TITLE: Biography Magazine
[Multiple biographies of people in the news -- See FULL contents list below!]
ISSUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 1998; Vol. 2, No. 9
CONDITION: Literary sized magazine, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Princess Diana. A look back.

FEATURES:
Cover Story: Princess Diana: A Look Back Who could forget her? The "people's princess," the most famous woman in the world, a devoted mother and determined humanitarian who died just one year ago at the height of her beauty. Biography Magazine takes a look back at the life of this vibrant woman who felt she was just beginning to fulfill her personal destiny. By Dorothy Rompalske.

Quiz: Go to the Head of the Class Think you're at the top of the class when it comes to identifying famous teachers from television and the movies? Take Biography Magazine's back-to-school quiz and grade yourself. By David Goldman.

Justice: To Clear His Name: Fred Korematsu Wins an Apology from the Country That Imprisoned Him...56 Years Later Fred Korematsu, an American citizen of Japanese descent, struck a blow for freedom when he refused to report to a World War II internment camp for Japanese-Americans. Now, more than half a century later, he has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for that act of defiance. By Jane Meredith Adams.

Personalities: Meryl Streep: A Star in Any Language Who is Meryl Streep? She's an astonishingly gifted actress, of course, who's won two Oscars and can flawlessly reproduce almost any accent spoken on Earth But she's also a no-nonsense mother of four, settled in the sleepy Connecticut countryside, who fixes her family breakfast each day and claims to love doing laundry. By Evan Forster.

Q&A: Biography Magazine Interviews Dr. Rachel Remen on the Nature of Healing Beset by a serious illness herself, Dr. Remen is the rare physician accepted by both the medical establishment and alternative practitioners. Biography Magazine talks to her about patient relationships, the spiritual dimension of medicine, and what it means to be a wounded healer. Interview conducted by Jane Meredith Adams.

Legends: The Memory of All That: The Brief, Brilliant Career of George Gershwin He was an original: this country's first and possibly foremost musical genius. But the streetwise New Yorker who produced such classics as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess lived only to 38, when he was silenced forever by a brain tumor. By Sheryl Flatow.

Media: Meet Globe-Trotting TV Newsman John Hockenberry, a "Crip" with Attitude NBC News correspondent John Hockenberry has seen it all and done it all--from the seat of a wheelchair. A paraplegic since an auto accident at 19, he's a self-described "crip" who attacks life on his own terms, from riding a mule to visit Kurdish refugees in Iraq to being named a finalist in NASA's Journalist in Space Program. By Curt Schleier.

Celebrities: Matt Damon: From Harvard to Hollywood Matthew Paige Damon began acting at 8, and by 10 had an agent and a new friend: Ben Affleck. Now he and Affleck have Oscars for Good Will Hunting, and Damon is keeping time with Winona Ryder. By Steven Lang.

History: Aimee Semple McPherson had fame, 96 fortune, and followers. Then she disappeared. Sister Aimee mysteriously disappeared, then resurfaced six weeks later claiming she'd been kidnapped. But skeptics speculated she'd run away to a love nest with a married man. By Michael D'Antonio.

Pioneers: Billie Jean King: Leveling the Playing Field As achild, Billie Jean King had a flash "that I'd do something great with my life." So it's probably not surprising she became a tennis legend, social crusader, and a pioneer for women in sports. By Joel Drucker.

Innovators: Villainous Penguins and 108 Runaway Chickens: The Bizarre World of Animator Nick Park Okay, so you've never heard of Nick Park. But you have seen his work, beginning with his signature characters, the cheese-obsessed bachelor Wallace and his ever-resourceful dog, Gromit. Next up: two chickens who flee the farm. By Evan Rothman.

DEPARTMENTS.
From the Publisher.
Readers Write.
Freeze Frame: Three Rambunctious Redheads.
Who Am I? By Kurt Rieschick.
Biograph: Charting the Life of Mary Tyler Moore.
By Alexander Wohl.
Shocking, Lurid, and True! The Beardstown Ladies.
Not-So-Happy Returns By David Goldman.
Fact or Fiction? Biography Magazine Answers Your.
Questions about Well-Known People By Alice Cary.
Keep Your Eye On Giovanni Ribisi, Ralf Moeller.
Dominique Swain By Marjorie Rosen.
Where Are They Now? By David Martindale.
Minutes of Fame: D.B. Cooper and Scott O'Grady By Mark McGuire.
What's on Biography in September Compiled by David Goldman.
Crossword By John M. Samson.
Lifefile: Shirley MacLaine By John Kehoe.


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