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TODAY IN HISTORY
ACTOR DONALD SOUTHERLAND IS 78 TODAY
Southerland’s career spans nearly 50 years with notable movie
roles such as the offbeat soldiers in popular war movies such as
The Dirty Dozen (1967), MASH (1970) and Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
and other films include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978),
JFK (1991), and Space Cowboys (2000).
Donald is the father of actor Kiefer Southerland. All four of his
sons are named after directors that he worked with.
PORTLAND’S PAST
PORTLAND POSTCARD ~ 1908
POPCORN MAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN
Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995)
After graduation from Purdue University, he started a very successful
fertilizer company, devoting his free time to improving popcorn.
Redenbacher was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his condominium in
Coronado, California. Authorities determined he had suffered a heart
attack and drowned. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at
sea.
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