Hall of Hams #92: Junius Brutus Booth
Today is the birthday of Junius Brutus Booth, Sr. (1796-1852), founder of an acting dynasty. Himself named after the assassin of Julius Caesar, he was also the father of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, a fact that will always darken what ought otherwise to be a distinguished American name. A Londoner by birth, Booth […]
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