Upon his retirement, Sinatra told LIFE journalist Thomas
Thompson that "I’ve got things to do, like the first thing is
not to do anything at all for eight months … maybe a year".
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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1971
JUNE LOCKHART IS 91 TODAY
June Lockhart was born in New York City, New York.
Actress who played a mother on the CBS television series Lassie from
1954 to 1973 and Lost in Space from 1965 to 1968 on CBS. She made
her film debut in A Christmas Carol opposite of her actor parents. June
originally started in theater. Lockhart is a two-time Emmy Award nominee
and a Tony Award winner.
HERO BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1924
Audie Leon Murphy was born in Texas.
(20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971)
Audie Murphy was a honored U.S. WWII hero who became an action
movie star. He was decorated with 33 medals including three Purple
Hearts, two Silver Stars, an Expert Badge with Bayonet, and the Medal
of Honor. He left school in the fifth grade and began working on a farm
to support his family. He became famous through an article in LIFE
magazine (below). Suffering from what would today be termed (PTSD)
posttraumatic stress disorder, he slept with a loaded handgun under
his pillow and consumed addictive sleeping pills.
COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1937
The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus
fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.
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