Richard “Dick” Winters, the Easy Company commander whose World War ll exploits were made famous by the book and television miniseries “Band of Brothers,” died last week in central Pennsylvania. He was 92.
According to a statement made by a longtime friend, Winters died following a several-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. (AP)
Pete Postlethwaite died Sunday following a long
battle with cancer. He was a veteren of the Royal
Shakespeare Company along with other acting
companies. Steven Spielberg once called Pete
”the best actor in the world” after working
with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(1997). Postlethwaite was nominated for an
Oscar for his role in In The Name of the
Father (1993).
Pete Postlethwaite in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Postletheaite with Daniel Day Lewis in a scene from
In the Name of the Father.
Anne Francis died Sunday of natural cause at a nursing home in
Santa Barbara, California. She was most remembered for her
role in the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956). Her
career began at the early age of eleven on Broadway.
Anne Francis with “Robby” the robot in Forbidden Planet
Anne as a mannequin in the 1960 Twilight Zone episode
The After Hours.
A concert program from Frank Sinatra’s 1978 performance at New York
City’s Radio City Music Hall.The famed hall opened on this date in 1932.
