ROSS SIMPSON
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is 70 years old today.
Washington is an actor, producer, and director. Known for
dramatic roles on stage and screen, The New York Times
named him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020.
He has received several accolades, including two Academy
Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as
well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy
Award.
Zacharias Ward (54) is a Canadian actor known for his role
as Scut Farkus (above) in the 1983 film A Christmas Story
and its 2022 sequel A Christmas Story Christmas.
Martin was a singer, actor and comedian. One of the most
popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was
nicknamed "The King of Cool."
Martin retired from public life in early 1995 and died of acute
respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his Beverly
Hills home on Christmas Day, 1995, at the age of 78.
1950s DEAN MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS.
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. (1961)
(Los Angeles) – Art Evans, the actor known for his roles in Die
Hard 2 (1990) and A Soldier’s Story (1984), died Saturday. The
cause of death was not disclosed.
One of Evans’s early roles was the first victim in the John
Carpenter horror film Christine (1983).
Arthur James Evans
(March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024)
Art Evans autographed photo of his role in “Christine.”
The film The Graduate opened at two theaters in New York:
the Coronet on Third Avenue and the Lincoln Art Theater
on Broadway.
The film, based on a 1963 novel by Charles Webb, had a
simple premise: As its screenwriter explained it, “this kid
graduates college, has an affair with his parents’ best friend
and then falls in love with the friend’s daughter.”
Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman starred in the film that
received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards,
including for Best Picture and Best Director, the latter being
the film’s sole win.
The movie is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most
influential films of all time.
(From Wikipedia)
