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Hall of Fame Manager Sparky Anderson Dead at 76(1934 – 2010)

November 4, 2010

Just a day after his family announced the sad news that he would be admitted into hospice care because he was suffering from dementia, Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has died today at the age of 76.(NY Daily News) He managed the National League’s Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with […]

Screen Legend,Painter, Hollywood Hipster,And ‘Some Like It Hot Star’ Tony Curtis,85, Dies In Nevada Home

September 30, 2010

1950s movie heart-throb,matinée idol,playboy and hipster,Tony Curtis,85, passed away Wednesday evening at his Las Vegas home, surrounded by friends and family. The cause of death has been attributed to cardiac arrest,but he had been in failing health for the past year.(NY Daily News) [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=Tony+Curtis&iid=9882806″ src=”http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9882806/some-like-hot-star-tony/some-like-hot-star-tony.jpg?size=500&imageId=9882806″ width=”234″ height=”212″ /] He was considered to […]

Award Winning Actress Patricia Neal,Dies At The Age Of 84

August 9, 2010

Unfortunetly the world has lost another classic star from the golden era of film making,with the news today of the passing of Academy Award winning star Patricia Neal.(NY POST) Patricia Neal was 84, and had been suffering from a long battle with lung cancer, and died Sunday at home in Edgartown, Mass. The Oscar and Tony-winning […]

Robin Roberts Dies!?!?….Sports Hero Mourned…

May 8, 2010

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=robin+roberts&iid=8692053″ src=”e/1/7/b/Steve_Harvey_Hosts_c63a.jpg?adImageId=12793455&imageId=8692053″ width=”380″ height=”570″ /] I was as surprised as many were today to wake up to the confusing, yet horrible news and reports on the death of sports star Robin Roberts!@! I saw a headline on T.V.,…rushed to verify the news on the internet,…confirmed the new by reading this report on-line […]

Sarah Palin Slams ‘Family Guy’ Producers Over Using The “R” Word….

February 16, 2010

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin slammed the producers of the TV show “Family Guy” over a joke by a character with Down Syndrome…. …Bad cartoon!!!…just kidding!![picapp align=”right” wrap=”false” link=”term=family+guy&iid=7375080″ src=”5/5/6/b/Family_Guy_Something_192b.jpg?adImageId=10384053&imageId=7375080″ width=”234″ height=”364″ /] I like “Family Guy”, it’s a very entertaining show,and one of my former animation students, Dave Sherburne, is an assistant Director on […]

Brittany Murphy 911 Call…Audio Here

January 9, 2010

The chilling 911 phone call by Brittany Murphy’s mother as she calls to report finding her daughter not breathing. Brittany Murphy’s mom is distraught and frantic on the call, as she and her husband receive instructions from an emergency worker, to pump her chest. It is chilling to listen to, as her closest family members […]

Banda Aceh Marks Tsunami 5th Anniversary

December 25, 2009

Five years after the most devastating disaster in modern history, most survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami have managed to pick up their lives. The Huffington Post reports…In Aceh, the area hardest hit by the giant wave, homes have been rebuilt, families reunited and a stable government installed in a province that was battling a […]

The Last Nazi, John Demjanjuk 89,Trial Begins In Munich, Germany

November 30, 2009

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=*john+demjanjuk&iid=7165270″ src=”1/4/d/c/Nazi_Death_Camp_5c12.jpg?adImageId=7945664&imageId=7165270″ width=”380″ height=”296″ /] It’s finally time for John Demjanjuk,former Nazi internment camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible,” to face the music for the atrocities he committed at the jewish death camp known as Treblinka and Sobibor extermination camps. During the period 1942–1943 Demjanjuk committed murder and acts of extraordinarily savage […]