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Long Beach  is an oceanfront  city  in  Nassau County ,  New York , United States. It takes up a central section of the  Long Beach Barrier Island , which is the westernmost of the  outer barrier islands  off  Long Island's South Shore . As of the  2020 Census , the city's population was 35,029. [2] The  City of Long Beach  was incorporated in 1922, [3]  and is nicknamed "The City by the Sea" (the...

Manilow released a number of cover tunes during the 1990s, starting with tracks on the 1989 release  Barry Manilow , and continuing with his 1990 Christmas LP  Because It's Christmas . On the Christmas album, Manilow was joined by pop girl trio  Exposé  and together they recreated, note for note, a 1943 million-selling recording of " Jingle Bells " by  Bing Crosby  and  The Andrews Sisters . Manil...

Glen Cove  is a  city  in  Nassau County , on the  North Shore  of  Long Island ,  New York , United States. The city's population was 28,365 at the time of the 2020 census. Of Nassau County's five  municipalities , Glen Cove is one of two that are  cities , rather than  towns  – the other being  Long Beach . Glen Cove was considered part of the  affluent , early 20th-century  Gold Coast  of Long...

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Barry Manilow  ( /ˈmænɪloʊ/   MAN-il-oh ; born  Barry Alan Pincus  on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans six decades. His hit recordings include " Could It Be Magic ", " Looks Like We Made It ", " Mandy ", " I Write the Songs ", " Can't Smile Without You ", " Weekend in New England ", and " Copacabana (At the Copa) ". Manilow has recorded and released 51 T...

Suffolk County  ( /ˈsʌfək/   SUF-ək ) is the easternmost  county  in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of  Long Island . It is bordered to its west by  Nassau County , to its east by  Gardiners Bay  and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its north by  Long Island Sound , and to its south by the Atlantic Ocean. As of the  2020 United States census , the county's population wa...

Leah Marie Remini  ( /ˈrɛmɪni/ ; born June 15, 1970) is an American actress. She starred as  Carrie Heffernan  on the  CBS  sitcom  The King of Queens  (1998–2007) and as Vanessa Celluci in the CBS sitcom  Kevin Can Wait  (2017–2018), both alongside  Kevin James . [2] [3] Remini coproduced and hosted the  A&E  documentary series  Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath  (2016–2019), for whi...

Rosetta LeNoire  (born  Rosetta Olive Burton ; August 8, 1911 – March 17, 2002) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was known to contemporary audiences for her work in television. She had regular roles on such series as  Gimme a Break!  and  Amen , and is particularly known for her role as Estelle "Mother" Winslow on  Family Matters . In 1999, she was awarded the  National Med...

Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.  ( /ˈræðər/ ; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during  Hurricane Carla  in September 1961. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people. He reported on so...

According to the  U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 453.2 square miles (1,174 km2), of which 284.7 square miles (737 km2) is land and 168.5 square miles (436 km2) (37%) is water. [39] Nassau County borders the  Long Island Sound  on the north and the open  Atlantic Ocean  on the south. The county occupies a portion of Long Island immediately east of the New York City borough of Q...

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.  (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the  CBS Evening News [1]  for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. [2] [3] [4]  Cronkite received numerous honors including two  Peabody Awards , a  Georg...

Charles Bishop Kuralt  (September 10, 1934 [1]  – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. [2] [3]  He is most widely known for his long career with  CBS , first for his "On the Road" segments on  The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite , and later as the first anchor of  CBS News Sunday Morning , a position he held for fifteen years. [4]  In 1996, Kur...

Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. [1]  (born August 20, 1954) [1]  is an American  weather presenter , journalist, television personality, and author. He is the current weather anchor on  NBC 's  Today , [2]  and occasionally co-hosts  3rd Hour Today . He has an inactive  American Meteorological Society  Television Seal #238. [3] PICTURE: By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...

Nassau County  ( /ˈnæsɔː/   NASS-aw ) is a  suburban   county  located on  Long Island , immediately to the east of  New York City , bordering the  Long Island Sound  on the north and the open  Atlantic Ocean  to the south. As of the  2020 United States census , Nassau County's population was 1,395,774, making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York, [1]  and reflecting an incre...

John Augustus Kelly Jr.  (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of  Bart Maverick  in the television series  Maverick , which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with  James Garner  as  Bret Maverick  (1957–1960) then with  Roger Moore  as  Beau Maverick  (1960–1961)...

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Long Island has played a prominent role in  scientific research  and in  engineering . It is the home of the  Brookhaven National Laboratory  in  nuclear physics  and  Department of Energy  research. Long Island is also home to the  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , which was directed for 35 years by  James D. Watson  (who, along with  Francis Crick  and  Rosalind Franklin , discovered the  double h...

Lori Anne Loughlin [1]  ( /ˈlɒklɪn/ ; born July 28, 1964) [1]  is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played  Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis  on the  ABC  sitcom  Full House , and reprised the role for its  Netflix  sequel  Fuller House  (2016–2018). Loughlin is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in  The Edge of Night  (1980–1983),  Debbie Wilson  in  The CW  series  90210  (2008–2012),...

Keith David Williams  (born June 4, 1956) [1]  is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence [2]  in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as  The Thing  (1982),  Platoon  (1986),  Road House  (1989),  Men at Work  (1990),  Final Analysis  (1992),  The Quick and the Dead  (1995),  Larger than Li...

Several smaller islands, though geographically distinct, are in proximity to Long Island and are often grouped with it. These islands include  Fire Island , the largest of the outer barrier islands that parallels the southern shore of Long Island for approximately 31 miles (50 km);  Plum Island , which was home to the  Plum Island Animal Disease Center , a  biological weapons   research facility ;...

Canton was born to a Jewish family [3]  in  Queens , New York City, the son of Shirley and Arthur Canton, who worked in the film industry on marketing and publicity - including such films as  Lawrence of Arabia . As a young adult, he met well-known movie personalities like  Alfred Hitchcock ,  David Lean , and  Doris Day  when they visited the family's apartment. [4] After working in the mail...

Following the  European colonization of the Americas , including Long Island, the  Algonquian peoples  found themselves increasingly marginalized, their ancient hunting grounds cleared for agriculture, and their economic systems integrated into the European market, particularly through their labor and the dwindling fur and wampum trades. By the 18th century, most native lands had been seized, leav...

Long Island  is a populous island east of  Manhattan  in southeastern  New York state , constituting a significant share of the  New York metropolitan area  in both population and land area. The island extends from  New York Harbor  118 miles (190 km) eastward into the  North Atlantic Ocean  with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km). [2] [3]  With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,63...

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones  ( /nɑːˈsɪər/ ; born September 14, 1973), known professionally as  Nas  ( /nɑːz/ ), is an American rapper and entrepreneur. Rooted in  East Coast hip hop , he is regarded as  one of the greatest rappers of all time . [2] [3] [4]  The son of jazz musician  Olu Dara , Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the moniker "Nasty Nas", and recorded demos under the w...

WFTY-DT  (channel 67) is a  television station  licensed to  Smithtown, New York , United States, serving  Long Island  and owned by  TelevisaUnivision . Its main channel broadcasts the  True Crime Network ; it also rebroadcasts the main channels of its New York City–area  Univision  and  UniMás  stations,  WXTV-DT  (channel 41) and  WFUT-DT  (channel 68), from its transmitter in  Middle Island, N...