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MOVIE LEGEND CLINT EASTWOOD IS 92

Why is Clint Eastwood still ruffling feathers at the ripe old age of 90? |  Numéro Magazine

Going against type: this Jewish liberal owns nine guns | Web Informant

Force Material Episode XXVI: Unforgiven

Maybe a few movies more? Clint Eastwood turns 90

An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Eastwood won Best
Director
and Best Picture for his Western film Unforgiven (1992)
and his sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004).

DGA Magazine | September 2003 | Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood 40 Film Collection: Amazon.ca: Various, Various: Movies & TV  Shows

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VOICE ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Melvin Jerome Blank)
(May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Mel Blanc is internationally known for his work in the Golden
Age of
American Animation
as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy
Duck
, Porky Pig, and most of the other characters from the
Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
theatrical cartoons. He later
voiced characters for
Hanna-Barbera‘s television cartoons,
including
Barney Rubble on The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely
on The Jetsons.

Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded
as one of the most influential people in the
voice acting industry,
and as one of the greatest
voice actors of all time.

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Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal
holiday
in the United States
for mourning the U.S. military
personnel who have died while serving in the
United States
armed forces
. It is observed on the last Monday of May. It was
formerly observed on May 30 from 1868 to 1970.

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FUTURE PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)


One of America’s best-loved presidents,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
was born into a politically and socially prominent family in Brookline,
Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.

He was the first American president to be born and then serve in the
20th century and the youngest person to assume the presidency by election.

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SUPPORTING ACTOR HAS DIED AT 80

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William "Bo" Hopkins
(February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022)

Hopkins, the favored American Graffiti actor passed  
away on May 28, 2022.

He is best recognized for his roles inside the “The
Wild Bunch,” “Midnight Express” and “The Getaway,

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1973

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