TIM MAGUIRE
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the UN Assembly in 1960.
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12
Oct
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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12
Oct
ACCLAIMED ACTOR HAS DIED FROM CANCER
Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (Robert Wallace Foster Jr.)
(July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019)
Breaking Bad and Jackie Brown star Robert Forster has died aged
78.
The Oscar-nominated veteran actor died from brain cancer – the
day his new film, the Breaking Bad movie El Camino was released.
Forster was born in Rochester, New York, and began training to
become an actor at the University of Rochester, where he was as
a law student.
He would earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and took starring roles
in the student drama productions.
Forster landed a role on Broadway before appearing Reflections
In A Golden Eye by John Huston, which would spark his long
career.
1968
Robert Forster and Carla Gugino in the crime drama TV series Karen
Sisco, debuted on October 1, 2003 on ABC and was canceled after
seven episodes.
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12
Oct
MOVIE STAR KILLED ON THIS DAY IN 1940
Cowboy-movie star Tom Mix was killed when he lost control of his speeding
Cord Phaeton convertible (above) and rolls into a dry wash (now called the
Tom Mix Wash) near Florence, Arizona. He was 60 years old. Today, visitors
to the site of the accident can see a 2-foot–tall iron statue of a rudderless
horse (below) and a somewhat awkwardly written plaque that reads: “In
memory of Tom Mix whose spirit left his body on this spot and whose characterization and portrayals in life served to better fix memories of
the Old West in the minds of living men.”
Mix was born in Driftwood, Pennsylvania; deserted the Army in 1902; and
was a drum major in the Oklahoma Territorial Cavalry band when he went
off to Hollywood in 1909. Before there was a Clint Eastwood and before
there was a John Wayne … there was Tom Mix.
Thomas Edwin Mix (Thomas Hezikiah Mix)
(January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940)
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10
Oct
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
TIM MAGUIRE
After months of maintaining his innocence, Agnew pleaded no
contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned
from office. Nixon replaced him with House Republican leader
Gerald Ford. Agnew spent the remainder of his life quietly,
rarely making public appearances.
Gerald Ford (center) was sworn in as Vice President. Ford, the longtime
House Minority Leader, was selected as VP by Richard Nixon (far right)
after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. Ford would become president
eight months later when Nixon himself resigned.
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08
Oct
FOUNDING BAND MEMBER IS DEAD AT 70
Lawrence E. Junstrom (June 22, 1949 – October 6, 2019)
(Fox News) – Larry Junstrom, a founding member of the Southern rock
band Lynyrd Skynyrd and bassist for .38 Special, has died.
The announcement was made on Sunday via .38 Special’s Facebook
page. Junstrom played with the band from 1977 until his retirement
in 2014, due to a hand injury which required surgery.
38 Special band members walk the red carpet at the 34th Annual
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Concert and Show in Atlanta,
Ga., on Oct. 14, 2012.
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