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CONNIE FRANCIS TURNED 75 TODAY

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Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)

Francis released the 1958 hit "Who’s Sorry Now?" and who appeared in
many movies, including the 1964 romantic musical-comedy “Looking for
Love”.

Francis recorded the song April 15 1959 in a session at Metropolitan Studio (NYC). It was produced and conducted by Ray Ellis with Veteran guitarist George Barnes (below) contributing a solo to the track.

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George Barnes claimed he played the first electric
guitar
in 1931. He also made the first recording of
an electric guitar in 1938 in sessions with blues
singer Big Bill Broonzy. 

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ACTRESS ELEANOR PARKER HAS DIED AT 91

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   Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Actress Eleanor Parker, a three-time Oscar
nominee who played the scheming baroness in "The Sound of Music,"
has died at age 91.

Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to
complications from pneumonia.

Gale told The Associated Press the actress "passed away peacefully,
surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm
Springs."

The red-haired actress had best-actress Oscar nominations in 1951
and 1952 for her roles as a prison inmate in "Caged" and as Kirk
Douglas’ frustrated wife in "Detective Story."

Her third nomination was for the challenging role of polio-stricken opera
singer Marjorie Lawrence in "Interrupted Melody."

The 1965 "Sound of Music," in which her character loses Christopher
Plummer to Julie Andrews, was her last major film role.

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Eleanor Parker in Naked Jungle (1954)

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DICK VAN PATTEN IS 85 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten

Van Patten portrayed columnist dad, Tom Bradford on
ABC’s Eight is Enough from 1977 to 1981. He debuted
as a child actor and model, earning a role on Broadway
at age 7.

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Dick co-founded Natural Balance pet food company in 1989.

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ACTRESS KIM BASINGER IS 60 TODAY

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Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger

Basinger won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors 
Guild Award for Best
Supporting Actress
for her performance in L.A.
Confidential
(1997). She also played a major role in Batman in 1989.

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PROLIFIC ACTOR IS 98 TODAY

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Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Eli Herschel Wallach


Wallach is a veteran film, television and stage actor whose career has spanned
more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. For his performance as
Silva Vacarro in Baby Doll (1956), he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his most famous roles are Calvera in
The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco in The
Good,
the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Wallach received an Honorary Academy
Award
at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards, presented on November 13, 2010.

 

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