Links to the past with relevance today: Natch. (GIF via TheHeterophobicGuy) TV LINE: Kim Cattrall, 62, is heading to TV in Filthy Rich, a show that is a remake of a New Zealand hit, not a remake of the fondly remembered, short-lived, Delta Burke (b. 1956) sitcom. Pajamarama (Image via video still) PEOPLE: Doris Day,…
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Doris Day, One of the World’s Most Beloved Stars, Dies @ 97
Doris Day, the woman who made iconic marks in the worlds of music, radio, movies and television — and one of the most famous animal advocates in history — has died. She was 97. Doris Day: April 3, 1922-May 13, 2019 (Image via headshot) The Doris Day Animal Foundation announced her passing early Monday in…
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Peggy Lipton of ‘Mod Squad,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ Dies @ 72
Blonde, waifish actress Peggy Lipton, known for her role as Julie Barnes on the counterculture-absorbed The Mod Squad, has died. At your service in Twin Peaks (Image via ABC) She was 72, and the cause — according to family members — was colon cancer, which she had first battle in 2004. Lipton, first at teen…
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Sal Mineo/Don Johnson Play Thought Lost Is Found
Sal Mineo (1939-1976) experienced a meteoric rise in the film world thanks to Rebel Without a Cause (1955), but one of his latter-day passion projects was the 1967 stage play Fortune and Men's Eyes by John Herbert (1926-2001). Men's thighs The play, about a newbie in a prison, is rife with queer themes and was…
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Past & Curious: He’s Been Seen with Farrah, Trash TV & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Jogging was a fad, but so was Farrah! (Image via People) PEOPLE: Lee Majors, 80, reflects upon his hectic life with wife Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009), and claims credit for choosing the image that became one of the best-selling posters of all time. George Maharis (b. 1928) & Robert…
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Barbara Perry, ‘Dick Van Dyke’ Player, Dies @ 97
Barbara Perry, perhaps best-known as Pickles Sorrell on two first-season epsiodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1962) died May 5 of natural causes in Hollywod, a family spokesman confirmed. Barbara Perry: June 22, 1921-May 5, 2019 (Image via CBS) She was 97. Born June 22, 1921, in Norfolk, Virginia, into a show biz family,…
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Past & Curious: Joan Collins Tells All, Marcia’s Measles & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: https://youtu.be/6RYzdWiQ2M0 CBS SUNDAY MORNING: Mo Rocca, 50, asks Joan Collins, 85, about becoming a sensation "at that age" when she hit Dynasty in 1981. She was younger than he is now! Measles! Measles! Measles! (Image via video still) DO YOU REMEMBER?: Anti-vaxxers are trying to use a '60s…
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‘Dallas’ Star Ken Kercheval Dies @ 83
Ken Kercheval, known the world over by TV fans as oil baron Cliff Barnes on Dallas (1978-1991; 2012-2014), died April 21, THR has confirmed. He was 83. Ken Kercheval: July 15, 1935- April 21, 2019 (Image via CBS) Kercheval, a native of Indiana who was born July 15, 1935, got his start on the stage,…
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Past & Curious: Sitcoms Re-Imagined, Who’s the B’day Boy? & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Lucky wall (Image via 16 Magazine) BOY CULTURE: It's Tony Danza's birth week ... 68! Marisa Tomei as Edith Bunker isn't a stretch — they are the same age! (Image via CBS) DO YOU REMEMBER?: For one night only, the iconic sitcoms All in the Family and The…
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Western Actress Fay McKenzie Dies @ 101
Fay McKenzie, an actress with several unique claims to fame, died April 16 at 101, THR reports. First and foremost, McKenzie had been one of the last 10 actors to have ever appeared in a Silent Era silent film. There are now just nine. McKenzie's appearances in silent films began in 1918, when she appeared…
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