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Australian comedian Rosie Waterland has announced the tragic loss of her mother, Lisa Stevens. The best-selling Sydney-based author, 37, said Lisa died aged 60 on January 4. Writing on Instagram ...
Lisa Stevens. Lisa Stevens is an American editor, CEO and founder of Paizo Publishing, and COO of Goblinworks. She began her career in games in the 1980s, working with Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein•Hagen to help produce the tabletop roleplaying game Ars Magica. She later worked at White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast before founding Paizo.
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- Lisa Stevens, United States
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Sep 1, 2020 · Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals. September 1, 2020, by Jillian Luciow, American Women’s History Initiative Digital Curation Intern, Smithsonian Institution Archives. During her tenure at the National ...
Death. Stevens died in her Manhattan home on March 20, 2013, at the age of 99. Her body was cremated. Awards. Stevens was honored many times over her long career including honorary degrees from Russell Sage (H.H. D.), Hobart, and Smith Colleges (Mus. D.). Legacy. She established the Risë Stevens scholarship at Adelphi College.
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- Risë Gus Steenberg, June 11, 1913, New York City, U.S.
- 1936–1974
- March 20, 2013 (aged 99), Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Her father, Tony Purcell, who suffered from schizophrenia, committed suicide when she was eight, and her mother, Lisa Stevens, died in January 2024. She went to live in foster homes from the age of 14, and attended 20 different schools.
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- 2013-present
- Comedian, author, television writer, actress
Mar 21, 2013 · Risë Stevens, the internationally renowned mezzo-soprano who had a 23-year career with the Metropolitan Opera, where she practically owned the role of Carmen during the 1940s and ’50s, died...
Lisa Stevens is an American editor, CEO and founder of Paizo Publishing, and COO of Goblinworks. She began her career in games in the 1980s, working with Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein•Hagen to help produce the tabletop roleplaying game Ars Magica. She later worked at White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast before founding Paizo. She announced her gradual retirement from her role in June 2020.
