Oscar Wilde. Their friendship ended and the incident inspired Johnson's poem "The Destroyer of a Soul" (I hate you with a necessary hate...).

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