Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies at 93 Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in Johnny Belinda, star of the long-running TV series Falcon Crest and Ronald Reagan's first wife, died Monday morning.
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Bill Hartack Dies Of Heart Attack Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack, one of only two jockeys to have won the Kentucky Derby five times, died Monday at age 74.
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Everybody's a Winner in Car Promotion Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Everyone's a winner after a direct-mail marketing company hired by a local car dealership mistakenly sent out 50,000 scratch-off tickets to residents _ all of them declaring the ticket-holder the $1,000 grand prize winner. Just one of the tickets was supposed to be the grand prize winner.
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'Danger: Avoid Death' contest winner Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
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PlayStation 3 Scoops EISA Award Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has been recognised by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) for the very first time, with PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) receiving the award for home entertainment.
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Lynne Harvey, Wife Of Broadcaster Paul Harvey, Dies Posted: 7 months ago by punthe
A release from the ''Paul Harvey News'' office says Lynne Harvey died early Saturday at their home in suburban River Forest after a yearlong battle with leukemia. Her age was not immediately available.
Update: She was 92
-Good day.
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Actress Jane Wyatt dies at 96 Posted: 2 years ago by tlovesd
Played serene mom Margaret Anderson on ‘Father Knows Best’ and as Spock's mom in Star Trek
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£5.1m lotto winner sought over debt Posted: 8 months ago by topofall
A Lottery winner who blew a £5.1 million jackpot he won three years ago is being hunted by bailiffs chasing more than £370,000 of debt.
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Jane Austen works rejected by publishers Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Davis Lassman took chapters from three of Jane Austen’s books, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion, and sent them to 18 different literary agents and publishers."Rejected"
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Jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82 Posted: 11 months ago by deaddonkeysrule
Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82.
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Ingmar Bergman is dead; triple Oscar winner was 89 Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
Fanny and Alexander (1984) was his last major feature, and is regarded as one of his best. He kept working well into old age, producing his last television series, Saraband, in 2003.
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The Best Films Never To Have Won An Oscar Posted: 9 months ago by pocksucket
With the world's biggest gong show going on tonight, take a moment to reflect on some of the more dubious choices the Academy has made in the past.
All of these films were nominated for Best Picture, and all lost out to other, generally lesser films
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$5 million lottery winner dies in fire, still has $1 million coming to him Posted: 8 months ago by moe
He was 85 and never changed his lifestyle even after winning. Son says that he hopes the money doesn't cause friction between his father's survivors, including two ex-wives and five other children. Yes, I'm SURE that won't be a problem at all...
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Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dead at 78 Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years.
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Body Shop founder Anita Roddick dies at 64 Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Anita Rodd**k, who pioneered cruelty-free beauty products with her Body Shop stores, died today of a massive brain hemorrhage in London.
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Former Chicago Bears Coach Jim Dooley Dies At Age 77 Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
Jim Dooley, who succeeded George Halas as head coach of the Bears, died Tuesday, his daughter said. He was 77. Dooley coached the Bears from 1968-71.
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Marshall Tucker Band member McCorkle dies of cancer Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
George McCorkle, a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band and author of Southern rock anthem “Fire on the Mountain,” died this morning in a Nashville-area hospital of complications from cancer.
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Car-Building Legend Boyd Coddington Dies Posted: 9 months ago by punthe
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.
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ABC Movie Critic Joel Siegel Dies Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
Longtime ABC movie critic Joel Siegel has died at the age of 63.
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Morgan Freeman Divorce Posted: 4 months ago by qazwer00
Seventy-one year old Oscar winner Morgan Freeman and his wife Myrna, 67, are divorcing after 24 years of marriage.
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NHL Jack Adams Award - Alain Vigneault Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
The Jack Adams Award is an annual award presented by the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success. The winner is selected in a poll among members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association at the end of the regular season.
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