Albany

The Captain John A. Davis House is currently used as a theater, Theatre Albany.

The Rosenberg Brothers Department Store building is located in downtown Albany, Georgia, USA. The three-story brick structure was built in 1924 in an... Italianate/Neo-Renaissance Classical Revival style by J.C. Hind and J. T. Murphy. The Rosenberg Brothers Department Store occupied the structure from 1925 to 1978. Since 1986, it has housed the offices of The Albany Herald.
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Paul Preuss is an American writer of science fiction and science articles and is a science consultant for film companies. He is perhaps best known... for the novels in Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime series, which were written by Preuss based upon incidents, characters, and places from Clarke's short stories. Preuss was a consulting editor for the six-book Dr. Bones series published by Ace.
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Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA... career, including three major championships. She won the New Mexico Women's Amateur at age 12, and the U.S. Girls' Junior in 1972 and 1974, at ages 15 and 17, respectively. Playing in the U.S. Women's Open as an 18-year-old amateur in 1975, she finished tied for second. In 1976, Lopez was named All-American and Female Athlete of the Year for her play at the University of Tulsa. She won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women National Championship and was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. She left college after her sophomore year and turned pro in 1977. That year she finished second again in the U.S. Women's Open. In 1978, her first full season on the LPGA Tour, Lopez won nine tournaments, including at one stretch, five tournaments in a row. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, LPGA Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
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Jo Marie Payton is an American television actress, and singer, who starred most notably as Harriette Winslow on the ABC sitcom, Family Matters, and... its parent series Perfect Strangers. From 2001 to 2005 Jo Marie Payton provided the voice for Suga Mama Proud on Bruce W. Smith's The Proud Family, which reunited her with her former co-star Orlando Brown. The role earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2005. Payton also had a recurring role as the personal assistant to Gregory Hines' character, Ben Doucette , during season two of Will & Grace . Jo Marie Payton was born on August 3, 1950, in Albany, Georgia. In later years, her family moved to Opa-Locka, Florida and completed high school at North Dade Jr./ Sr. High School in Bunche Park, Florida. Miami Carol City Senior High School in Dade County, Florida. She graduated from Albany State University in Albany, Georgia and continued to donate, host charitable events, and support her alma mater while also continuing her education and making a successful career.
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Amelia Marshall is an American soap opera actress. Her most famous role to date is television presenter Gillian "Gilly" Grant Speakes, which she... played on Guiding Light from 1989 until 1997, 2006, & 2009. Marshall's character proved so popular that she rose from an Under-Five to a full contract in less than six months. As soon as she left Guiding Light, she was offered the role of Belinda Keefer on All My Children, where she stayed until 1999. On October 3, 2001 Marshall debuted on Passions in the role of villainess Liz Sanbourne, sister to Dr. Eve Russell. Marshall was on contract for four and a half years, until she was let go from the soap in July 2006 as a result of budget cuts. Marshall returned to Guiding Light as Gilly Grant in 2006 and from July to September 18, 2009. Amelia's other TV credits include Cosby, Battle of the Network Starts, Lizzie McGuire, The District, and as a judge at the Miss Universe Pageant.
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Anthony Deion Branch, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League . He was drafted by the... Patriots in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville. He has also played for the Seattle Seahawks. Branch was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005, after tying former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice and former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Dan Ross for the Super Bowl reception record with 11 catches for 133 yards. He was the first receiver to win the award since 1989. Branch was born in Albany, Georgia. He attended Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, where he lettered in both football and track and field. After graduating from high school, Branch attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, where he played football for two seasons. As a freshman in 1997, Branch caught 37 passes for 639 yards and five touchdowns, and also returned 14 kickoffs for a 23.6 yard average. In 1998, Branch had 70 receptions for 1,012 yards and nine touchdowns, while also returning 15 punts for a 12.
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Paula Deen is an American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality. Deen resides in... Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published five cookbooks. Though married in 2004 to Michael Groover, she uses the surname Deen from her first marriage. Deen was born in Albany, Georgia. Her parents died before she was 23, and an early marriage ended in divorce. In her 20s, Deen suffered from panic attacks and agoraphobia. She then focused on cooking for her family as something she could do without leaving her house. In 1986, she took a job as a bank teller, and later moved to Savannah with her sons. In 1989, she divorced Jimmy Deen, to whom she had been married since 1965, and started a catering service. She made sandwiches and meals, which her sons Jamie and Bobby delivered. She was left with only $200 and her two teenage sons. Deen's home business, The Bag Lady, soon outgrew her kitchen. In January 1996 Deen opened her own restaurant, The Lady & Sons, in downtown Savannah, on West Congress Street.
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Jo Marie Payton is an American television actress, and singer, who starred most notably as Harriette Winslow on the ABC sitcom, Family Matters, and... its parent series Perfect Strangers. From 2001 to 2005 Jo Marie Payton provided the voice for Suga Mama Proud on Bruce W. Smith's The Proud Family, which reunited her with her former co-star Orlando Brown. The role earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2005. Payton also had a recurring role as the personal assistant to Gregory Hines' character, Ben Doucette , during season two of Will & Grace . Jo Marie Payton was born on August 3, 1950, in Albany, Georgia. In later years, her family moved to Opa-Locka, Florida and completed high school at North Dade Jr./ Sr. High School in Bunche Park, Florida. Miami Carol City Senior High School in Dade County, Florida. She graduated from Albany State University in Albany, Georgia and continued to donate, host charitable events, and support her alma mater while also continuing her education and making a successful career.
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Amelia Marshall is an American soap opera actress. Her most famous role to date is television presenter Gillian "Gilly" Grant Speakes, which she... played on Guiding Light from 1989 until 1997, 2006, & 2009. Marshall's character proved so popular that she rose from an Under-Five to a full contract in less than six months. As soon as she left Guiding Light, she was offered the role of Belinda Keefer on All My Children, where she stayed until 1999. On October 3, 2001 Marshall debuted on Passions in the role of villainess Liz Sanbourne, sister to Dr. Eve Russell. Marshall was on contract for four and a half years, until she was let go from the soap in July 2006 as a result of budget cuts. Marshall returned to Guiding Light as Gilly Grant in 2006 and from July to September 18, 2009. Amelia's other TV credits include Cosby, Battle of the Network Starts, Lizzie McGuire, The District, and as a judge at the Miss Universe Pageant.
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Anthony Deion Branch, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League . He was drafted by the... Patriots in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville. He has also played for the Seattle Seahawks. Branch was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005, after tying former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice and former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Dan Ross for the Super Bowl reception record with 11 catches for 133 yards. He was the first receiver to win the award since 1989. Branch was born in Albany, Georgia. He attended Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, where he lettered in both football and track and field. After graduating from high school, Branch attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, where he played football for two seasons. As a freshman in 1997, Branch caught 37 passes for 639 yards and five touchdowns, and also returned 14 kickoffs for a 23.6 yard average. In 1998, Branch had 70 receptions for 1,012 yards and nine touchdowns, while also returning 15 punts for a 12.
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Paula Deen is an American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality. Deen resides in... Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published five cookbooks. Though married in 2004 to Michael Groover, she uses the surname Deen from her first marriage. Deen was born in Albany, Georgia. Her parents died before she was 23, and an early marriage ended in divorce. In her 20s, Deen suffered from panic attacks and agoraphobia. She then focused on cooking for her family as something she could do without leaving her house. In 1986, she took a job as a bank teller, and later moved to Savannah with her sons. In 1989, she divorced Jimmy Deen, to whom she had been married since 1965, and started a catering service. She made sandwiches and meals, which her sons Jamie and Bobby delivered. She was left with only $200 and her two teenage sons. Deen's home business, The Bag Lady, soon outgrew her kitchen. In January 1996 Deen opened her own restaurant, The Lady & Sons, in downtown Savannah, on West Congress Street.
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Charles Ray Knight is a former right-handed Major League Baseball third baseman best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York... Mets. Originally drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft, he is likely best remembered to Reds fans as the man who replaced Pete Rose at third base, whereas Mets fans remember Knight as the man who scored the winning run of game six of the 1986 World Series and the MVP of that series. He is now a studio analyst and occasional game analyst for MASN's coverage of the Washington Nationals. Knight made his major league debut with Cincinnati as a September call-up in 1974. He spent all of 1975 and 1976 with the triple A Indianapolis Indians before returning to the majors in 1977. During that time, the Reds won both World Series titles. Knight was a .232 hitter with two home runs and 19 runs batted in when he assumed the role of starting third baseman for the "Big Red Machine" following Rose's defection to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1979. Knight responded with a .
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Wallingford Constantine Riegger was a prolific American music composer, well known for orchestral and modern dance music, and film scores. He was... born in Albany, Georgia, but lived much of his life in New York City. He is noted for being one of the first American composers to use a form of twelve-tone technique. Riegger was born in 1885 to Ida Wallingford and Constantine Riegger. After his father's lumber mill burned down in 1888, his family moved to Indianapolis, and later to Louisville, finally settling in New York in 1900. A gifted cellist, he graduated from the first graduating class of the Institute of Musical Art, later known as the Juilliard School, in 1907, after studying under Percy Goetschius. He continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin for three years. After returning in 1910, he married Rose Schramm, with whom he later had three daughters, in 1911. For a time, he returned to Germany and accepted various conducting positions, but this was interrupted by the joining of America in World War I in 1917, after which he moved back to America. From 1918 to 1922, he taught music theory and violoncello at Drake University.
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