Jack Henderson Clement (April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013)

(AP) – "Cowboy" Jack Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and 
beloved figure who helped birth rock ‘n’ roll and push country music
into modern times, has died. He was 82.

Close friend Dub Cornett says Clement’s hospice nurse confirmed
that Clement died Thursday morning. He passed away just months
after learning he would be joining the Country Music Hall of Fame,
a fitting tip of the cowboy hat to the man whose personal story is
entwined with the roots of rock ‘n’ roll like few others. He was to
be inducted at a ceremony later this fall.

Clement’s career included stops in Memphis at Sun Records,
where he discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, and Nashville, where he
was a close collaborator of Johnny Cash, Charley Pride and
fellow 2013 inductee Bobby Bare.

“Cowboy” Jack Clement with Jerry Lee Lewis in 2010

 
  
  Margaret Pellegrini (September 23, 1923 – August 7, 2013)

(AP) – Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939
classic movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died.

Pellegrini suffered a stroke Monday at her Glendale home and died
Wednesday at a Phoenix-area hospital, said Ted Bulthaup, a Woodbridge,
Ill., resident who owns a Chicago theater where Pellegrini and other
Munchkins have made special appearances. Bulthaup said he learned
of Pellegrini’s death from her relatives.

With her death, only two of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie are
still alive.

Pellegrini has said she was 16 when "The Wizard of Oz" was filmed. She
played one of the "sleepy head" kids and wore a flowerpot on her head in
the movie.

Later, Pellegrini was a guest speaker at grade schools across the Phoenix
metropolitan area for many years.

She usually appeared in costume and told stories about her time as a Munchkin,
The Arizona Republic reported. She also told children that the "Wizard of Oz"
movie was a moral lesson.

"There are two roads in life that you can take — the wrong road and the right
road," she said. "And remember, there really is no place like home."

 
Sandy Kozel

Dustin Lee Hoffman is 76 years old today

This novelty tune by 16 year old Brian Hyland was written by
Paul Vance who said he got the inspiration for the song when
he saw his two year old daughter in a tiny swimsuit while at the
beach.

Brian Hyland will be 70 in November

The DuMont Television Network was one of the world’s pioneer
commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the
distinction of being first overall in the United States. It began
operation on August 15, 1946 and aired it’s final telecast on the
6th of August, 1956. The country would be without a fourth major
network until the Fox network was launched in 1986.

Portland’s KPTV channel 27, now channel 12, was an affiliate of
DuMont from September 1953 to September 1955.