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Jane Withers, ’30s Child Star & Josephine the Plumber, Dies @ 95

Jane Withers, an actress known as a foil for Shirley Temple as a child actress, as a star of the movie classic Giant, and as larger-than-life Josephine the Plumber on a long-running series of TV spots, has died at 95. At the peak of her fame (Image via 20th Century Fox) Withers died Saturday evening,…

RIP Kurt, Prince’s Message from the Grave & More — Past & Curious

Links the past, with relevance today: His Gymkata (1985) is a camp classic! (Image via MGM) EXTRATV: RIP Kurt Thomas, the star gymnast who was a trailblazer in his field, and who was denied Olympic glory in 1980 when the U.S. had to boycott the Moscow Olympics. Following a stroke in May, Thomas died Friday…

Tag Archives: Shirley Temple

Jane Withers, ’30s Child Star & Josephine the Plumber, Dies @ 95

RIP Kurt, Prince’s Message from the Grave & More — Past & Curious

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