TIM MAGUIRE

country singer and songwriter Garth Brooks is
64 years old today.          
         
         
       

Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United
States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from
the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges
from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to
its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not
see its shadow, spring will arrive early.

The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first
occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania on
February 2, 1840.
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While the tradition remains popular in the 21st century,
studies have found no consistent association between
a groundhog seeing its shadow and the subsequent
arrival time of spring-like weather.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont on the 1970s
sitcom “Sanford and Son,” died Friday from complications of
cancer at his home in Palm Springs, California.

In 1984 Wilson was ordained as a minister in the Church of
God in Christ and was an active Christian evangelist for
much of his adult life.

Sanford and Son (1972–1977) on NBC.

Stars Demond Wilson and Redd Foxx.

Catherine O’Hara (March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian
comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay
Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and
created the dramatically ditzy character of Moira Rose in
the Emmy-winning comedy “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday.

O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief
illness,” according to a statement from her agency, Creative
Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available.
She was 71.

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