Fake Obituary - Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson, 56, of Springfield Md., died April 14, 1964 in her home.

Her book "Silent Spring", which was published in 1962 and addressed the affects of pesticides on the environment, is widely recognized as one of the major proponents for the modern American Environmental movement. And in 1972 it facilitated the ban of DDT in the U.S.


Ms. Carson was born on a family farm in Springdale, Pa. on May 22, 1907 to Maria Frazier and Robert Warden Carson.


After graduating from high school in Parnassus, Pa. in 1925 at the top of her class, Ms. Carson went on to college at Pennsylvania College for Women, now known as Chatham University. She graduated magna cum laude in 1929 with a degree in biology.

She then continued on to graduate school at John Hopkins University, where she graduated with a masters in zoology in 1932. After graduate school, she began a temporary job at the Bureau of Fisheries. After proving her worth at the Bureau, she was encouraged by her supervisor to pursue a full time position and in 1936 became the second woman to be hired by the Bureau for a full time professional position as a junior aquatic biologist.

As a marine biologist at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Rachel became known for her environmental and nature writing including her books "The Sea Around Us" (1951), "The Edge of the Sea" (1955), "Under the Sea Wind" (1941), and "Silent Spring".

Her books won her numerous honors including the Medal of the New York Zoological Society, the John Burroughs Medal, the Gold Medal of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, and the National Book Award.

She was predeceased by her mother, father, sister Marian Carson, and survived by her brother Robert Carson, and adoptive sone, ROger Christie, who was her grandnephew.

Services were held in April of 1964.

Show Vs. Tell of Nancy Lamb

Araz Havan


At the beginning of class Lamb walks over to her desk -her gait is punctuated by a preference for her right leg – and places what looks like thousands of papers down with a thud. She eases herself up onto the desk and it momentarily tilts forward and supports Lamb with only two pegs. She doesn’t notice, pounding the desk and calling out for “offerings for the gods.”

It’s during this time when students rise in a mass exodus to the front of the classroom, their voices clamoring for a paper or a missing article, that you can see Lamb perched on her desk watching the chaos of her students with a fond smile.

Julie Andrew'sFake Obituary :(

By Araz Havan

LONDON- Dame Julie Andrews lived in Los Angeles.

            She was born Oct. 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surry, England, the daughter of Edward and Barbara (Morris) Wells.

            Dame Andrews' singing abilities were discovered early in her life, and lessons with voice instructor Madame Lilian Stiles-Allan, with whom she was very close, began. During this time she performed around many stages with her mother and step-father but also on her own.

            When she was 19, she made her Broadway debut in musical "The Boyfriend", leading to her role in "My Fair Lady". A producer was so impressed with her work that he cast Julie in a television musical, "Cinderella".

            On May 10, 1959, Julie married set designer Tony Walton, her childhood sweetheart. They met when Julie played an egg in a production of Humpty Dumpty. Their daughter, Emma Katherine Walton, was born two years later. Her marriage with Tony Walton ended in 1967.

            In 1961, Walt Disney saw her performance of "Camelot" and cast Julie as the title character in "Mary Poppins". The film went on to be a resounding success.

Julie was no stranger to awards when she was awarded the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress for her part as Mary Poppins. She had already been nominated for Tony Awards for "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot".

This was a busy time for Julie, and soon she went to play Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" in 1965, winning a Golden Globe for Best Actress.

Her second marriage was to director Blake Edwards, to whom she remained married until his death in 2010. They had no children together, but took custody of his two daughters, Joanna and Amy Edwards, from his previous marriage.

Julie enjoys writing as well, garnering acclaim for her children’s books. Recently she has been involved with the "Shrek" and "Despicable Me" Disney films.

In 2000 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
A special service will be held in Westminster Abbey on March 4 2013. Family requests that in lieu of flowers, donation be made to the Children of London Arts Fund.