Gluck
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Alma Reba FiersohnMme. Efrem Zimbalist, 1884–1938, U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.
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Christoph Willibald von 1714–87, German operatic composer.
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Louise, 1943–2023, U.S. poet: Nobel Prize in Literature 2020.
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Gluck first heard about “Theo” last summer from a retired editor friend who’d read it with her book club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
At 38 years old, Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer—and told he might have as little as 18 months to live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
“While it is with sadness that Atlas has agreed to close its recycling operations, this decision reflects the evolving land use along the Alameda Corridor,” wrote Gluck in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
It took about an hour on a weeknight after work, and afterward, Gluck made a throwaway joke to the technician: Am I glowing from the radioactive tracer?
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
And there in the doorway were Gluck and Derby and Pilgrim—the childish soldier and the poor old high school teacher and the clown in his toga and silver shoes—staring.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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