Archive for February 14th, 2011

FROM PORTLAND’S PAST ~ 1949

Little_Waldorf_on_Interstate_Avenue,_1949___Portland_Oregon_

posted by Bob Karm in HISTORY,PORTLAND'S PAST and have Comment (1)

TEST DRIVE THE 1950 FORD

fORD 1950

posted by Bob Karm in CLASSIC ADS,CLASSIC CARS,HISTORY,MAGAZINES and have Comment (1)

JAZZ GREAT GEORGE SHEARING DIED TODAY

George Shearing-main

George Shearing was a jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group which recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles had 
multiple albums on the Billboard charts from the 1950s to the 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City at the age of 91. 

george-shearing-wife-ellie-lee-massachusetts
George Shearing seen here recently with his wife Ellie

posted by Bob Karm in DEATH,MUSIC and have No Comments

ACTOR KENNETH MARS ~ DEAD AT 74

Kenneth_Mars later

Kenneth "Ken" Mars was born April 14, 1936. He was a television, movie and voice actor, best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968’s The Producers, and the relentless police 
Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974’s Young Frankenstein. He died 
Saturday, February 12th of cancer at the age of 74.

posted by Bob Karm in Comedy,DEATH,MOVIES,TV and have No Comments

UNION ORGANIZER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1913

jimmy-hoffa-320x240-tm

James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa disappeared July 30, 1975, and was declared legally
dead on July 30, 1982. Hoffa was involved with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, as an organizer from 1932 to 1975. He served as the union’s
General President from 1958 to 1971. On May 17, 2006, acting on a tip, the FBI
searched a farm in Milford Township, Michigan for Hoff’s remains and found nothing.

hoffa at union hall
             teamsters union logo

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,CRIME,DEATH,HISTORY and have No Comments