GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota hometown of Judy Garland, the actress who wore a pair of ruby slippers in "The
Wizard of Oz," is raising money to purchase the prized footwear
after it was stolen from a local museum and then later turned
over to an auction company.

Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the late actress was born in
1922, is fundraising at its annual Judy Garland festival, which
kicks off Thursday. The north Minnesota town is soliciting
donations to bring the slippers back after an auction company
takes them on an international tour before offering them up to prospective buyers in December.

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

Donald McNichol Sutherland  (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024)

Sutherland received numerous accolades, including a Primetime
Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Critics Choice
Award. He has been cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received
an Academy Honorary Award.              

Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as The Dirty
Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970 below), and Kelly’s Heroes (1970). 
He died after a long illness in Miami.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The landmark film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" was released on
this day in history, June 11, 1982.

Then 34-year-old director Steven Spielberg reportedly drew
on his own experiences as an unusually imaginative, often-
lonely child of divorce for his science-fiction classic.

With Steven Spielberg as its director, the film starred Henry
Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert McNaughton and Dee
Wallace. 

Director Steven Spielberg with E.T.

1939

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

Judy Garland was a actress, singer, and dancer.  she received
a Golden Globe Award, a Special Tony Award and was one of
twelve in history to receive an Academy Juvenile Award.

Garland won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her
1961 live recording, Judy at Carnegie Hall; she was the first
woman to win that award.

Throughout her career she recorded, her signature song, and
the Christmas classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

Garland’s birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career.

Liam (William John) Neeson was born June 7, 1952 in
Northern Ireland.  He has received accolades, including
nominations for Academy and two Tony Awards,three 
Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh
on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s 50 Greatest Film
Actors. He turned 72 Friday.
years old Friday.

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