Archive for June, 2011

DEAN MARTIN (JUNE 7, 1917 – DEC. 25, 1995)

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Dean Martin was a popular singer,film actor, television star and comedian, best
known for being half of the comedy team, Martin and Lewis (above). Martin’s hit
singles included “Memories Are Made of This” (1956), and “Everybody Loves Somebody” (1964). Nicknamed the “King of Cool”, Martin was one of the 
members of the “Rat Pack” (below).

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The “Rat Pack” (left-right) Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr.,Frank
Sinatra, Joey Bishop, and Dean Martin.

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LIAM NEESON IS 59 TODAY

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Actor Liam Neeson has been nominated for an Oscar, the United Kingdom’s
BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He is best remembered in the role
of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List (1993). Neeson was
also in Batman Begins (2005), Star Wars Episode l:The Phantom Menace
(1999), and Taken (2009).  

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Liam Neeson in Taken

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Neeson in a scene from Schindler’s  List

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Liam Neeson as he appears in Star Wars Episode l: The Phantom Menace

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TV QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1955

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The $64,000 Question was a CBS-TV game show that premiered June 7, 1955
and ran till 1958. The host of the show was Hal March (below) It was sponsored by cosmetics maker Revlon and originating from the start live from CBS-TV studio 52
in New York. The game show’s first contestant was a housewife from Trenton, New Jersey who won a 1955 Cadillac Convertible. The $64,000 Question later became embroiled in the scandals involving TV quiz shows of the day.

Emcee Hal March reads a question to contestant Billy Pearson on the set of the TV quiz program 'The $64,000 Question,' circa 1957. (Photo by CBS/Courtesy of Getty Images)
M.C. Hal March reads a question to jockey Billy Pearson on the set of The $64,000 Question, 1956.

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KEN OSMOND TURNED 68 TODAY

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Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell

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 Ken Osmond best known for his role as Eddie Haskell on the original Leave
it to Beaver
TV sitcom which ran on CBS from October 4, 1957, to 1958 and
then on ABC from 1958 to June 20, 1963. After his child acting career, Ken
served 18 years as an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department joining
in 1970 (below). During his time on the force, he worked in vice, in narcotics
and as a motorcycle officer. He was placed on disability and eventually retired
after being wounded while in a foot pursuit with a suspected car thief.

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LAPD officer Osmond

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FIRST MAJOR HIT RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1960

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In 1999, "Only the Lonely" was honored with a Grammy Hall of
Fame Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #232 on their list
of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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