English actor John Hurt (CBE) has died from pancreatic cancer on January 25, 2017 at the age of 77. (John Hurt 1971 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins) After announcing in June 2015 that he had pancreatic cancer and would continue working through treatment, in October that year he said it was in remission. John Hurt leaves behind his … Continued
January 2017 Update: Mike Connors has died on January 26, 2017 at the age of 91. Cause of death was leukemia. (Mike Connors 1966 Stagecoach Movie Screenshot) American actor and now nonagenarian senior citizen Mike Connors was born August 15, 1925 in Fresno, California. His nickname of “Touch” began in high school where he played … Continued
Update: Anne Jeffreys died on September 27, 2017 at the age of 94. American singer and actress Anne Jeffreys was born January 26, 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. (Anne Jeffreys 1945 Dick Tracy) Her birth name was Annie Jeffreys Carmichael; in an audio interview with The Midnight Palace, Anne said her parents divorced when she was 6 months … Continued
American actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80 today on January 25, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, New York City on December 29, 1936, Mary Tyler Moore married for the first time at the age of 18 in 1955, to Richard Carlton Meeker. Their son Richard Meeker Jr. was born in July … Continued
Celebrated English publisher, writer and novelist Virginia Woolf was born January 25, 1882; her birth name was Adeline Virginia Stephen. (Virginia Woolf 1902 Photo: George C. Beresford) Virginia Woolf’s father Sir Leslie Stephen was an editor, biographer and critic who counted authors like Henry James amongst his acquaintances; her mother Julia Duckworth Stephen was a model for … Continued
Are baby boomers and seniors the last generations likely to grow up having regular contact with horses? One of my grandfathers drove a milk wagon, and another was involved with trotting horse racing. Some horse-drawn milk wagons were still operating in the 1950’s and early 1960’s, although by then they had become an oddity rather … Continued
Dick Gautier, the actor who so memorably played Hymie the Robot on Get Smart, has died on January 13, 2017 away after a long illness at the age of 85, his daughter Cris told The Hollywood Reporter. (Dick Gautier 1975 When Things Were Rotten Photo: ABC Television) Dick Gautier’s most recent appearance onscreen was as an octogenarian … Continued
Tinder article source: What is Tinder and How Does It Work? by TechBoomers.com What is Tinder and How Does It Work? A lot of dating websites these days are concerned with compatibility factors. What are your physical traits? What are your personality traits? What do you like to do? What are your values? What are you looking … Continued
Q1. What famous female movie star got her start on the very first episode of primetime TV series Peyton Place, which ran from 1964-1969? Q2. Which Peyton Place actor/charactor, also served as the Peyton Place narrator at the beginning of every episode from 1964-1969? Below, the cast of Peyton Place circa 1968, clockwise from left: Ryan O’Neal, Christopher Connelly, … Continued
Actress of stage, TV and movies Barbara Rush was born on January 4, 1927 in Denver, Colorado. (Barbara Rush 1956 Bigger Than Life Trailer) Barbara Rush graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1948, and told Cinephiled in 2015 that her early career aspirations were humble: “I was never really that ambitious — that … Continued