Vol 2, No 24: December 14, 2004

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Adderley, “Cannonball”

A typo in the year of his birth has been corrected, from 1926 to 1928. Thanks to Nick Dagan Best for alerting us to this error!

Ali, Muhammad and Hana Yasmeen

With the help of his daughter, Ali has written a new book, an autobiography reflecting on his life with a spiritual and philosophical perspective. “Soul of a Butterfly” was published in November 2004.

Anderson, Lynne

On December 2, 2004 in Denton, TX, police found Anderson passed out in her car which she had parked on the side of a highway. She was charged with drunk driving and released on a $1,000 bail.

Barrie, Sir James M.

The time zone for his birth data has been corrected from LMT to GMT, changing his Ascendant by a few degrees. Thanks to Shellie Enteen for the alert!

Bernhard, Prince (1911)

Eight months after his wife died, Prince Bernhard died on December 1, 2004 at age 93 in Utrecht. In November 2003, he was diagnosed with cancer which had spread to his lungs and stomach.

Collins, Phil

The British musician and his wife Orianne welcomed their son Mathew [sic] on December 1, 2004 in Geneva.

Dern, Laura

On November 28, 2004 the actress gave birth to a daughter at her home in Los Angeles. The child’s father is Dern’s fiancé, musician Ben Harper, with whom she has a 3-year-old son Ellery.

Frankel, Martin

On March 9, 2001, this fugitive businessman was extradited to the United States from Germany where he had spent a year and a half in a German jail on charges of using a false passport and smuggling diamonds. On March 12, 2001, Frankel pleaded not guilty in U.S. federal court to fraud and racketeering charges. Facing 24 counts of stealing more than $200 million from 10 small insurance companies, he eventually pleaded guilty. On December 10, 2004 he was sentenced in New Haven, CT to 16 years and eight months for his crimes. Just prior to his sentencing, the US Treasury held a two-day auction of some 822 diamonds seized from Frankel’s cache. The auction raised $9 million to be used as victim restitution. (Thanks to Jane Drury for forwarding news of his sentence.)

Hasselhoff, David

Christof Neiderwieser wrote to alert us to a significant discrepancy between the birth data in Hasselhoff’s AstroDatabank record and other information, also reportedly from Hasselhoff himself. It seems that a fan club and other web sources give July 17, 1952. The fan club sponsors sent an e-mail to Christof confirming that they heard Hasselhoff in a radio interview give the date of July 17, 1952 and a time of 3 PM, but they could not be more specific about the name of the show or when it was broadcast. Given the difference in dates and times, with both versions quoting Hasselhoff, we have downgraded his entry’s rating to XX.

Hawthorne, Nigel

We have changed his birth month to April to correct a typo in his birth month (the record incorrectly gave May as his birth month; all other information is correct). Thanks to Jim Gorham for the alert.

Kerik, Bernard B.

New Data

Name: KERIK, BERNARD B.
Date: 9/4/1955
Time: 04:00 EDT (+5:00)
Gender: M
Place: Newark, NJ
Latitude: 40 N 44
Longitude: 74 W 10
Rodden Rating: B
Data Source: Bio/autobiography

Source Notes:
Sy Scholfield cites Kerik's book, "The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice" (NY: Harper Collins, 2001), p. 19. Biography: American law enforcement officer, the 40th police commissioner of the City of New York who was sent to Iraq to bring law and order as Iraq's Minister of the Interior after the fall of Saddam Hussein. In this role he is responsible for hiring and training the police force for post-Hussein Iraq.

Biography:
Abandoned by his mother when he was 4, he went on to earn his black belt in Tae Kwan Do and joined the US Army as a military police office. He was assigned to Korea and trained special forces at the J.F. Kennedy Unconventional Warfare Center in Fort Bragg. After the service, with a background in international security and anti-terrorism, he became warden of the Passaic County jail in New Jersey. He took a pay cut to become a police officer in 1986, stationed in Times Square. From there he became a fearless narcotics detective, going undercover to track Cali cartel drug lords. After a 1991 drug bust, he was awarded the Police Department's Medal of Valor for saving the life of a fellow officer. On August 21, 2000 he was appointed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as the 40th police commissioner of New York City, a post he held during the infamous 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

His journey to find his mother resulted in his 2001 book, "The Lost Son," optioned by Miramax to be made into a movie. On December 2, 2004, President George W. Bush tapped Kerik for the cabinet position of Secretary of Homeland Security. Kerik had been working as senior vice president for the security consulting firm founded by Rudy Giuliani. On Friday, December 10, 2004, Kerik abruptly withdrew his name from nomination citing personal matters. He claimed that while he was preparing confirmation paperwork, he discovered that a former employee had "questionable immigration status" and that the related tax payments had not been made. The following week, another potential problem surfaced in the guise of a potential conflict-of-interest: Kerik received a $6.2 million windfall from exercising stock options in a stun-gun company for which he serves on the board of directors. The company does business with the Department of Homeland Security.

Long, Shelley

The actress was hospitalized on November 17, 2004 for what some media reports labeled a drug overdose. Her publicist denied that drugs are an issue and denied that she had made suicide attempt, stating that a long-time back injury had become so painful that she took one extra pill and had a bad reaction. Long and her husband ended their 22-year marriage in July 2004 and sold their home, and she has openly lamented her inability to get work, although she has recently filmed guest appearances on two sitcoms.

Peterson, Scott

On December 13, 2004, the jury recommended the death penalty for his crimes. The judge is expected to pass down the formal sentence on February 25, 2005.

Piscopo, Joe

The 53-year-old actor became a dad for the fourth time on November 29, 2004 with the birth of a daughter Olivia in Los Angeles. He and his wife Kimberly have a daughter Alexandra and a son Michael, and Piscopo has a 25-year-old son Joe from a previous marriage.

Travers, Mary

On December 7, 2004, the singer’s publicist announced that Travers is suffering from a form of leukemia and is undergoing chemotherapy. She expects to be in remission in three months and to tour with her group Peter, Paul and Mary in February 2005.

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