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Post by TTX on Sept 22, 2021 18:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 23, 2021 17:44:14 GMT -5
Peter Palmer Dies: ‘Li’l Abner’ Star On Stage & Screen Was 90 Peter Palmer, who originated the title character in Broadway’s 1956 musical Li’l Abner and then reprised the role for the 1959 film adaptation, died Tuesday. He was 90.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 23, 2021 17:56:06 GMT -5
Legendary Nashville A-Team Bassist Bob Moore Dead at 88
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 23, 2021 18:54:18 GMT -5
R.I.P. Al Harrington, the Honolulu local who became a big part of Hawaii Five-O. He was 85 The multitalented man was a regular on both Hawaii Five-O shows, decades apart. Al Harrington was a natural to play a part on Hawaii Five-O. Born in American Samoa, the Pago Pago native later grew up in Hawaii, where his stepfather, Roy Milbur Harrington, was a cop for the Honolulu Police Department. In his youth, Harrington excelled at both performing on both the stage and the football field. The Baltimore Colts showed interest in him, but he opted to head back to Hawaii to work as a dancer. His fascinating career later led him to become both a history professor and a successful dancer-entertainer dubbed "The South Pacific Man." His regional fame on the island led his part on Hawaii Five-O, which filmed on location in Honolulu. Harrington joined the cast as a regular in season five as Ben Kokua, one of the few supporting stars alongside McGarrett (Jack Lord) and Danno (James MacArthur). He acted on the series for three years, through season seven. But it was not his last stint on (a) Hawaii Five-O. Four decades later, he landed a recurring gig on the reboot, Hawaii Five-0. His new character, Mamo Kahike, was created as an old friend of the McGarretts. In between those two distinct stints on the detective franchise, he popped up in guest roles on Jake and the Fatman, The Jeffersons and Scrubs.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 28, 2021 9:44:28 GMT -5
Legendary former Liverpool FC player Sir Roger Hunt has died at 83. He was the club's second highest goal scorer of all time and scored three goals in six appearances at the 1966 World Cup.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 28, 2021 23:47:06 GMT -5
R.I.P. Jean Hale, the Mad Hatter's moll on Batman who married Dabney Coleman She twice played an accused client of Perry Mason. She was 82 Batman wore pink. Well, it happened one time, in "The Contaminated Cowl." In that adventure, deep into the second season of Batman, the Mad Hatter (David Wayne) turns the Caped Crusader's cowl a bright pink with radiation. Assisting him in the crime was his accomplice, Polly, played by Jean Hale. She was a hat-check girl, of course. Months later, in the spring of 1967, Hale appeared in her largest and most memorable role — as Lisa, operative of the sinister "Fabulous Face" organization in the randy James Coburn spy spoof In Like Flint. Riding the coattails of James Bond, secret agent Derek Flint (Coburn) skewed closer to Austin Powers. As the female lead, Hale was the "Bond Girl" — well, "Flint Girl" — in this hit sequel. Hale began her screen career at the start of the Sixties, with an uncredited role in the crime series Naked City. A year later, in 1961, she married fellow actor Dabney Coleman. The two had trained and studied acting together under Sydney Pollack at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. The couple remained hitched until 1984 and had four children together. Her classmates also included James Caan and Christopher Lloyd. That initial role led to meatier guest spots on My Favorite Martian, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Wagon Train. Though, she turned down a breakthrough role in BUtterfield 8 (and later turned down Valley of the Dolls… and lost the lead in Bonnie and Clyde) but eventually found her footing in McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965), a movie that required her to dye her hair blonde. She kept the platinum locks and became typecast as a sensuous seductress. The Utah native twice appeared on Perry Mason, twice charged with murder as Perry's clients Reggie Lansfield ("The Case of the Murderous Mermaid") and Carla Chaney ("The Case of the Laughing Lady"). On Hogan's Heroes, in "I Look Better in Basic Black," she portrayed an American entertainer who accidentally stumbled upon a rocket factory
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 29, 2021 0:01:54 GMT -5
Andrea Martin, Golden Pen of ’90s and ’00s R&B, Dead at 49 Martin landed her first hit writing credit for Monica in 1995 when the singer picked up an unused track originally written for Toni Braxton. “Before You Walk Out of My Life” spent two weeks atop Billboard’s R&B chart. The following year, Martin was behind SWV‘s “You’re The One,” which sold more than 900,000 copies and spent a week at No. 1 on the R&B chart. And in 1997, Martin earned her biggest with En Vogue’s “Don’t Let Go,” an iconic anthem that went platinum and spent time at No.1 on the R&B chart and peaked at No.2 on the Hot 100. It would be more than a decade until Martin earned another stud on the R&B chart, but her work on Angie Stone’s “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” made a mark on the Club chart in 2002. It would be several more years until Martin helmed another chart-topper, returning to No. 1 on the r&b chart with Melanie Fiona’s “It Kills Me” in 2009. Along the way, Martin worked with Blu Cantrell, Sean Kingston, Nelly, Leela James, Toni Braxton, and Jennifer Hudson, as recently as 2014.
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Post by Bazzy on Sept 29, 2021 3:40:29 GMT -5
Jimmy - Thanks for the ITV World of Sport clip Kendo Nagaski v soccer player Jimmy Greaves . First time I have ever seen that . I didn't even know about it .
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 29, 2021 9:53:13 GMT -5
Me neither Jimmy - Thanks for the ITV World of Sport clip Kendo Nagaski v soccer player Jimmy Greaves . First time I have ever seen that . I didn't even know about it .
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Post by throwingtoasters on Sept 29, 2021 17:56:54 GMT -5
"Old Yeller" star Tommy Kirk has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 79. Kirk's "Old Yeller" co-star Beverly Washburn confirmed the actor passed away "peacefully" at his home in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. "He was so loved," Washburn told Fox News in a statement. "Anybody who has ever met Tommy can attest to the fact that he was so fan-friendly." Kirk had acting success, but got his big break after being cast as Travis Coates in "Old Yeller." The actor went on to star as Disney's go-to All-American teenager in a handful of movies including "The Shaggy Dog" and "Swiss Family Robinson." Kirk would be officially retired from acting by 2006.
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