Category Archives: ’60s

Country Crooner, Elvis Writer Mac Davis Dies @ 78

On the same day that fellow crooner Helen Reddy died, beloved country singer Mac Davis also died, also at 78. He died a day after news that he had undergone unsuccessful heart surgery. With Nick Nolte in North Dallas Forty (Image via Paramount) Davis's manager of 40+ years, Jim Morey, announced the singer's death on…
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‘I Am Woman’ Icon Helen Reddy Dies @ 78

Singer Helen Reddy, the vocalist whose anthemic pop classic “I Am Woman” became synonymous with the feminist movement, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 78. Her music energized a movement. (Images via Capitol) In a statement, her children Traci Donat and Jordan Summers said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing…
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Marlene Dietrich Rides Again

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with what came before. She couldn't help it. (GIF via GIPHY) Yes, I loved Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Dungeons & Dragons and other '80s phenomena, but I spent an inordinate amount of time watching all things black-and-white, including the films of everyone from Abbott & Costello to Marilyn…
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JFK’s Flag Found, Moreno Honored, Quaid for Trump & More!

Links to the past with relevance today: Is it the real deal? (Image via Antiques Roadshow) ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: In 2017, Antiques Roadshow declined to air an appraisal of a flag said to be from PT-109 because it was too difficult to determine provenance. If it's really from Kennedy's PT-109 — and the story is elaborate,…
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Sophia Loren Staten Island Style

In honor of Sophia Loren's 86th birthday today, September 20, I am re-sharing my September 2016 post from when I paid to see her during a rare U.S. Q&A on Staten Island in NYC. It was a hot mess, but sooo worth it! Ciao! (All images & video by Matthew Rettenmund) September 2016: Last night,…
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Rugged Robert Logan

Robert Logan (b. May 29, 1941) is a '70s fantasy man whose career reached back into the '50s. Short-shorts in the '50s (Images via ABC) Born in Brooklyn, he was signed up by Warner Bros. largely on the basis of his good looks. The total package (Image via ABC) Early on, from 1961-1963, he was…
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‘Avengers,’ Bond Star Diana Rigg Dies @ 82

Diana Rigg, iconic since her Avengers role in the '60s, has died at 82, The Guardian reports. The fashion of it all! (GIF via GIPHY) Rigg's death was announced via statement by her agent, which read: "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. She was…
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‘Golden Girls’ Reimagined, Fonda’s Latest Chapter & More!

Links to the past, with relevance today: Thank you for being a friend. Not a white friend, not a Black friend. A friend. (Image via Zoom) ZOOM: Tracee Ellis Ross, 47, Regina King, 49, Sanaa Lathan, 48, and Alfre Woodard, 67, are the main cast reading a script from The Golden Girls tonight, Tuesday, September…
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‘Kojak,’ ‘Knots Landing’ Star Kevin Dobson Dies @ 77

Kevin Dobson, the burly star of Kojak and Knots Landing, died Sunday, September 6, after suffering a heart attack. He was 77. Dobson's death was announced on Facebook by the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County. He was a longtime veterans' rights advocate, and a veteran of the U.S. Army himself. Dobson's veteran supporters…
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