ofPHILIPPINES FIRST LADY IMELDA MARCOS. Imelda promoted Cowan’s palace portraits on her state visits. She once sang “Feelings” to me, accompanied by Van Cliburn on piano. This acclaimed pianist won "The Presidential Medal of Freedom" at the Kennedy Center honours ceremony of 2003. Another ...
Duke was again in the news in early November 1988 when she put up $5 million to bail her friend Imelda Marcos out of jail and loaned her a private Boeing jet to take her between the New York courtroom and her ailing husband in Hawaii. ...
Spitz retells many familiar stories: when John met Paul, the triumph in America, theinfamous3"butcher cover" of "Yesterday and Today, the debacle in Manila where the Beatles unintentionally jilted First Lady Imelda Marcos, the Beatles-are-more-popular-than-Jesus comment, the remarkable response ...
1 of 2 Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand Marcos waving, 1983. 2 of 2 Ferdinand and Imelda MarcosFerdinand and Imelda Marcos meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Stephen W. Bosworth, 1984. By 1983 Marcos’s health was beginning to fail, and opposition to his rule was growing. Hoping to ...
In the 21st century Byrne continued to work in film and theatre, notably teaming with electronic deejayFatboy Slimto createHere Lies Love, adiscomusical about the life of Filipina political iconImelda Marcos. During the show’s development, its songs were recorded and released as an album (2010...
Corazon Aquino was a political leader and president (1986–92) of the Philippines who restored democratic rule after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She was the first woman to serve as the country’s president. Learn more about Aquino’s life