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 working class family. Her father worked in the oil industry so prominent in that town,...
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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.
This is the grave of David Lander. Born in 1947, David Landau grew up in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewish family. His parents both taught school. From the time he.
This is the grave of Bob Crane. Born in 1928 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Crane grew up in Stamford as a kid mostly interested in jazz. He was a drummer in local bands. He graduated from high school in 1945, joined the state's National Guard in...
The problem with Jacobin is basically a problem of editorship. At its best, it does great work. I am real proud of my small part of the history of the.
This is the grave of Jim Backus. Born in 1913 in Cleveland, Backus grew up in the upper middle class world of that city's eastern suburbs, which are still pretty.
This is the grave of Merv Griffin. Born in 1925 in San Mateo, California, Griffin grew up wealthy, the son of a stockbroker. Despite being Irish, he managed to be accepted as an American. Must be a weakness of the era. A good Catholic boy,...
This is the grave of Jack Barry. Born in 1918 in Lindenhurst, New York, Jack Barasch grew up in a Jewish immigrant family. He was a good student and went.
Wow, a huge loss to the world of comedy and to the world of weird 60s America. And of course the politics of the Smothers Brothers were all the way.
This is the grave of Carroll O'Connor. Born in 1924 in Manhattan, O'Connor grew up pretty wealthy. His father was a lawyer. His brothers became doctors, but he would be on a different path. The family mostly lived in Elmhurst and Forest Hills in Queens,...
We should at least have a quick thread on Norman Lear. He's really so astonishing. He was 70s TV. Almost every great show of that decade came from him. And.
This is the grave of Estelle Getty. Born in 1923 in New York, Estelle Scher grew up in the Jewish middle class of that time. Her parents had immigrated from.