Clint Eastwood (right) with President Ronald Reagan in July 1987.
Eastwood is a former Republican who has sometimes supported Democrats, and has long shown an interest in California politics;
elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of
Carmel–by-the-Sea, California. He is currently registered as a
Libertarian.
Eastwood turned 94 on the 31st of May.
Wilbert (Bill) Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024)
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cobbs is known for such film roles as
Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from
Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006)
and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
He made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One
Two Three in 1974. His role…(man on platform).
Bill Cobbs served in the U.S. Air Force as a radar technician for
eight years.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and
sociology from Eureka College in 1932. Ronald Reagan took
a job in Davenport, Iowa, as a sports broadcaster for four
football games in the Big Ten Conference. He then worked
for WHO radio in Des Moines as a broadcaster for the
Chicago Cubs.
His specialty was creating play-by-play accounts of games
using only basic descriptions that the station received by
wire as the games were in progress
(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)
Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024)
Sutherland received numerous accolades, including a Primetime
Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Critics Choice
Award. He has been cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received
an Academy Honorary Award.
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as The Dirty
Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970 below), and Kelly’s Heroes (1970).
He died after a long illness in Miami.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
2015
On June 20, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that
made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in
theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New
England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the
highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by
1977’s Star Wars.
Jaws was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture
category and took home three Oscars, for Best Film Editing,
Best Original Score and Best Sound. The film, a breakthrough
for director Spielberg, then 27 years old, spawned several
sequels.
Steven Spielberg (77)
Jaws put the now-famed director on
the Hollywood map.
