Andy’s Gang was a children’s television program broadcast
on NBC from August 20, 1955, to December 31, 1960, hosted
by actor Andy Devine. The sponsor, Buster Brown Shoes.
Andrew (Andy) Vabre Devine
(October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977)
(TMZ) – Kevyn Major Howard, the actor best known for playing
Rafterman in the war movie Full Metal Jacket, has died.
Howard’s family told TMZ that he died at a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by loved ones on Friday, Feb. 14.
According to the outlet, Howard had been in hospital in the
weeks before his death due to respiratory issues. His official
cause of death, however, has yet to be determined.
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2015
The guitar destroyed by Kurt Russell’s character was not a prop
but an antique 1870s Martin guitar lent by the Martin Guitar
Museum. According to sound mixer Mark Ulano, the guitar was
supposed to have been switched with a copy to be destroyed,
but this was not communicated to Russell; everyone on the set
was "pretty freaked out" at the guitar’s destruction, and actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine, though "Tarantino
was in a corner of the room with a funny curl on his lips, because
he got something out of it with the performance."
Museum director Dick Boak said that the museum was not told
that the script included a scene that called for a guitar being s
mashed, and determined that it was irreparable.
The insurance remunerated the purchase value of the guitar
and as a result of the incident, the museum no longer lends
props to film productions.
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Kurt Russell will be 74 in March.
Director Quentin Tarantino.
1974
Robert John Wagner Jr. is also known for starring in the
television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch
(1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He later had
recurring roles on Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and
NCIS (2010–2019).
John and Nellie Reagan with their sons, Neil and Ronald.
During his WHO radio career, Reagan “announced” Chicago Cubs baseball games in the Des Moines studio by reading a pitch-by-pitch account off the wire as if he were actually at
the game. He was so skillful that some listeners believed he actually was at the game!
As the 40th president of the United States, the former movie star,
Ronald Reagan was called the “Great Communicator” for his
ability to get through to ordinary Americans and give them hope
and optimism for their own future and that of their country.
Despite his lifelong opposition to “big” government, Reagan
was credited with restoring faith in the U.S. government and
the presidency after a long era of disillusionment in the wake
of Nixon, Vietnam and economic hardship under Carter.
Before his years of Hollywood stardom, and long before
Washington, Ronald Reagan was born in a small town in
northwestern Illinois.
Reagan made the sobering announcement that he had
Alzheimer’s disease, which would end his public career.
He died on June 5, 2004, at the age of 93.
