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Wenche Foss was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television, who also advocated for disabled rights and gay rights. She died in 2011 and received a state funeral and a statue outside the National Theater.
Desmond Doss was a Seventh-day Adventist who served as a combat medic in World War II without carrying a weapon. He saved many wounded soldiers in Guam, the Philippines, and Okinawa, and received the Medal of Honor in 1945.
Donald A. Foss (1943 or 1944 – August 14, 2022) was an American billionaire businessman, the founder, chairman, and CEO of the subprime car finance company Credit Acceptance. At his death, his net worth was estimated at US$2 billion.
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Foss Couchant by Lear. Foss (c. 1873 – 26 November 1887), formally named Aderphos, was the pet cat of Edward Lear, the 19th-century author, artist, illustrator and poet.A "stumpy-tailed," "portly," and "unattractive" tabby cat, he was a favourite of Lear's and played an important role as a companion in the poet's lonely later years.
Dian Fossey was a leading primatologist who studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda for 20 years until she was murdered in 1985. She was a member of the "Trimates" group along with Jane Goodall and Birutė Galdikas, and opposed poaching and tourism in wildlife habitats.
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Upon graduating, Joe asks Fitzgerald to bring the fact that Massachusetts has never had an Irish Catholic bank examiner to the attention of Governor Foss and lands the job. After Rose returns to America and Joe becomes the “youngest bank president” at age twenty-five, she finally agrees to marry him.