A Badfinger convention in Swansea in June 2006 included appearances by Jackson, Griffiths, and several surviving family members of Ham, Evans and Gibbins (who died at home in Florida in 2005). Jackson now tours with The Fortunes. When they played the ballroom on Sunday 15th February 1970 it ...
Besides his house, his retort, and his wolf, he had a flute and a violoncello on which he played prettily. He concocted his own elixirs. His wits yielded him enough to sup on sometimes. In the top of his van was a hole, through which passed the pipe of a cast-iron stove; so ...
who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way Black people are portrayed on screen. Poitier, who died in January, became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field.” ...
Truman in “The Man from Independence,” Woodrow Wilson in “Backstairs at the White House,” Franklin D. Roosevelt in the one-man play, “FDR,” and an Emmy-winning performance as a presidential aide in the TV miniseries, “Washington: Behind Closed Doors.” In a 2015 interview with Ente...
She played the first female president of the United States in the ‘80s sitcom “Hail to the Chief,” while also taking on the role of president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985-1988. Later in life, Duke opened up about her struggle against bipolar disorder, writing in her memoir, ...