SANDY KOZEL
Walter Matthau, left, and Art Carney on Broadway in Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple.
Neil Simon Broadway play The Odd Couple debuted in 1965
and starred Walter Matthau (who would go to play the same
role in the film) and Art Carney as Felix Ungar. Matthau won
a Tony award for his portrayal, one of a slew of accolades
the play received.
Robert Blake, as ‘Mickey’ in the "Our Gang", shorts (1942).
Robert Blake in “Baretta” which ran on ABC-TV from 1975 to 1978.
Actor Robert Blake, best known as the star of the 1970s TV drama
Baretta and the crime film In Cold Blood (1967), died Thursday at
his home in Los Angeles. He had long-term heart issues and spent
the last few years listening to jazz music, playing his guitar and
watching classic movies.
Rawhide is a Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS
network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959, to September
3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14,
1965, until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by
Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke. The show is fondly remembered by many for its
theme, "Rawhide".
Spanning 7+1⁄2 years, Rawhide was the sixth-longest running
American television Western, exceeded only by 8 years of
Wagon Train, 9 years of The Virginian, 14 years of Bonanza,
18 years of Death Valley Days, and 20 years of Gunsmoke.
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Clint Eastwood will be 93 years old on May 31st.
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023)
Tom Sizemore is known for his supporting roles in Born on
the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro
Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993),
Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995),
Saving Private Ryan (1998), Red Planet (2000), Black Hawk
Down (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), and the revival television
series Twin Peaks (2017), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the
video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).
On February 18, 2023, Sizemore suffered a ruptured brain
aneurysm at his Los Angeles home that occurred as a result
of a stroke and was hospitalized where remained in critical
condition, in a coma and in intensive care and never
regained conciseness."
Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
MIKE GRACIA
Ronald William Howard is a director, producer, screenwriter,
and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor,
guest-starring in several television series, including an
episode of The Twilight Zone.
He is best known for playing young Opie Taylor, the son
of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the
sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. He
is 69 years old today.
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