Tragedy struck again in 1904, when Tolkien's mother was diagnosed with diabetes, which at the time was untreatable. By the end of the year she had died and Ronald and his brother were left orphaned.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — the world of The Lord of the Rings and now the new animated film The War of the Rohirrim — was born, first and foremost, from Tolkien’s intense and lifelong love for ...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in 1892 in South Africa, where his British father, Arthur, was working as a banker. When he was 3 years old, his mother, Mabel, brought him and his younger brother ...

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is another box office hit based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a British writer, poet, philologist and a ...

The last time a Democrat won Idaho’s vote for president was 60 years ago, in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson prevailed in a ...

A typical story of a mouse who was once a tiger and is biding his time to roar again, Baby John is almost a scene-by-scene copy of Atlee’s Theri that was powered by the stardom of Vijay.

BLOOMINGTON — While many Spotify music streaming users look forward to their "Spotify Wrapped" at the end of the year, showing their top songs and music artists, libraries are still an avenue ...

Opinions expressed are those of the author. Membership (fee-based) Ronald Bisio is Senior Vice President, Field Systems, at Trimble. Read Ronald Bisio's full executive profile here. While many ...

We don’t know all of what the Trump Administration may do in the coming year, since many of the ideas floated have faded in and out and some have been contradicted here and there. But if there ...

In Taunton, Ronald A. Gonsalves Sr., age 88, passed away at Morton Hospital on December 20, 2024 while surrounded by his loving family. Ronald is survived by his wife Patricia (Wright) Gonsalves ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Cincinnati woman is dead and three others injured, including an officer, when police say she drove the wrong way on Ronald Reagan Highway Saturday night and hit another car ...