CAMILLE BOHANNON
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is 71 years old today.
Townshend had plans to become a graphic artist before his music career
took off. His grandmother bought him his first guitar in 1956. After having
a spiritual awakening and becoming a disciple of Indian spiritual master
Meher Baba, Pete Townshend was one of very few rock stars who was
strongly opposed the use of psychedelic drugs.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Mt. St. Helens as it looks today from downtown Portland, Oregon.
The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story
of rock icon Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award–winning musical
score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar–nominated lead performance
by Gary Busey. It was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His
Life and Music, the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was
directed by Steve Rash.
The film received many positive reviews from critics and fans alike, but
Holly authorities and other music scholars criticized what they deemed
gross inaccuracies in the plot. The Crickets, after watching the film,
appreciated it but gave a thumbs down on their portrayal, calling it
"horrible" due to many reasons.
William Gary Busey will be 72 on June 29.
MIKE GRACIA
Henry Fonda Lt. jg U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II.
Fonda was already a movie star when he enlisted in the U.S.
Navy saying, ‘I don’t want to be in a fake war in a studio.’ He
served as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS
Satterlee. He was later commissioned as a Lieutenant jg in
Air Combat Intelligence in the Pacific and was awarded the
Bronze Star.
Fonda in 1981 with his Best Actor Oscar for "On Golden Pond”.
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982)
Marie Madeleine Berthe LeBeau (June 10, 1923 – May 1, 2016)
(Variety) –French film actress Madeleine LeBeau, who played Humphrey
Bogart’s jilted mistress Yvonne, in “Casablanca” (1942) died May 1 in
Spain after breaking her thigh bone. She was the last surviving credited
cast member of the classic film. Her death was confirmed by her stepson
Carlo Alberto Pinelli. LeBeau was among several cast members who were
actually refugees from the German occupation.
LeBeau in a scene with Humphrey Bogart from “Casablanca”.
