Category Archives: Legacy

Michael Jackson tributes appear all over U.S.

By doris | Published: June 27, 2009

Full Story ACNN.com Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was surrounded hours before dawn Friday by candles, flowers, posters and balloons. As the sun rose, a man crouched on the sidewalk and painted a portrait of the pop star, who died suddenly on Thursday. “This is a very sad day here in Hollywood, [...]

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TV host Ed McMahon is dead at age 86

By doris | Published: June 24, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, [...]

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Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75

By doris | Published: June 17, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com He was 75. The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s. “He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create. He was totally unique as a guitar player,” Wilson told CNNRadio. Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while [...]

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Prince Charles signs green movie deal

By doris | Published: April 26, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The book and film project, titled “Harmony,” will be released in 2010, publisher HarperCollins said this week. Like Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” it is expected to generate as much controversy as it will profit, the publisher said. “I believe that true sustainability depends fundamentally upon us shifting our perception and widening [...]

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Concert to pay tribute to late opera singer

By doris | Published: April 12, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Marian Anderson couldn’t sing at Constitution Hall or even a local high school because of the color of her skin. So the opera singer performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in April 1939 and sang “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.” Unlike other events then, the 75,000-person crowd [...]

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Miracles do happen on Walk of Fame

By doris | Published: March 21, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – Now when Smokey Robinson walks in Hollywood, he’ll have two stars to dust off. Robinson was on hand Friday as The Miracles received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The group’s frontman was previously honored with a star for his solo work. “I’ve had a star [...]

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Ledger’s Legacy: A new generation’s James Dean?

By doris | Published: February 21, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com NEW YORK – It was a decade ago, and director Gil Junger was seeking fresh talent for his upcoming movie, “10 Things I Hate About You.” He’d already seen 250 or 300 kids. In walked a young Australian TV actor looking for work. After a quick line reading and a bit [...]

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