She played Karen’s mother in the gangster film “GoodFellas.”
Born October 1934
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Later, she played rapping granny Rosie in “The Wedding Singer” on Broadway.
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His first wife was childhood sweetheart Julie Andrews.
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She did the “more popular than Jesus” interview with John Lennon.
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He served 17 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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News Obituaries
Ken Taylor (1934–2015), Canadian ambassador who helped Americans in Iran
by Kirk FoxKen Taylor, Canada’s ambassador to Iran who sheltered Americans at his residence during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 81. Taylor’s wife, …
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His blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a groundbreaking force in American culture.