Archive for September, 2014

FORMER NEWS MAN HAS DIED AT 83

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Bruce Alexander Morton (October 28, 1930 – September 4, 2014)

Morton, the D.C.-based correspondent who spent nearly three decades
with CBS and another 13 years with CNN, died Thursday at his home in
Washington. He was the recipient of six News and Documentary Emmy
Awards as well as a Peabody Award.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Ross Simpson

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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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     Ben (Bernard) Turpin (September 19, 1869– July 1, 1940)

Turpin was a comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent
films
. His famous eyes, he said, only crossed as a young adult after he 
suffered an accident. Turpin was convinced that the crossed eyes were
essential to his comic career; his co-workers recalled that after he received
any blow to the head he made a point of looking at himself in the mirror to
assure himself that they had not become uncrossed.

 


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RAQUEL WELCH IS 74 TODAY

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From the film One Million Years B.C.

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Raquel Welch (Jo Raquel Tejada)

International sex symbol Raquel Welch appeared in One Million Years B.C.
(1966). Her other films include 2001’s Legally Blonde and 1967’s The Oldest
Profession.
Before fame Welch performed ballet for ten years. In 1964, she
debuted in A House is Not a Home.

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JOAN RIVERS HAS DIED AT 81

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Joan Alexandra Molinsky (previously Rosenberg)

(
June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014)

The legendary comedian died following serious complications—including
cardiac arrest—during a procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic on the
Upper East Side of Manhattan.


 

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