Archive for April 19th, 2016

HUGH O’BRIAN IS 91 TODAY

 

O’Brian in the U.S Marine Corps during World 
War II
. At seventeen, he became the youngest
Marine drill instructor.






Hugh O’Brian
 (Hugh Charles Krampe)
was born in
Rochester, New York.

O’Brian is known for his starring roles in the19551961 ABC western television
series
, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and the 1972-1973 NBC action
television series Search. Hugh had a small role in John Wayne‘s last film, The Shootist (1976).

On June 25, 2006, O’Brian married for the first time at age 81 to 64-year-old 
Virginia Barber. The ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with
the Rev.
Robert Schuller officiating.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1933


Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer)
(April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967)

Actress, singer, and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield appeared on Broadway in Will
Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
(1955-1956). Her numerous Hollywood credits
include The Girl Can’t Help It (1956), and The Wayward Bus (1957). As a child,
she was a talented pianist and violinist who gave impromptu concerts in her
family’s driveway. In 1967, Mansfield was killed in a car crash at the age of 34.

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