User:Shir-El too



Shalom!

I was born in California [USA] and grew up in Hollywood until the mid-1960's when I moved to Israel: I speak, read and write English and Hebrew with a smattering of Spanish and French, and a toothpick of Latin.

My formal education amounts to 4 years - but I am also an autodidact and bookworm with catholic tastes. I worked mainly in tourism for over 25 years before becoming executive secretary to an FDA consultancy, then 'retired' (!) into marriage. Widowed in 2008, I went back to work part-time in 2010 and finally retired in 2017.

My name means “Song of God” in Hebrew.

I joined Wikipedia to broaden my horizons, discover new interests and enjoy contributing to something so worthwhile.

Cheers!

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Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007, R.I.P. - He made our hearts soar on the wings of his voice

March 14, 2018: Einstein's birthday, Pi Day, Stephen Hawking's death day:
 * "It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love."
 * quoted in a statement to the BBC by his children Lucy, Robert and Tim Hawking

"To Dr. Li Wenliang THE HERO of our time. R.I.P." 1986-2020
 * (note on floral tribute left at Central Hospital of Wuhan)

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Articles added or expanded

 * 42nd Street (song) title song of the movie
 * Hunt Stromberg Jr. and expanded Hunt Stromberg
 * Stranglers' Moon; SciFi novel by E.E. "Doc" Smith with Stephen Goldin in the Family D'Alembert series
 * Balalaika (musical): origin of the movie
 * James Hill (British director): directed Born Free and much more
 * Ken Swofford: a prolific TV guest/recurring actor
 * Robert Van Scoyk: writer-turned-story-editor on some outstanding TV series
 * Tom Clancy's Op Center (1995): a made-for-TV action/political thriller
 * Wolfgang Hoffmann: Austrian-American designer influential in the American modernism movement, 1926-1942
 * A Talent for Murder: added plot and reference to 'made from' Edgar award winning play