Archive for May 5th, 2022

REMEMBERING AMANDA ‘’KITTY’ BLAKE

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Amanda Blake (Beverly Louise Neill)  
(February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989)

Actress Amanda Blake is best known for the role of the
red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on
the
western
CBS-TV series Gunsmoke (1955 – 1975)

Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran
one of the first programs for breeding
cheetahs
in
captivity.
         

In 1968, Blake was inducted into the Hall of Great
Western
Performers
at the National Cowboy and
Western Heritage
Museum
in Oklahoma City. She
was the third performer inducted, after
Tom Mix
and
Gary Cooper, selected in 1958 and 1966,
respectively.

Blake died of liver failure brought on by viral hepatitis
at
Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California


  

      

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SHE WILL APPRECIATE THIS GIFT ALL YEAR!

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CELEBRATING AT VICTORY ON THIS DAY IN 1862


Cinco de Mayo (
Spanish for "Fifth of May") a yearly celebration
held on May 5, which commemorates the anniversary of
Mexico’s
victory over the
French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 led
by General
Ignacio Zaragoza (below).

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(March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862)

Cinco de Mayo | Rotary Club of Port Moody

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