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BETSY PALMER HAS DIED AT 88


Betsy Palmer (Patricia Betsy Hrunek)
(November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Betsy Palmer, the veteran character actress who
achieved lasting fame as the murderous camp cook in the 1980 horror
film "Friday the 13th," has died.
 

According to her manager, Palmer died Friday of natural causes at a
hospice care center in Connecticut. She had also appeared in films,
on Broadway and in TV shows such as the CBS game show “I’ve Got a
Secret” where she was a regular panelist.

 

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS STORIES

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Camille Bohannon


Marilyn at age 5

Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson) (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

       

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NEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST

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Ross Simpson

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is 85 today.

Before becoming a cultural icon, Eastwood worked as a lifeguard, a caddy, and
a grocery clerk while growing up. He served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel
by-the-Sea, California
from 1986 to 1988.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Sandy Kozel

 


Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)

Hope won an amateur talent contest for his Charlie Chaplin
impersonation in 1915. In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared
him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed
forces."

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ALL-COLOR TALKIE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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The musical film On with the Show! was released by Warner Bros. It  is noted as
the first ever all-talking, all-color feature length movie, and the second color
movie released by Warner Bros. Unfortunately, only black and white copies
survived.

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