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The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Paul Newman
The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon.
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Singer Bobby Vee was #BornOnThisDay April 30, 1943. Known as a teen idol during the #1960s. He had 38 chart hits, 10 of which reached the Top 20, with 6 gold singles in his career. Battling #Alzheimers disease he passed from complications in 2016 (age 73) #RIP#gonetoosoon#BOTD
Actor Al Lewis was #BornOnThisDay, April 30, 1923. Appeared in numerous films & TV but remembered for his role as "Grandpa", on TV's The Munsters (1964-'66). Passed in 2006 (age 82) from natural causes. Following cremation, his ashes were placed in his favorite cigar box. #RIP
Actor Richard Carlson was #BornOnThisDay April 29, 1912. Remembered for his films, The Magnetic Monster (1953), It Came from Outer Space (1953), The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) & Tormented (1960). Passed in 1977 (age 65) from cerebral hemorrhage. #RIP#GoneTooSoon#BOTD
Actor Tommy Noonan was #BornOnThisDay, April 29, 1921. 1940s-'60s Film roles, remembered as the fiancé of Lorelei #MarilynMonroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) & as "musician Danny" in A Star Is Born (1954). Passed in 1968 (age 46) from a brain tumor. #RIP#GoneTooSoon#BOTD
Celebrating Burt Lancaster born Nov 2, in 1913 - 85+ roles incl Elmer Gantry, From Here to Eternity, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Killers, Sweet Smell of Success, Rose Tattoo, Judgment at Nuremberg, Criss Cross, Rainmaker, Come Back Little Sheba, Atlantic City... #botd
Did You Know: Was a basketball star at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, after which he was accepted by NYU with an athletic scholarship, but dropped out
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Born Today, Nov 1, in 1882, Edward Van Sloan - Over 85 roles incl Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Dracula's Daughter... #botd
Fun Fact: Originated the role of Van Helsing on Broadway in the 1927 production of Dracula. He reprised this role, alongside Bela Lugosi as Dracula, in the 1931 film adaptation
Actor Benjamin F. Chapman Jr. was #BornOnThisDay Oct. 29, 1928. A Marine veteran, earning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star & 2 Purple Hearts. The 6'5" actor is remembered as the Gill-man on land in the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon. Passed 2008 (age 79) #heartfailure#RIP
Painter/TV host Bob Ross was #BornOnThisDay Oct. 29, 1942. The creator & host of The Joy of Painting, an instructional PBS TV show (1983 - '94). During each segment, Ross would instruct & paint an oil painting. A smoker, he passed in 1995 (age 52) lymphoma #RIP#GoneTooSoon#BOTD