This is the grave of Ted Knight. Born in 1923....OK, wait a minute. On the grave, he was born as Theodore Konopka, but online, it says Tadeusz Konopka. Well, whatever, you can't trust those Poles to get it right. Anyway, he was in a Polish...
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I was reading this piece about the potential but also pitfalls of more college football on Fridays. One reason for it isn't just that the viewing audience for network TV.
This is the grave of Herbert Middleton, who was known in his acting career as Taurean Blacque. Born in 1940 in Newark, Middleton grew up there and became interested in.
This is actually a very good Morley Safer piece from 60 Minutes on Chiang Kai-Shek from 1971. It's quite realistic about many issues--Chiang was not and never was any kind of beacon of freedom, in many ways Communist China and Taiwan weren't that different, and...
Gen X weeps: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” in the mid-1980s, died in Costa Rica on Sunday..
Without question, Norm was one of the best characters in network sitcom history. RIP.
This is the grave of Peter Falk. Born in 1927 in The Bronx, Falk grew up in a fairly typical Jewish family of that time. His dad owned a dry goods store. Falk grew up with a weird look. He had eye cancer at the...
This is the grave of Don Adams. Born in 1923 in Manhattan, Donald Yarmy grew up in a Jewish-Catholic mixed household that had an interesting strategy for dealing with religions.
The vast evil of artificial intelligence has led to fury among Hollywood creatives. Whenever AI came up during last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it was a contentious issue, but one.
This is the grave of Richard Dawson. Born in Gosport, Hampshire, England in 1932, Colin Emm grew up working class. His father drove a van and his mom worked in a munitions factory. He basically did not attend school and never would, Years later, when...
This is the grave of Farrah Fawcett. Born in 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Ferrah Fawcett (not a typo, that's the original spelling of her name) grew up in a.
This is the grave of Darren McGavin. Born in 1922 in Spokane, Washington, William Richardson did not have an easy raising. His parents divorced when he was young and his.