Brandon Wade Norbury Feb. 27, 1972 – Feb. 3, 2023)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has
ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown
at half-staff until sunset on February 15 to honor
Gresham Firefighter Brandon Norbury, who died after
suffering cardiac arrest while on duty.
(FUNERAL SERVICE, 1:00 PM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15)
EAST HILL CHURCH FAMILY
701 N. MAIN AVE, GRESHAM, OR.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Burt Freeman Bacharach (May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023)
(Bloomberg) — Burt Bacharach, who
became one of the 20th century’s most
celebrated songwriters with hits
such as Walk on By and Raindrops Keep
Fallin’ on My Head, has died. He was 94.
TIM MAGUIRE
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
James Dean was one of those rare stars whose persona became
more famous than any of his films — and yet he would only live
to see one of those films released. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s
epic novel “East of Eden” (1955).
Charles Nowlin Thomas (April 7, 1937 – January 31, 2023)
(FOXNEWS) – Musician Charlie Thomas has died at the age
of 85 after battling liver cancer.
Thomas was a singer best known for his work with The
Drifters. He was performing with The Five Crowns at the
Apollo Theater in 1958 when George Treadwell fired his
group, called The Drifters. Treadwell recruited the Five
Crowns to become the new Drifters.
The new Drifters’ first release was the 1959 hit "There Goes
My Baby".
Lemongello Jr., also a musician, noted the funeral will be
held Feb. 16 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in
Landover, Maryland.
Melinda Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023)
Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played
Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in
“Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,”
died Jan. 9. No mention as to the cause of her death.
Melinda Dillon with Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, and
Peter Billingsley (1983).
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