What happened to Al Jolson children? After divorcing Al Jolson, RubyKeeler married John Lowe, and at age 14 Sonny Boy became Albert Peter Lowe. Albert Peter Lowe passed away at age 72, in November, 2007. With Erle Galbraith, Al Jolson's fourth wife, a six month old baby boy was adopte...
If the influenza pandemic shaped that uproarious decade, its impact cannot be neatly measured. Themisnamed“Spanish flu” left some 675,000 Americans dead. The sickness particularly afflicted young people; theaverage ageof victims was 28. That death toll dwarfs the number of U.S.combat ...
The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the reverence and delight which are their due. — Winston Churchill 191 Each time, ...
As far as I know, there was no age limitation for sign up either. Practically every parent who raised a child in the 60s, 70, or 80s has penned an irate letter to Columbia House. I remember at least three times I re-uped with them, defaulting on my obligation each time. The ...
JSAt an early age it was the fashion plates of Hollywood and society, fastidious gentlemen like Cary Grant, Fred Astaire and especially the Duke of Windsor, who was all over the papers in those days. These were all very well dressed men who were on the smaller side, like him. I think ...
The 19-year-old began performing at age 12, and currently fronts his own band while serving as guitarist for two bands, The Great Unknown and The New Savages. Bedford’s brand of blues mixes in healthy doses of pop, rock, and funk, while still retaining some of the gritty edge, so ...
1 big band leader: Duke Ellington. PAGE 20 When I'm at Van Kerkwijk's Piano's I'm surrounded by piano sounds. Even when no ones plays them. The piano is my favorite musi- cal instrument. At Van Kerkwijk they restore old Steinway's and Petrov's, and know what makes a ...
While no one will ever sing“The Wizard of Oz” themelike Judy Garland in 1939, many have tried—including Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli, who performed it at age 13 in 1960. Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo’ole brought the song to new heights in 1990 when he mixed it with “What a Wond...
“All Too Soon,” I decided, was simply too on the nose—the way the title seemed to acknowledge that my friend was, in fact, about to die, which I knew was true (so did he) but could not bring myself to admit yet. It was too painful. Too soon. He was 62. It wasn’t ...
A.began to learn at the age of 11 B.studied at home until she was 11 C.attended the Industrial School when she was 11 D.graduated from the Alabama State Teachers College【小题3】 Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat to a white person because ___. A.she was tired after a day’s...