Mary Martin (1913-1990) was a popular stage actress, singer, dancer, television and movie star.Mary Martin was born in Weatherford, Texas, on December 1, 1913. As a child she was encouraged by her par...
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Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.Blair died Monday f...
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School teachers from across Alaska are getting lessons this month at the University of Alaska Fairbanks so they can more effectively teach their students back home about climate change.Sixty teache...
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Vatican City (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday issued the second
encyclical of his pontificate pointing to the life of a former slave
and later Catholic nun and saint from...
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Edna Hipps HamrickGAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) _ Edna Hipps Hamrick, who founded the Hamrick's Inc. clothing store chain with her husband, has died. She was 89.Mary Martin died Monday, according to the Blake...
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What does it take to bring a big green monster — not to mention a $20 million musical — to toe-tapping life? A nearly 80-year-old Irving Berlin standard called "Puttin' on the Ritz."The...
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When I learned that the Russian Tea Room was about to reopen earlier this month after four years as a darkened stage, I hoped for the best and expected the worst.
The six-story former brownstone o...
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When I learned that the Russian Tea Room was about to reopen earlier this month after four years as a darkened stage, I hoped for the best and expected the worst.
The six-story former brownstone ...
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Mary Martin
1940s actress Janet Blair dies at 85
