Archive for May, 2011

HERE’S A BEAUTY FROM 1957!

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ACTRESS ZSA ZSA GABOR IN A COMA

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Zsa Zsa Gabor has slipped into a coma after being rushed to an L.A. hospital
yesterday for emergency stomach surgery to repair a infection caused by a
feeding tube. Her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt said the 94-year-old
film star has been unresponsive since 2 a.m. this morning.

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE IN 1980

Debbie Harry, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny and her band
Blondie
with their Grammy-nominated Call Me. It was the title
theme of the soundtrack for the 1980 film American Gigolo. The
group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Debbie Harry

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PERRY COMO ~ (MAY 18, 1912 – MAY 12, 2001)

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perry como later

This was a big hit in 1957. The song would prove to be Perry
Como’s last over-all number one on the Billboard charts.

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THE SCENERY WAS CHANGED ON THIS DATE IN 1980

Mount St. Helens before

Mt_St_Helens after
Mount St. Helens today, south side view

 

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Mount St. Helens from the north side

Mount St. Helens 1961
From this bloggers photo album, a 1961 pic of my mother (right) and her 
parents taken at  Mount St. Helens Lodge near Spirit Lake.

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