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Edie Adams ‘That’s All’ (I Love Lucy Series Finale) Video 1927-2008
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Edie Adams 1927-2008
Edie Adams died on Wednesday in Los Angeles after battling cancer and pneumonia. The 81 year old singer, actress and comedian was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Julliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama.
She worked with comedians Ernie Kovacs and Jack Paar early in her career and sang the final song That’s All on the last episode of I Love Lucy. Adams starred in numerous television shows and films that spanned 40 years. Some of her noted films were The Apartment, It’s A Mad, Mad, ...
Levi Stubbs: The Four Tops 1936-2008 (Video, Photos)
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The Four Tops
Levi Stubbs 1936-2008
Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops has died at age 72 in Detroit, Michigan. The famed singer, the cousin of soul singer Jackie Wilson, had been in failing health since 2000, when he was forced to retire from the group because of a cancer diagnosis. He had since suffered a stroke.
Stubbs formed a doo-wop quartet in 1954 with three friends who were first known as The Four Aims. They became The Four Tops in 1956. They first gained a following as a club act. They signed with Motown Records in 1963 and ...
Rudy Ray Moore was Dolemite 1927-2008 RIP
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Rudy Ray Moore 1927-2008 RIP
Rudy Ray Moore, comedian, singer, actor and film producer died of complications from diabetes in Toledo, Ohio on October 19, 2008. In 1975 he took on the character Dolemite, the ‘uniquely articulate pimp’ in a film by the same name and followed up with a sequel film The Human Tornado. A popular tag line was ‘rappin and tappin is my game’.
Moore, known as the ‘king of the party records’, released several in the 1960’s and 1970’s. His style was explicit and he was considered a notch beyond ...
‘The Painted Turtle’ Paul Newman Tribute (Photos)
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The Painted Turtle brought together family and friends who gathered to honor the legacy and celebrated the life of Paul Newman. He was not only a wonderful actor but an extraordinary human being who lost his battle with lung cancer last month.
Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp The Painted Turtle, a residential summer camp that serves seriously ill children. The program assists kids in gaining hope when their will to go on diminishes and provides them the ability to lead a rich, productive life.
If you were to step foot on the grounds, you would think that you were at a ...
Paul Newman: Last Will Details Revealed
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The details of the late actor Paul Newman’s last will have been released this week. The will, signed on April 11, 2008 by Newman, was filed in Connecticut. As expected, the actors wife Joanne Woodward will inherit all property and personal possessions.
He left his Oscar and other awards to Newman’s Own Foundation, as well as interest in Newman’s Own and Salad King. All profits from those business holdings are to be distributed to charity. Newman’s airplane and race cars are to be sold and the proceeds will revert back to the estate.
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Yvette Mimieux: The Time Machine (Photos, Video)
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Yvette Mimieux, 66, is a retired actress of French and Mexican heritage who was widely regarded as a sex symbol in the 1960’s. She debuted with two breakout movies in 1960: Where The Boys Are and The Time Machine, where she played the character “Weena” and co-starred with actor Rod Taylor.
The actress has been married to Howard Ruby since 1986. She is an anthropologist and real estate investor. Her husband is a founding partner and chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, formerly R&B Enterprises, a provider of corporate housing.
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Bettie Page: 1950’s Pin-Up Queen & Dark Angel (Photos)
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Bettie Page, a famous pin-up girl from the 1950’s, suffered a heart attack earlier this week and has been hospitalized in Los Angeles. She remains in intensive care and is reportedly in a coma.
“She’s critically ill”, reports Mark Roesler of the Curtis Management Group. “She has been one of our biggest clients, right up there with Marilyn Monroe.”
The 85 year old former model gained fame in 1955 when she was featured in the centerfold of Playboy magazine, as one of their early Playmates of the Month. She became known for ...
Actress Beverly Garland Has Died 1926-2008 (PHOTOS)
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Beverly Garland 1926-2008
Beverly Garland, successful actress and businesswoman, died at her Hollywood Hills, California home on December 5, 2008. She was 82.
She was best known for playing suburban moms on several TV series: My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs King and Remington Steele. She also played the mother of Teri Hatcher on Lois and Clark: The Adventures of Superman.
Garland and her late husband Filmore Crank operated a Spanish mission style resort Beverly Garland Holiday Inn and Conference Center located in North ...
Nina Foch Has Died 1924-2008 (PHOTOS)
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Nina Foch 1924-2008
Nina Foch, famed actress and leading lady in many 1940’s and 1950’s films, has died. The 84 year old performer lived in Beverly Hills and died on December 5.
Dr. Dirk De Brito, Foch’s son and her sole survivor, released a statement indicating that his mother was admitted to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after falling ill while teaching at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts a week ago.
Nina’s movie fame came during the height of the 1940’s ...
New Bio Dishes Dirty Details of Paul Newman’s Life
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Following the death of most Hollywood legends, it is only a matter of time before someone decides they are going to cash in on the secrets that the celebrity didn’t share with the public. This is how we see Shawn Levy’s new bio Paul Newman: A Life, about the actor who passed away last September, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
The book which will launch next month and paints a picture of Newman as a “functioning alcoholic” and womanizer. Levy writes about how Paul wore a beer opener around his neck and drank nearly of a case of beer a day followed by scotch. He ...
Elizabeth Taylor ‘Tweets’ From Her Hospital Bed
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That’s right folks, Elizabeth Taylor has a Twitter account and she has been passing the time while in the hospital by “tweeting.”
The 77 year old actress recently updated her Twitter page with the short sentiment, “entered the hospital for a routine visit and am doing fine.”
Dick Guttman, Taylor’s spokesman, said that Liz has fallen in love with the micro blogging site and that she used the messaging tool to bring her puppy into her hospital room. On Friday she ‘tweeted’, asking a friend to smuggle her dog past hospital security.
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Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars Wedding
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Actor Robert Redford, 72, and girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars, 53, were married last weekend at the Louis C. Jacob Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. The ceremony was intimate and the couple hosted 30 friends and family members.
The wedding was a surprise and was conducted by Szaggars’ family friend, Frank Engelbrecht, Protestant pastor of Hamburg’s main church St. Katharinen. Engelbrecht also conducted her father’s funeral.
This is the second marriage for Redford, who was previously wed to Lola Redford from 1958-1985. They have three ...
