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MOVIE CO-STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 73

Dances With Wolves: What happened to Kicking Bird star Graham Greene? |  Films | Entertainment | Express.co.uk
Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner and Graham Green.
(1990)

Graham Greene - Actor

Beloved actor Graham Greene, known for his roles in major
films
such as The Green Mile and Dances with Wolves, has
died after leaving his mark in Hollywood.

Michael Greene, who’s Graham’s agent and unrelated to the
silver screen star, informed TMZ that the
Academy Awards
nominee died at a hospital in Toronto,
Canada, on Sunday
afternoon with his wife, Hilary Blackmore, next to him.

The Green Mile - Movie - Where To Watch

Graham Greene characters - FamousFix.com
1999

Man with grey hair and glasses has a medal placed around his neck by a woman wearing a blue dress
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon presents actor Graham Greene
with the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award during the
Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards ceremony
at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Friday, June 13, 2025.

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FIRST MEXICAN NATIONAL RECEIVED MEDAL

Staff Sergeant Marcario García also known as Macario García (January 20,  1920 – December 24, 1972) was the first Mexican immigrant to receive the  Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military

Though he had landed on the beaches of Normandy and been
wounded in battle fighting with the U.S. Army, Staff Sergeant
Marcario García was not yet a U.S. citizen when President
Harry S. Truman
awarded him the Medal of Honor on August
23, 1945. García became the first Mexican national to receive
the American military’s highest honor.

Truman and Garcia
President Truman honoring Macario Garcia.

Houston Post Article

                           Garcia Headstone

                  Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II | The National WWII Museum | New  Orleans

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MUSICAL FILM ACTOR/DANCER BORN

A very young Gene Kelly – @mostlydaydreaming on Tumblr

Gene Kelly - IMDb

Gene Kelly | Biography, Movies, Songs, Singin' in the Rain, & Facts |  Britannica

Gene Kelly Obituary - 1996
Gene Kelly: A Tribute

Kelly was a dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
known
for his performances in An American in Paris (1951),
which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Singin’ in
the Rain
(1952).

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“SATCHMO” WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901

Louis Armstrong's Childhood - America Comes Alive

Portrait of a young Satchmo: Louis Armstrong in the 1920s.

Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)

Louis Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans,
Louisiana. He was.a trumpeter and vocalist who was
among the most influential figures in
jazz.

His career spanned five decades and several eras in
the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous
accolades including the
Grammy Award for Best
Male Vocal
Performance
for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as
well as a posthumous win for the
Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award
in 1972.

His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions
into the
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame
, and the National Rhythm & Blues
Hall of Fame
, among others.

Louis Armstrong's acerbic wit: Pops in a fit of pique | New England Public  Media

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AWARD WINNING MOVIE OPENED IN 1976

A FILM TO REMEMBER: “FORREST GUMP” (1994) | by Scott Anthony | Medium

On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in theaters. A
huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title
role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds
up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the
second half of the 20th century.

Forrest Gump received 13 Academy Award nominations and
took home six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor in
a Leading Role (Hanks) and Best Director (Robert Zemeckis).

The film also won an Oscar for its then-cutting-edge computer-
generated imagery (CGI) special effects, which incorporated
Forrest Gump into existing news footage with famous world
figures including
John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard
Nixon
.

Life is like a box of chocolates

Tom Hanks hopes Here will teach people 'the importance of being in the  moment' | The Standard
Tom Hanks will be 69 years old on July 9th.

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