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‘Big Bopper’s’ Caskett For Sale…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

CELEBRITY NEWS

‘Big Bopper’s’ son auctioning Dad’s casket

 

Big Bopper's-casket

Jay Richardson, left, son of the Big Bopper, views his father’s casket

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Ron Franscell, Beaumont Enterprise
San Francisco Chronicle

 

Beaumont, Texas — Rock ‘n’ roll’s most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime in the next few weeks – almost 50 years after “the day the music died.”    (Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)
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Sam Shepard Arrested…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

CELEBRITY NEWS

Actor Sam Shepard charged with drunken driving

 

 Sam Shepard

 

Sat Jan 3, 2009

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Actor and playwright Sam Shepard was arrested early on Saturday in central Illinois and charged with speeding and drunken driving, police said.

 

Shepard, 65, told police in Normal, Illinois, he was passing through town and stopped at a tavern before heading to his hotel.

 

His blood alcohol was twice the legal limit and he was going 16 mph over the 30 mph speed limit while passing through town, the Bloomington, Illinois, Pantagraph reported.

 

He told police he was traveling to his home in Kentucky, according to the newspaper.

 

His long-time partner is actress Jessica Lange, with whom he has two children.

 

Shepard received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of test pilot Chuck Yeager in the film The Right Stuff. He also appeared in The Notebook, Blackhawk Down and other films. His plays include Buried Child, for which he won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama, True West and A Lie of the Mind.

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Victor Borge’s 100th Birthday…

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

100th Birthday

Victor Borge!

 

Victor Borge

 

DANISH PIANIST AND COMPOSER

né Børge Rosenbaum

 

  • BORN: January 3, 1909, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • DIED: December 23, 2000, Greenwich, Connecticut
  • CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart failure
  • BURIAL: Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut

 

Victor Borge grave

(findagrave.com / dead-trek.com)

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Celebrity Recipes…Anna May Wong

Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

CELEBRITY RECIPES

Anna May Wong

 

Anna Mae Wong

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

January 3, 1905, Los Angeles, California

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Anna May Wong’s

TEA CAKES

 

 

¼ cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg

½ cup milk

1 ¼ cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon vanilla

¼ teaspoon salt

 

Cream butter and sugar and add egg beaten very lightly. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add alternately with milk to mixture. Add vanilla last and beat all until smooth. Bake in oven at about 375 degrees. Ice when cool, if desired.  

 

 

– Anna May Wong

 

 

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