President Eisenhower sits in a wheelchair after being released from
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver
On Saturday September 24, 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered
a heart attack while vacationing in Denver, Colorado. He spent seven weeks
on the 8th floor of Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. In November the President
returned to Washington and then on to his farm in Gettysburg to recuperate.
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Stephen Edwin King is the celebrated author of contemporary horror, suspense,
science fiction and fantasy fiction novels. His books have sold more than 350
million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, TV
movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels,
including seven under the pen name of Richard Bachman, five non-fiction
books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his writings are set in his
home town of Maine. King has received numerous awards, including the Medal
for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters in 2003 from the National
Book Foundation.
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Mia Farrow
Peyton Place is a prime time soap opera, based upon the 1956 novel of the
same name by Grace Metalious, which aired on ABC-TV in half-hour episodes
from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969. The show was produced by 20th
Century Fox Television and was the only prime time series ever to run episodes continuously without reruns. Many guest stars appeared in the series for extended
times, such as Dan Duryea, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Gena Rowland’s and Lee
Grant, who won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama. The series helped launch the careers of such actors
as Mia Farrow (above), Ryan O’Neal, Chris Connelly, and Mariette Hartley.
Ray Douglas Bradbury is a well known writer of fantasy, horror, science fiction,
and mystery. One of his best works is the novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for
the science fiction stories known as The Martian Chronicles (1950). Many of
Bradbury’s writings have been adapted into TV shows or films. Ray Bradbury
is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers
of science fiction.
The Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on
HBO from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from
1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel. Many of
the episodes were based on short stories or novels written by Bradbury.
