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Heloise Bowles Cruse (born Eloise Bowles, May 4, 1919 - Dec 28, 1977 [1][2][3]) was the original author of the popular syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise." [2][4][5]
Born in Fort Worth, Texas,[1][4] Bowles married Marshal (Mike) Holman Cruse, a US Air Force Captain[4] (later Colonel) in 1946. Their daughter Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse, born in 1951, is the current "Heloise."[4] The original column was first published in the Honolulu Advertiser as "Readers' Exchange" in 1959.[1][4] In 1961, King Features syndicated it as "Hints from Heloise,";[4] nearly 600 newspapers carried the column,[1] and, at the time of her death, it was one of three most popular (in terms of syndication) in the United States.[2] Her book Heloise's Housekeeping Hints was, at half a million copies total, one of the top 10 selling hardcover books in 1963. The book later became the fastest selling paperback in the history of its publisher Pocket Books.[1] more....... |
Patrice Beverly Munsel (born May 14, 1925) is an American coloratura soprano, the youngest singer who ever starred at the Metropolitan Opera, nicknamed "Princess Pat".[1][2]
An only child born and raised in Spokane, Washington, Munsel's father, Audley J. Munsil, was a local dentist.[3][4][5] She attended Lewis and Clark High School before leaving at age fifteen, accompanied by her mother, to study in New York City,[6][7][8][9] coached by Giacomo Spadoni (1884–1960).[10] Her surname at birth was spelled "Munsil."[7]Munsel first sang at the Metropolitan at age 17, in March 1943.[11] She made her official Metropolitan debut on December 4, 1943, at the age of 18, singing Philine in Mignon.[12] Her first opera contract was for three years at $40,000 per year; with other appearances she was making around $100,000 annually.[10] more....... George Walton Lucas, Jr.[2] (born May 14, 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He founded Lucasfilm and led the company as chairman and chief executive before selling it to The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012.[3] He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for directing and writing American Graffiti(1973) and Star Wars (1977).Lucas was born and raised in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas (née Bomberger; 1913–1989) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. (1913–1991), who owned a stationery store.[4][5] Growing up, Lucas had a passion for cars and motor racing, which eventually serve as inspiration for his films 1:42.08 and American Graffiti. Long before Lucas became obsessed with film making, he wanted to be a race-car driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. On June 12, 1962, while driving his souped-up Autobianchi Bianchina, another driver broadsided him, flipping over his car, nearly killing him, causing him to lose interest in racing as a career.[6][7] He attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied anthropology, sociology, and literature, amongst other subjects.[6] He also began filming with an 8 mm camera, including filming car races.[6]
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Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor of film and television. He performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock'n'roll, folk, and country.
He started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, and recorded his own first million-seller "Splish Splash" in 1958. This was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him world fame. In 1962, he won aGolden Globe for his first film Come September, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee. Throughout the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on Robert Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy's assassination. The same year, he discovered that he had been brought up by his grandmother, not his mother, and that the girl he had thought to be his sister was actually his mother. These events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of seclusion. more....... |
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