Archive for the 'Awards' Category

JUNE LOCKHART IS 91 TODAY

 


June Lockhart was born in New York City, New York.

Actress who played a mother on the CBS television series Lassie from
1954 to 1973 and Lost in Space from 1965 to 1968 on CBS. She made
her film debut in A Christmas Carol opposite of her actor parents. June
originally started in theater. Lockhart is a two-time Emmy Award nominee
and a Tony Award winner.

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MEREDITH BAXTER IS 69 TODAY


Meredith Ann Baxter was born in South Pasadena, California.

Baxter portrayed TV mom Elyse Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties
with Michael J. Fox (1982-1989). She is a five-time Emmy Award nominee,
one of which was for playing the title role in the 1992 TV film A Woman
Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story.


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BRIAN WILSON IS 74 TODAY


Brian Douglas Wilson was born in  Inglewood, California.

Wilson co-wrote over twenty-five top forty hits with the Beach Boys and was
inducted into the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He won Grammy Awards
for Brian Wilson Presents Smile
(2004) and The Smile Sessions (2011). In
lists published by Rolling Stone, Wilson ranked 52 for the "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time” in 2015. In 2012, music publication NME ranked Wilson
number 8 in its "50 Greatest Producers Ever" list.

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COLLEGE HAS 50TH COMMENCEMENT

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Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) in Gresham, Oregon has a student body
that mirrors the diverse group of people that make up the community. One of
those students who graduated today is this blogger’s granddaughter Mariah
Karm. Good look honey and may God bless your future endeavors.

             

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HERO BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924


Audie Leon Murphy was born in Texas. 
(20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971)

Audie Murphy was a honored U.S. WWII hero who became an action
movie star. He was decorated with 33 medals including three Purple
Hearts, two Silver Stars, an Expert Badge with Bayonet, and the Medal
of Honor. He left school in the fifth grade and began working on a farm
to support his family. He became famous through an article in LIFE
magazine (below). Suffering from what would today be termed (PTSD)
posttraumatic stress disorder, he slept with a loaded handgun under
his pillow and consumed addictive sleeping pills.

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