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SAM ELLIOTT IS 69 TODAY
Elliott moved from California to Portland, Oregon with his family
during his teenage years, He graduated from David Douglas High
School and attended Clark College in Vancouver, Washington,
where he completed a two-year program.
Sam as The Stranger in The Big Lebowski (1998)
CONNIE STEVENS IS 75 TODAY
CANCER TAKES ACTRESS KAREN BLACK
Karen Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013)
Black is remembered for her portals in such films as Easy Rider (1969),
Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Alfred Hitchcock‘s
final film, Family Plot (1976). During her career, she won two Golden Globe
Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in
1970 for Best Supporting Actress, She lost her fight with bladder cancer
at the age of 74.
‘WIZARD OF OZ’ MUNCHKIN DIES AT 89
Margaret Pellegrini (September 23, 1923 – August 7, 2013)
(AP) – Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939
classic movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died.
Pellegrini suffered a stroke Monday at her Glendale home and died
Wednesday at a Phoenix-area hospital, said Ted Bulthaup, a Woodbridge,
Ill., resident who owns a Chicago theater where Pellegrini and other
Munchkins have made special appearances. Bulthaup said he learned
of Pellegrini’s death from her relatives.
With her death, only two of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie are
still alive.
Pellegrini has said she was 16 when "The Wizard of Oz" was filmed. She
played one of the "sleepy head" kids and wore a flowerpot on her head in
the movie.
Later, Pellegrini was a guest speaker at grade schools across the Phoenix
metropolitan area for many years.
She usually appeared in costume and told stories about her time as a Munchkin,
The Arizona Republic reported. She also told children that the "Wizard of Oz"
movie was a moral lesson.
"There are two roads in life that you can take — the wrong road and the right
road," she said. "And remember, there really is no place like home."
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