Assault survivor campaigned against sexual violence…
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Barbara Tarbuck, an actress who appeared regularly on the TV soap operas “Santa Barbara” and “General Hospital,” the latter as Lady Jane Jacks, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. She was …
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Joan Marie Johnson Faust, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group the Dixie Cups, died Oct. 5, 2016, according to multiple news sources. She was 72. …
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Elaine Riley, an actress who appeared in dozens of 1940s and ’50s motion pictures, has died, according to multiple news sources. Riley, who died Dec. 7, was 98.
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On April 19, 1959, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama, before the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. In this …
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In this century, Lloyd Bridges’s fame has been eclipsed by that of his talented sons, Jeff and Beau. But when those two were just youngsters, their father was a star …
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Gene Krupa, born 102 years ago today, was one of the most influential drummers in history. Funny to think that he could have ended up a saxophonist or a priest …
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His music is cited as an influence on the rise of punk, post-punk and new wave.