Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016)
Patty Duke, the teen who won an Oscar for The Miracle Worker (1962) and
later played "identical cousins" in her own TV sitcom on ABC, has died. She
passed away early this morning. A representatives statement said the cause
of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine.
Original air dates:September 18, 1963, to April 27, 1966
"Theme from Shaft," written and recorded by Isaac Hayes, is the
soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film,
Shaft. The song was well received by adult audiences, reaching
number six on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart.
The following year, "Theme from Shaft" won the Academy Award
for Best Original Song with Hayes becoming the first African
American to win that honor, or any Academy Award in a non-
acting category, as well as the first recipient of the award to
both write and perform the winning song.
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.
(August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008)
Oliver Wolf Sacks (July 9, 1933 – August 30, 2015)
(FoxNews) – Oliver Sacks, the eminent neurologist and acclaimed best-
selling author, died Sunday of cancer at his home in New York City.
His career included a number of hugely popular books, including
“Awakenings” (1990) which became an Academy Award-nominated
movie starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.
Ross Simpson
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is 85 today.
Before becoming a cultural icon, Eastwood worked as a lifeguard, a caddy, and
a grocery clerk while growing up. He served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel–
by-the-Sea, California from 1986 to 1988.
Mike Gracia
