National Donut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser for The
Salvation Army in Chicago.
Their goal was to help those in need during the Great
Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies"
of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers.
The Waltons
Tom Bower, the longtime character actor whose career took him
from The Waltons to It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, has died.
The Colorado-born actor was perhaps best known for the role of
Marvin, the janitor who helps Bruce Willis’s character John
McClane foil the terrorists at the airport in the 1990 action thriller
Die Hard 2.
He died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles on May 30.
The Hollywood Reporter.
Erich Anderson, the familiar character actor who made his film
debut in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, played Keri Russell’s
father on Felicity and recurred on shows from Steven Bochco,
has died.
His wife, Saxon Trainor, and her brother-in-law, Michael O’Malley, announced in an Instagram post, Anderson died Saturday after a
"brutal struggle with cancer."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Janis Paige, a popular actress in Hollywood
and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred
Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform well into
her 80s, has died. She was one of the last surviving stars from
the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Paige , born in Tacoma, Washington, died Sunday of natural
causes at her Los Angeles home.
Bob Hope and Janis Paige in Saigon,Vietnam
for the annual Christmas show in 1964.
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