Archive for June, 2012

ACTOR DON GRADY HAS DIED AT 68

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       Don Grady (Don Agrati, June 8, 1944-June 27, 2012)

Grady, who was an original Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse
Club
who played son Robbie Douglas on the ABC and CBS
sitcom My Three Sons, one of the longest-running family
sitcoms in history, died today in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

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MR. AND MRS. BORGNINE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The wedding of Broadway singer Ethel Merman and Oscar winning actor Ernest 
Borgnine is one of the shortest in Hollywood history. The marriage began falling 
apart on their honeymoon and it was soon dissolved after 32 days.

Merman, who never again married, devoted a chapter of her autobiography to
the Borgnine marriage: It consisted of one blank page.

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Ernest Borgnine is 95 years old (Jan. 24)

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IT WAS OFFICIALLY OVER ON THIS DAY IN 1975

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By the third season of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, the marriage of Sonny
and Cher, after 11 years, was beginning to unwind. The duo separated later that
year, a very public divorce followed and was finalized on June 27, 1975. Three
days later Cher married rock musician Gregg Allman, a founding member of
the Allman Brothers Band. That union lasted just three years.

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Cher and Gregg Allman wedding photo

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Cher (Cheryl Sarkisian) turned 66 May 20

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CHILDREN’S ICON BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1927

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Bob Keeshan as Clarabell the Clown with Howdy and Buffalo Bob  
Smith

           

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Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)

Keeshan was a television producer and actor, most notable as the title
character of the children’s CBS television program Captain Kangaroo,
which ran from 1955 to 1984. He also played the original “ Clarabell
the Clown” on the Howdy Doody program on NBC-TV from 1947-1952.

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LEGENDARY SCREENWRITER IS DEAD AT 71

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              Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012)

(Fox News)-Author, director and screenwriter Nora Ephron died today
in a New York hospital from complications from the blood disorder
myelodysplasia, with which she was diagnosed six years ago.

Nora Ephron is best remembered for her romantic comedies and was
a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
for three films: Slikwood (1983), When Harry Met Sally (1989), and
Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Her most recent film was Julie & Julia in
2009.  

 

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