Actress Michael Learned is best known for her role as Olivia Walton
on The Waltons which aired on CBS television from 1972 to 1981.

"Tall Paul" reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959. It was the highest-
charting song by Annette Funicello and also one of the shortest, clocking in at 1
minute and 38 seconds.

Annette Funicello being interviewed by Bandstand host Dick Clark

Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013)

(AP) – Legendary Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello died on Monday
from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for 
more than 25 years. The Disney company said she died peacefully at
Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. 

 

                Milo O’Shea (June 2, 1926 – April 2, 2013)

New York (AP) – Irish character actor Milo O’Shea had roles in the NBC
television series “The West Wing” (1999 – 2006) and was often cast as
priests, playing one in the NBC sitcom “Cheers” (1982 – 1993). One of
his most memorable supporting roles was as a judge in the Sidney Lumet
directed 1982 film “The Verdict” starring Paul Newman. O’Shea also had
a career on Broadway, during which he earned two Tony nominations. He
died on Tuesday following a short illness.  

 
James T. Kirk (William Shatner) with his phaser rifle

A rare phaser rifle used by William Shatner in the second pilot made for 
the original Star Trek series sold recently for $231,000 at an auction
conducted by Julien’s. It is the second-highest paid at auction for a prop
from the 1960s edition of Star Trek, surpassed only by the $304,750 a
collector laid out for the captain’s chair in 2008. In 2006, a miniature
special effects model of the enterprise from Star Trek: The Next
Generation sold for $576,000. 

The phaser prop is made of wood with an aluminum barrel and is painted
with a metallic blue-green paint. The rifle was never appeared in another
episode, though it was seen in publicity photos of Shatner as Kirk and on
an early lunchbox (below).