Actress Patty Duke, who at 16-years-old won an Academy Award for portraying Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and who starred as cousins Patty and Cathy Lane in the 1960’s comedy series The Patty Duke Show, as well as starred in other countless film and televisions roles, died early Tuesday of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. She was 69.
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Happy Birthday to former child star, actor and winemaker, Kurt Russell! 😀
Happy 90th Birthday to legendary comedian, actor, director, film producer, screenwriter and singer, Jerry Lewis!
Happy Birthday to actor, singer, musician, television director, author and The Monkees drummer, Micky Dolenz!
It was 11 years ago today, on Feb. 20, 2005, that actress Sandra Dee died as a result of complications with kidney disease. She was 62.
Dee, born Alexandra Zuck, starred in approximately 22 films and also appeared in episodic television in the early 1970’s and early 1980’s. My favorite film of hers was Imitation of Life, which also starred Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin and Susan Kohner.
Do you have a favorite Sandra Dee movie?
On this day in music history: On Dec. 31, 1985, the breaking news all over the radio and all over television screens was that actor, singer, musician and former teen idol Rick ‘Ricky’ Nelson had been killed in a plane crash in DeKalb, Texas, alongside his fiancee Helen Blair and members from Nelson’s band.
Having watched reruns of “The Ozzie & Harriet Show,” I couldn’t help but have a crush on the young man on my TV screen, although in reality, he was already old enough to be my father! I’m sad I never got the opportunity to see him perform live in concert or that I never got to meet him. Nelson seemed like he was a genuine and shy man, who loved his craft.
Rick Nelson’s music will continue to live on forever so that many more generations can enjoy his Rockabilly-Pop-Rock sound. 🎭 📺 🎥 🎵
Happy Birthday to actor, writer and comedian Tim Conway, who is best known for being a cast member of The Carol Burnett Show.
Happy Birthday to one of my favorites…actor Michael Vartan!
A very Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds, who turns 39 today!
Kevin Corcoran, a former child actor, who appeared in countless Disney films, has died after a five-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 66.
From starring in films like Old Yeller, Smith Family Robinson, Pollyanna and The Shaggy Dog, he appeared in many films from the early 1950’s to mid-1960’s. His last known film role was in 2009 in It Starts With Murder! After he quit acting, Corcoran pursued a career behind-the-camera; he worked as a First-Assistant Director on such television shows like Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Murder She Wrote and Crossing Jordan. Corcoran was also a co-producer on nine episodes of The Shield and on 14 installments of Sons of Anarchy.
Corcoran came from a showbiz family. One of eight children, his older sister Noreen played John Forsythe’s niece in the 1950’s television show Bachelor Father. His other siblings also appeared in various film and television roles around the same time.
Corcoran was named a Disney Legend in 2006. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Laura, and four siblings.
Full story can be found here.
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