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ADAM WEST HAS DIED AT 88

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Adam West (William West Anderson)
(September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017).

Adam West was best known for his portrayal of the title role in the
1960s
ABC series Batman and its theatrical feature film. His acting
career began in films in 1959. West died in Los Angeles after a short
battle with leukemia.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST WORLD NEWS

today in history

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ROSS SIMPSON

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On this day in 1967, Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that
ended the Six-Day War.

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The Army of Yugoslavia began withdrawal from Kosovo on this
day in 1999. NATO had suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after
Slobodan Milosevic agreed to the withdrawal.  

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Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by Dr. Robert Smith (left) and
William G. Wilson on this day in 1935.

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Little girl Garland

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1939

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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Judy Garland began performing vaudeville
at the age of two and a half.

She received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award posthumously
in 1997.

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It was on this day in 2004.

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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)

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ACTRESS GLENNE HEADLY HAS DIED AT 62

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Glenne Headly (March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017)

(FoxNews/AP) – Glenne Headly’s agent has confirmed the actress
died Thursday night. No cause of death or location was immediately
available. 

Headly was known from performances in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
(1988), "Mr. Holland’s Opus” (1995), and "Dick Tracy"(1990). She
was an early member of the famous Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Note:”M. Holland’s Opus” was filmed in and around Portland,
Oregon, with much of the exterior and interior scenes shot at
Grant High School.

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Glenne Headly in “Dick Tracy”

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JOHNNY DEPP IS 54 YEARS OLD TODAY

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John Christopher Depp II was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Actor, producer, and musician Johnny Depp has won the Golden Globe Award
and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He became a teen idol on the
1980s syndicated television series 21 Jump Street (1987- 1991).  

Depp dreamed of being a rock musician and dropped out of school at fifteen to
perform music with his band.

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NANCY SINATRA IS 77 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Father and daughter, Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1957.

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Nancy Sandra Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Nancy Sinatra recorded the hit songs "These Boots Are Made for Walkin’"
and "Sugar Town," she is the daughter of famous crooner Frank Sinatra,
they
recorded a hit duet version of the song "Somethin’ Stupid." Nancy
also had a brief acting career in the mid-1960s including a co-starring role
with Elvis Presley in the movie Speedway (1968), and with Peter Fonda
in The Wild Angels (1966). In Marriage on the Rocks (1965), Frank and
Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter.

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