Archive for January, 2013

LEGENDARY DRUMMER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1909

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   Eugene Bertram "Gene" Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973)

Krupa was a jazz and big band drummer with Benny Goodman and Tommy
Dorsey. He went against his parents’ wishes of him joining the priesthood
to pursue a music career instead. In 1978, Krupa became the first drummer
inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame.

 

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PORTLAND POSTCARD FROM THE 1950s

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THE NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY!

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January 14,1982

Note: As of January 12, 2012, J. Fred Muggs and his "live-in girlfriend"
Phoebe B. Beebe (who also made appearances on the Garroway Show) 
were still alive in
Citrus Park, Florida. Muggs will be 61 on March 14. 

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Muggs and lady friend Phoebe with Dave

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JACK JONES TURNED 75 TODAY!

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John Allan "Jack" Jones is a jazz and pop singer who was
very popular during the 1960s. He won two Grammy Awards
and is most known for his recordings of “Wives and Lovers”
(1963), “Lollipops and Roses (1962), and in 1977 “The Love
Boat Theme”. Jones continues to perform concerts and is
featured often in Las Vegas.

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LEGENDARY LAWMAN BURIED IN PORTLAND

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Rare photograph of Virgil Earp at age 19,
taken in 1862 in Monmouth, IL

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  Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905)

Virgil Earp was the older brother of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone
City
Marshal at the time of the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral
in 1881.

After suffering from pneumonia for six months, Virgil died in the
town of Goldfield, Nevada. His remains were sent to Portland,
Oregon at the request of his daughter Nellie Jane Bohn and
buried at the River View Cemetery (below), the state’s oldest
nonprofit cemetery, dating back to 1882.

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The Earp brothers from left: Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil

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