Archive for December 9th, 2014

FORMER MISS AMERICA DIES AT 75

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Miss America, 1959

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Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1939 – December 9, 2014)

Mary Ann Mobley, the first Miss Mississippi crowned Miss America, died
at her home in Beverly Hills, California Tuesday after a battle with breast
cancer. Mobley appeared opposite Elvis Presley in two 1965 films, “Girl
Happy” and “Harum Scarum”, and appeared on dozens of popular TV
series from the 1960s to the ’90s, including "Perry Mason," "The Love
Boat," "Love, American Style," and "Different Strokes".

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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH A EDSEL

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Camille Bohannon

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High School photo

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Kirk Douglas in Spartacus, 1960

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Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 98 today

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TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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The Supremes’ and the Temptations’ "TCB (Takin’ Care of Business")
special aired on NBC-TV.
The special was taped before a live studio
audience in September 1968 and
originally broadcast December 9,
1968, sponsored by the Timex watch corporation

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