"PO" folks
Not surprisingly, this Polish director's "The Ninth Gate" was filmed in Europe, even the New York scenes
(Roman) Polanski
Harry Blackmun retired from this in 1994 joking that he didn't want his senility to reach unacceptable levels
the supreme court
Matt Damon hails from this education-oriented Boston-area city
Cambridge
Before the fall, Humpty Dumpty did it "on a wall"
sat
He played the title role in the movie "Being John Malkovich"
John Malkovitch
Born around 1595, her real name was Mantoaka
Pocahontas
Man whose retirement speech is seen here:
"...an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye."
Douglass McArthur
(Hey. I'm Wayne Brady.) I started my performing career in this Florida city sometimes called O-Town
Orlando
Meaning "manufactured", it was in a famous telegraph message after "What hath God..."
wrought
It's the band whose farewell concert was chronicled in the documentary "The Last Waltz"
The Band
When she died in 1960, Life Magazine said, "The world has lost its best known arbiter of good conduct"
Emily Post
She retired from the screen in 1934 but was ready for her close-up again in 1950's "Sunset Boulevard"
Gloria Swanson
Though born in Washington, D.C., this "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Oscar winner was raised in the South Pacific
William Hurt
If you missed the big day, go online; Blue Mountain has a whole section of this kind of birthday e-card
belated
Physician Robert Graves first identified this disease in 1835
Graves Desiese
He was U.S. President during the "Fabulous '40s" (the 1840s, that is)
Polk
In 1955 this former GOP president completed a government commission and retired from public service
hoover
Wynton & Branford Marsalis were both born in this southern "Crescent City"
New Orleans
On pepper boxes, it means "milled"
cracked
Carvings of a bell and a star are found on her gravestone in Porum, Oklahoma
Belle Starr
He gave us the line "A little learning is a dangerous thing"
(alexander) pope
Born in Australia in 1926, this soprano retired from the stage in 1990
Joan Sutherland
This sitcom star says Massapequa, N.Y., where he grew up, has an Indian name that means "by the mall"
Jerry Sinefield
This synonym for "haggard" is also past tense for having pulled out your weapon
drawn
What is the capitol of mexico
Mexico city