SANDY KOZEL

(1914 – 1999)

Joe DiMaggio (“Joltin Joe”) is widely considered one
of the greatest baseball players of all time and is best
known for setting the record for the longest hitting
streak in baseball (56 games from May 15 – July 16,
1941), which still stands today.

DiMaggio was a heavy smoker for much of his adult
life. He was admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital
in Hollywood, Florida, on October 12, 1998, for lung
cancer surgery and remained there for 99 days. He
returned to his Florida home, on January 19, 1999
and died thereon March 8 at age 84.

DiMaggio’s plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum.

Steve Lawrence, the charismatic Grammy- and Emmy-
winning crooner who delighted audiences for decades
in nightclubs, on concert stages, in film and television appearances, died Thursday.

Publicist Susan DuBow announced Lawrence died in
Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. 

He partnered with the late Eydie Gormé, his wife of 55
years, in a very popular act (below). 

In 1959, Steve Lawrence released Pretty Blue Eyes as a single
and it spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking
at No. 9, while reaching No. 7 on the Cash Box Top 100.

UNDATED (WKRC) – Campbell’s unveiled its new grilled
cheese and tomato soup.

According to Campbell’s official site, the limited-edition
flavor fuses the iconic taste of the company’s tomato
soup and the "comforting" flavors of a grilled cheese
sandwich.

The company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell,
(1817 – 1900) a fruit merchant from Bridgeton, New Jersey,
and Abraham Anderson, an icebox manufacturer from South Jersey. They produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups, condiments, and minced meats.

On March 7, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first
woman to win an Academy Award for best director,
for her movie “The Hurt Locker,” about an American
bomb squad that disables explosives in Iraq in 2004.

Prior to Bigelow, only three other women had been
nominated for a best director Oscar: Lina Wertmueller
for 1975’s “Seven Beauties,” Jane Campion for 1993’s
“The Piano” and Sofia Coppola for 2003’s “Lost in
Translation.”

Bigelow was born in San Carlos, California, in 1951
and is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute
and earned a master’s degree in film from Columbia
University.

She made her feature film debut with 1982’s “The
Loveless,” which she co-wrote and co-directed.