tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222414092024-03-07T02:23:23.660-06:00THINGS according to mebeeaware.blogspot.comJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-34976823607685249522011-07-04T09:23:00.006-05:002011-07-04T09:30:12.703-05:00LINCOLN, JFK, LBJ, and OBAMA. Heroes?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08HpC3oaQQJsjEZPsS7Xl02hyphenhyphenV0Gbtm9K3qn42bwN6UJ0-YwOQpAcT4IR0Zcs-BwVlMvwViz9uN8KIxaLDOD-ksoAfx6aBNFwaDdsSDqTGuaYYe_t_I_j1u3j-5wRCcwqM0Gt/s1600/LargeUSFlag.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08HpC3oaQQJsjEZPsS7Xl02hyphenhyphenV0Gbtm9K3qn42bwN6UJ0-YwOQpAcT4IR0Zcs-BwVlMvwViz9uN8KIxaLDOD-ksoAfx6aBNFwaDdsSDqTGuaYYe_t_I_j1u3j-5wRCcwqM0Gt/s320/LargeUSFlag.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625503049920173442" /></a><br />Fourth of July 2011. Can you believe we've gone from quills to twitter in less than 300 years? A long way in a short time, huh. <br />Because of all the gay civil rights action and discussions happening recently, I thought this was a good day to take an honest look back at those U.S. presidents who we celebrate as civil rights heroes. <br /><br />First of course, the founding fathers. I would think that Black Americans would agree that the brilliant framers of our nation, many of whom became president, need not apply for this particular honor. <br />Kennedy, Lincoln, Johnson, were they great men of justice for all? <br />LBJ would not have even been considered for president or vice prez today. He would never have passed today's vetting with his atrocious civil rights record. And, did Kennedy voluntarily tackle the civil rights problem? <br />Lincoln freed the slaves and made great civil rights speeches of inspiration and importance. The debate has always been whether Lincoln freed the slaves because it was the only way to save the Union, not because it was a horrid inhumane institution. <br />Do motivation and intentions diminish hero status? <br /><br />Kennedy didn't want to intercede on behalf of the jailed Martin Luther King and was provoked into interceding into the Jame Meredith and Bull Connor high profile cases.<br />Lyndon B. Johnson, after the JFK assassination, took the opportunity to force through sweeping new laws that changed this country forever. In the South, democrats became republicans and republicans became democrats. Concessions were made to get the bills through so most of the laws did not fully protect those they covered. The South became more sinister and the North became more stealth in it’s racism. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Johnson were all good caring men but none acted on that goodness alone. They acted on political expediency and only when it was imperative or opportunistic to do so. All gave famous speeches of civil rights and equal rights, all suspect in their behind the scenes opportunity for greatness and motivation for their actions. All considered great human rights leaders. They are indeed. <br /><br />Barack Obama is being criticized for his lack of proclamations regarding gay marriage. Although he has done more for the GLBT community than all other presidents combined, he is being accused of waiting until his second term to speak out. I think he is doing just that. Some say this a failing on his part? We know he is capable of inspirational speeches and is known for his patience in wanting a law passed that will endure. Is the president a coward or a hero for holding his tongue now to not jeopardize progress in his second term? <br /><br />So, how do you measure these men as civil rights heroes? Is it for their public proclamations of civil rights for all. Is motivation important, doing the right thing because they truly feel it is the right thing? Or, should they be considered great based on their enduring legacy of policy? <br />I think Barack Obama will measure up and deliver it all.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-89623629804614851232011-06-25T00:08:00.013-05:002011-06-25T01:15:10.526-05:00SIGNED Sealed Delivered, New York, New York!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHeQBaAzVm4xF8UIpnwvTc9hgY2Top4Otitd0itlkOs_ORT59AWAYy8yQ7LDzTUrwYN0FTPPrOMKfU6cK8YEovJiEkZiwibSPn8-ThFADlLpppQIH4djZXZmWE9KUIkJoZCX/s1600/A.+cuomo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHeQBaAzVm4xF8UIpnwvTc9hgY2Top4Otitd0itlkOs_ORT59AWAYy8yQ7LDzTUrwYN0FTPPrOMKfU6cK8YEovJiEkZiwibSPn8-ThFADlLpppQIH4djZXZmWE9KUIkJoZCX/s320/A.+cuomo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622036620893506658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamex4D7ryOBJGitC2yOBBYTMdjxAs7-vmsYjSo60cHyGL7GgmvkqfoK9ppVuvsAt7V4uDz-B8_qYDlWAdhmluDXKVsmf3NyDh2RPy3qM4gTAJckMm5LKcAWiuksUm-Kk9EtNQ/s1600/empire+state+gay.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamex4D7ryOBJGitC2yOBBYTMdjxAs7-vmsYjSo60cHyGL7GgmvkqfoK9ppVuvsAt7V4uDz-B8_qYDlWAdhmluDXKVsmf3NyDh2RPy3qM4gTAJckMm5LKcAWiuksUm-Kk9EtNQ/s320/empire+state+gay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622022864718140114" /></a><br />Congrats to New York State for passing the Gay Marriage Bill and becoming the sixth and largest state to do so. Big hat tip to Governor Andrew Cuomo who wasted no time SIGNING the Bill and to the senators (including some republicans) who came on board for equal rights. There are amendments to the bill to insure that no religious organization can be forced to perform a marriage ceremony that goes against their beliefs. Well of course, as it should be. <br /><br />Soft spoken, GOP conservative, Senator Roy McDonald, got huge support and became an Internet hero when he decided he just couldn't hold the party line against giving equal rights to New Yorkers who have been denied forever. <br /><blockquote>"You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn't black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing."<br /><br />"You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing."<br /><br />"I'm tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I'm trying to do the right thing, and that's where I'm going with this."</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tjsjj8_1hL_ZkkoPXjQWI02zTc0K3NnasCy_r9XmxyLHDhON4akoD_iyPP5rmtsWNW541IcSVZhAa-7jxCgOQifZBLO4YeRtTwlZaZnqUG4ee_1SWjiax8sajjp_GerjtHpt/s1600/roy+mcdonald.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tjsjj8_1hL_ZkkoPXjQWI02zTc0K3NnasCy_r9XmxyLHDhON4akoD_iyPP5rmtsWNW541IcSVZhAa-7jxCgOQifZBLO4YeRtTwlZaZnqUG4ee_1SWjiax8sajjp_GerjtHpt/s320/roy+mcdonald.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622035719214196914" /></a><br /><br />Senator McDonald a grandfather, followed his heart, changed his vote to yes, helped make history and set an example of courage.<br />It's been a long journey from historic Stonewall to this Pride weekend celebrations with civil unions in Chicago and Marriage in New York State. Federally recognized rights are now at least on the horizon.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-77764016257623598412011-06-19T06:19:00.002-05:002011-06-19T06:29:31.905-05:00Happy Father's Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pP-VdW2DUrHXeeyzHZ8Xa3t14qf9raNhG0mZiFVWH86yhpNBdBuBgM3cjNaQAsnjXdpKhZw88DQrkVrkyAsVA_atOsbQtXGtQq3cYmApgd5Q-f7E0C2_EPIKyd_NOmaNHtlx/s1600/fathers+day+flowers.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pP-VdW2DUrHXeeyzHZ8Xa3t14qf9raNhG0mZiFVWH86yhpNBdBuBgM3cjNaQAsnjXdpKhZw88DQrkVrkyAsVA_atOsbQtXGtQq3cYmApgd5Q-f7E0C2_EPIKyd_NOmaNHtlx/s320/fathers+day+flowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619889550977073026" /></a><br />To all the dads, granddads, great-grands, pops, papas, uncles, nephews, brothers, sons, cousins, and friends who are fathers and father figures, we honor and salute you! You are vitally important in the lives of children and society. Have a great day!Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-87791885593572882552011-06-09T04:44:00.001-05:002011-06-09T04:44:40.836-05:00Flash Mobs AttackThis really makes me mad! Flash Mobs are creative and fun experiences for the participants and the surprised onlookers. Now a bunch of thugs in Chicago and other cities are using twitter and text technology to flash meet to rob a store or beat up and rob individuals. <br /><br />10-15 or even 20 thugs beating up one person? This is most distubing because the purpose of these attacks on one or two people is lost on me. They get one cell phone or two ipods, maybe a wallet. What good is that for 15 people? Many attacks are just malicious, throwing people in the water at the beach, knocking them off their bikes or just kicking and beating them and then running away. <br /><br />I realize these are hard financial times. I know there are a lot of unemployed, under-educated, disenfranchised, angry young men in our society. But, whether they are expressing their collective anger or angst or whatever by attacking people en masse, or just thugs who like to hurt people, I put them in the same category as those who drive by shoot or prey on the young and the elderly. They are cowards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuI8vbYReS7Jv33_fROnNED46RTCR0uzNN4cMmwQUxzqVnoV1tfIUvv-aIhZWTdvzrDzksnuKU3o9rob8oiNu7ABz1PLrE-9t32Fl6iw4VasKksfAEF4HjhjC1-CTVw1ZrQ_w/s1600/mob+attack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuI8vbYReS7Jv33_fROnNED46RTCR0uzNN4cMmwQUxzqVnoV1tfIUvv-aIhZWTdvzrDzksnuKU3o9rob8oiNu7ABz1PLrE-9t32Fl6iw4VasKksfAEF4HjhjC1-CTVw1ZrQ_w/s320/mob+attack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616151272421715234" /></a><br />These young men were attacked by Flash Thugs in Chicago on Tuesday.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-63014344994400062392011-04-20T05:33:00.006-05:002011-04-20T06:16:34.812-05:00Donald Knows....what?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxoJuyJj2WR8vinMcL6FpKIVWOPiODLAWiEAI-DrfZZYcF1_n_XR9xfJ4Yiu2J20vse1Id4tmdSUZhEWHxlUVBGW5rsONcfuE2dUoBah245HIkClh5E2pMQimJkNpTyNGUbeC/s1600/trump.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxoJuyJj2WR8vinMcL6FpKIVWOPiODLAWiEAI-DrfZZYcF1_n_XR9xfJ4Yiu2J20vse1Id4tmdSUZhEWHxlUVBGW5rsONcfuE2dUoBah245HIkClh5E2pMQimJkNpTyNGUbeC/s320/trump.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597614950818340530" /></a><br />Donald Trump is a great disappointment and more. I actually thought he was a smart, fair, and honorable (as honorable as possible in his financial wizard world) funny, creative type guy. I don't know that I admired him but I thought he was kind of cool. His Apprentice shows are full of personality bumping fun, and strategically intriguing challenges. Celebrity Apprentice is one of the very few reality shows I could stand. <br /><br />But, Mr. Trump has shown himself to be a stupid arrogant racist who would sell his country for some ratings. He is supposedly considering a run for president. He is starting off his pre-campaign by whipping the birther thing into a frenzy. Yes, he is appealing to the folks who just cannot believe Barack Obama is an American because he is too smart and he got voted into the White House by a damn landslide. There are Americans who have belief systems that just can't accept that. I mean, there are Americans who can entirely accept a brilliant black man without any prejudice as long as he comes from somewhere else and has an accent. There has to be something wrong or different about Barack Obama. He can't be just a black guy from Chicago. Trump does not feel this way, he's just using the people who do. Yep, using and feeding them while on his campaign to plant doubt, feed distrust, discredit and devalue this president, by insistantly hinting, gently accusing him of purposely perpetrating this fraud on the United States government and all of it's people. <br /><br /> Now, Mr. Trump declares he has some information about the president's birth but he is not gonna tell us yet. "Just wait and see what happens." Maybe until the finale of Celeb Apprentice? Hmmmm Does he have proof that will end this birther stuff cold? But first, we must watch to see if Star beats LaToya.<br /><br />Trump wants to be president and this is how he demonstrates his political savvy? Does he not realize the president is constantly making decisions that effect our lives, our nation, and the world? He may have info that would show this man to be a poser and he sits on it? Goes on TV and brags about it, teases about it. Does he think this is some kind of reality show game?Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-81418607207393141872011-03-27T15:57:00.002-05:002011-03-27T15:59:56.541-05:00Elizabeth Taylor - A Profound Loss<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQYMGdrxsAqs0CsEQupBPJkZmPWU0ezRq3ikOXxuqHnge1raVsbvU7NTG6ZeTP6OOtLdQcl8AJf3UHa80GbbHXHNQMIW03BhceNXw-9tIgiWQuClFEALtYReUwRWU9u6Hdv5l/s1600/liz3.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQYMGdrxsAqs0CsEQupBPJkZmPWU0ezRq3ikOXxuqHnge1raVsbvU7NTG6ZeTP6OOtLdQcl8AJf3UHa80GbbHXHNQMIW03BhceNXw-9tIgiWQuClFEALtYReUwRWU9u6Hdv5l/s320/liz3.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587966794147220082" /></a><br />When the regular TV programming was interrupted with the news bulletin that Elizabeth Taylor had died, I was weirdly overcome with sadness and to tears. I didn't know her of course, yet I grew up with her in my life. She was a sparkling star and remained so. My sister called and said "it doesn't seem right that Elizabeth Taylor is not in the world." She is right. I felt a profound sense of loss.<br />Blog and Facebook posts went up with pictures and clips, messages of thanks and gratitude for her charitable work and for her courage and caring filled the social networking media. There seemed to be a collective feeling of profound loss.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS84h0LBZYAnrU6NEvfWo9N6S6FhtZMF011Kzz6kCC0SVdcxuG2Z-iP3ezK3V1cnHWZ2RBe9PRYdRdfi2PlSQdXsNcKIyKlIm_zr-j4k4dpSZPrwfKlylMMA46wyGzWUqseEiL/s1600/liz+mike.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS84h0LBZYAnrU6NEvfWo9N6S6FhtZMF011Kzz6kCC0SVdcxuG2Z-iP3ezK3V1cnHWZ2RBe9PRYdRdfi2PlSQdXsNcKIyKlIm_zr-j4k4dpSZPrwfKlylMMA46wyGzWUqseEiL/s200/liz+mike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588428005429690130" /></a><br />Like her friend Michael Jackson, I suspect Elizabeth Taylor will have a whole new generation of fans who will now become aware of her legendary importance, talent and movies. I got email from a young friend who marveled after watching some movie clips from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, "I knew about her because of Michael and about the perfume and that she had those unusual eyes but, I didn't know she could act..was that good. I'm gonna check out her movies." That's funny and wonderful too. I told him he had a treat in store and gave him some titles. <br /><br />Elizabeth was a Hollywood legend, and has been called the most beautiful woman in the world. But she was not just a glamorous movie star who always got her man, and married him, she was so much more. She was not afraid to reach out to a friend in need. Her caring and support for friends like troubled actor Montgomery Clift is well known. She was said to have a great sense of humor. For me that says a lot about a person. She had an incredible laugh. <br /><br />In the mid 1980's, an AIDS diagnosis was nearly always fatal and yet public figures including the president, did not want to be associated with even the word AIDS. Elizabeth Taylor said:<br /><br /><blockquote>"I kept seeing all these news reports on this new disease and kept asking myself why no one was doing anything. And then I realized that I was just like them. I wasn't doing anything to help."</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OveIyMQV9LenjGBSZ24gUCVxDosboxZZmr9B-xiI5C9bOgAWp7LSw6EpkhxvM3UpYwLwOKKw2xiJowfpcd1dL7l9Uvf24nn3spfKqKMDqqUSQQprkRHsxhCsVkK-VqOQI4bA/s1600/amfar.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OveIyMQV9LenjGBSZ24gUCVxDosboxZZmr9B-xiI5C9bOgAWp7LSw6EpkhxvM3UpYwLwOKKw2xiJowfpcd1dL7l9Uvf24nn3spfKqKMDqqUSQQprkRHsxhCsVkK-VqOQI4bA/s200/amfar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588670366219185666" /></a><br />So, Elizabeth fearlessly stepped forward. And when I say fearlessly, I mean in yo face fearless. She debunked the fears of being close to people with AIDS by doing just that. Elizabeth knew she was high profile and she used it to fill the vacuum with attention for her immediate concern, ensuring the dignity and care of people living with and dying with AIDS. Elizabeth Taylor then took it to the public, the arts and fashion industries, the medical community, and lawmakers. In 1984 she organized and hosted the first AIDS fundraiser to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles. She could care less about the religious community uproar, the controversy and personal risks or the silence of others. In 1985, with a small group of physicians, she founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). <br /><br />In 1991 <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFrNB8pZARISIcxvjk5VPX6D_gWHKGySwF_CI5wyRIXJnanJFFAmXHT0SJKVWw-iXu9TakGRT62jHOw8x2VVl1YEXHngJjUnjUCCyyGgGVRpkkI9mrTShPVC_ZVdV_394i7DF/s1600/ETAF+kids.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFrNB8pZARISIcxvjk5VPX6D_gWHKGySwF_CI5wyRIXJnanJFFAmXHT0SJKVWw-iXu9TakGRT62jHOw8x2VVl1YEXHngJjUnjUCCyyGgGVRpkkI9mrTShPVC_ZVdV_394i7DF/s400/ETAF+kids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588668510257218242" /></a><br />the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation (ETAF) was created with a focus on direct services for people living with AIDS. ETAF provides funding to AIDS service organizations throughout the world to assist those living with HIV and AIDS. Liz became a worldwide activist visiting hospitals and raising funds the world over. <br /><br />In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, through her foundation, Taylor commissioned a $500,000 37-foot "Care Van" equipped with examination tables and other medical equipment and dispatched it to New Orleans to care for HIV/AIDS patients of the city. She also donated $40,000 to the New Orleans Aids Task Force. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rIb4R0jqZn3ZdJZY1cPUNZtRdDY7fmvkn6sThwrMfFZ0WxGQwQbTxYCV4cqcvVphvf0YekKuE2V6uLVn6uQepBQ3ZcP7i6DYOdSBYiNrDlibj9g975LAyjyGpyZqFqyCupyO/s1600/poz+mag.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 91px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rIb4R0jqZn3ZdJZY1cPUNZtRdDY7fmvkn6sThwrMfFZ0WxGQwQbTxYCV4cqcvVphvf0YekKuE2V6uLVn6uQepBQ3ZcP7i6DYOdSBYiNrDlibj9g975LAyjyGpyZqFqyCupyO/s400/poz+mag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588695638788373346" /></a><br />Through the years, Elizabeth organized, hosted, or appeared at countless fundraisers for HIV/AIDS charities in spite of facing numerous health issues including chronic back pain. <br />With unbelievable commitment and generosity Elizabeth also <em>personally</em> underwrote all expenses for fundraising and administering her foundation funds. <br /><br />In 1997 Elizabeth had surgery to remove a brain tumor. She allowed herself to be photographed bald (front and back) to support women who had such surgeries or had lost their hair due to illness. The most beautiful woman in the world did not let vanity stop her from being a champion. Or maybe it was vanity. I'm not mad at her. Her beauty was deep. Perhaps it was her understanding of beauty, her lack of shame that drove her empathy for others in a world where shame is so often used as a weapon. Elizabeth was not only an actor and activist, she was a teacher.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdBddgfr_vxZuPgQ31y8nsSqVS7MjsqFUbIaRBbn20zqkYBd94E-h4Vj7b33p3G9LF3cOcj599gG450c34HWhL-RBxMeIV3Z0U34pLD7vvddR02xv9_DJW_ICkpBoOry1tjxQ/s1600/bald+lizzy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdBddgfr_vxZuPgQ31y8nsSqVS7MjsqFUbIaRBbn20zqkYBd94E-h4Vj7b33p3G9LF3cOcj599gG450c34HWhL-RBxMeIV3Z0U34pLD7vvddR02xv9_DJW_ICkpBoOry1tjxQ/s320/bald+lizzy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588671417507934514" /></a><br /><br />Now, a few Elizabeth Taylor movies. She was not just good to look at, she was an artist.<br /><br />First film in 1943 with MGM was <em>Lassie Come Home</em> with her lifelong friend Roddy McDowall and Donald Crisp. Absolutely worth watching. Get those hankies ready.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifntQfmd0EeGhwHV_rOhytNgp1IhaaX52f-DR4cnuo0liCK11KwjtzQwxi5AZxIjf89bLCI0mPT5Zol58rC1F4yYCfs_4B5S1XOUARUbdHB2oaRZLVVACxaQPCiTJ4ex8fkp64/s1600/lassie+come+h.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifntQfmd0EeGhwHV_rOhytNgp1IhaaX52f-DR4cnuo0liCK11KwjtzQwxi5AZxIjf89bLCI0mPT5Zol58rC1F4yYCfs_4B5S1XOUARUbdHB2oaRZLVVACxaQPCiTJ4ex8fkp64/s320/lassie+come+h.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588701517238612690" /></a><br /><br /><em>National Velvet</em> in 1944 with Mickey Rooney. Story of young Velvet and her passion for horses and racing. A triumphant underdog story that will warm your heart.<br />This is the film that made Elizabeth Taylor a star.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCN76BnkJ67b5deMS6KusLubsC8fq2O1EEc8pAmQQ_BKIfL_xhvlinwQs5UIUA1M7bQMNpPZsxrz-G0_N7P62P9JkuSJpvV8aK8Xbef9ruU0kYwFV9Gb-dh2EcwbQNAjx13lU/s1600/jocky+liz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCN76BnkJ67b5deMS6KusLubsC8fq2O1EEc8pAmQQ_BKIfL_xhvlinwQs5UIUA1M7bQMNpPZsxrz-G0_N7P62P9JkuSJpvV8aK8Xbef9ruU0kYwFV9Gb-dh2EcwbQNAjx13lU/s320/jocky+liz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588702260833981426" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi688hCgYqrO2NlUevJ8WD_j7C0-qstxA3tRfBhETKw-4T-qYIUIXOhubW8S3B94lZcfBJzRoWLlNtAZWyfsXBvdrptmW4YaotqzS04mnQLLqeXeOJeeVu-uq-QJFQ6Uct34lbB/s1600/natioanl+V.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi688hCgYqrO2NlUevJ8WD_j7C0-qstxA3tRfBhETKw-4T-qYIUIXOhubW8S3B94lZcfBJzRoWLlNtAZWyfsXBvdrptmW4YaotqzS04mnQLLqeXeOJeeVu-uq-QJFQ6Uct34lbB/s320/natioanl+V.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588702873771251314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em>Life with Father</em> 1947 a teen (15) Elizabeth in a warm and very funny family flick with William Powell as the tyrannical father, Irene Dunne and Zasu Pitts. I Love this one too. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuesLPOwIAYhleGjPv4_qPm9ozfpCLgEMShcitB8BsZ71o8fBdzKgDjtnxv2keLQWO83OWsMP5yr2DULwC951hxf_tRqXfCECoplE4IGmbKnan7TetMMsgwxPf5KNneZB5dEH/s1600/father.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuesLPOwIAYhleGjPv4_qPm9ozfpCLgEMShcitB8BsZ71o8fBdzKgDjtnxv2keLQWO83OWsMP5yr2DULwC951hxf_tRqXfCECoplE4IGmbKnan7TetMMsgwxPf5KNneZB5dEH/s320/father.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588703327723703458" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcI6k_DngzHnQiibLUoDTvLMI4TOYUpjqin6CjIsZmtj1VPiOGKyByPmwkFQUBM-ZYNRrWWM5HstWP52Ft0Jmv8umruBogCE2NmUrqK1xNjTjBeXzivpkFMiwbJTh1Y96zFhB/s1600/life+with+fat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcI6k_DngzHnQiibLUoDTvLMI4TOYUpjqin6CjIsZmtj1VPiOGKyByPmwkFQUBM-ZYNRrWWM5HstWP52Ft0Jmv8umruBogCE2NmUrqK1xNjTjBeXzivpkFMiwbJTh1Y96zFhB/s320/life+with+fat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588704684491944306" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em>Elephant Walk</em>,1954 One of my favorites growing up. Beautiful color and beautiful Elizabeth faces rampaging elephants. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiM-0asPTx4xTNQNtHALlPqmLoe9M_Cy4jxSEUzibjXap9dfyVojFNT3sJDqBaYe9XnOEi26W7nOWePqMMEkldm7kOEilcpymU60qbLSVSWtYcbp4xQGNeec1ICD0001DUHb9q/s1600/ele+walk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiM-0asPTx4xTNQNtHALlPqmLoe9M_Cy4jxSEUzibjXap9dfyVojFNT3sJDqBaYe9XnOEi26W7nOWePqMMEkldm7kOEilcpymU60qbLSVSWtYcbp4xQGNeec1ICD0001DUHb9q/s320/ele+walk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588703882068303378" /></a><br /><br /><em>Giant</em> 1956 with James Dean and Rock Hudson,and Sal Mineo. Epic film about Texas cattle rancher. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryZRlw8oRBR3mzBSyHIKdgsyTS8_2QkYu_TvtV3zkDxOheMaJfptfLAykxCyAII8UairgrQ6xhfA-MhL7IUyWnQ9UvqTEsZHJZnwQHfc_FplNBqbmsinUNeNVxntYh1hd6m_C/s1600/giant.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryZRlw8oRBR3mzBSyHIKdgsyTS8_2QkYu_TvtV3zkDxOheMaJfptfLAykxCyAII8UairgrQ6xhfA-MhL7IUyWnQ9UvqTEsZHJZnwQHfc_FplNBqbmsinUNeNVxntYh1hd6m_C/s320/giant.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588705149671429634" /></a><br /><br /><em>Raintree County</em> 1957 with Montgomery Clift. Liz got her first Oscar nomination but lost to Joanne Woodward for Three Faces of Eve.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ7hV1DZpGXv883KTTcFKQpeiIrn-Kud-KfPr8w_Yr8orjJCLjGDfGCzDh8HxBjjxQF8l-bB9q06D9MOlSoM8iiD9J_99MchEgMTR38iEH9WrqTftBjaQ3l5c_H5QgkEq57tF/s1600/Raintree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZ7hV1DZpGXv883KTTcFKQpeiIrn-Kud-KfPr8w_Yr8orjJCLjGDfGCzDh8HxBjjxQF8l-bB9q06D9MOlSoM8iiD9J_99MchEgMTR38iEH9WrqTftBjaQ3l5c_H5QgkEq57tF/s320/Raintree.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588707570347513762" /></a><br /><br /><em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>, 1958. IMHO One of the best movies ever made. Burl Ives, Paul Newman, Jack Carson and Elizabeth as Maggie the Cat, are SUPERB in the Tennessee Williams masterpiece. Gotta love Liz in her hatred for those no neck monsters. Second Oscar nomination but lost to Susan Hayward for I Want to Live. <br /><br />Big Daddy and Maggie.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnYWuUd3tSpTwUlq-UZc9d2h2wnxxiyHf54OnQiUDh54a08P-eawd0DnG0YeMwMAs1GKJYtZW3UQUFERoZ8QeIDhfBIht3vzRi6qOGKB05LrOCJ7teyVhAs-fecsRw3NDcmQM/s1600/big+dad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnYWuUd3tSpTwUlq-UZc9d2h2wnxxiyHf54OnQiUDh54a08P-eawd0DnG0YeMwMAs1GKJYtZW3UQUFERoZ8QeIDhfBIht3vzRi6qOGKB05LrOCJ7teyVhAs-fecsRw3NDcmQM/s320/big+dad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588706770345102610" /></a><br /><br />Brick and Maggie the Cat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnoXKMl4pp78qolPl1w6dzs4t_OfkQ3t9J2Cn58kUSDK_9NsGgTuv_JkLvQzj9VNCP1ddSopctisOy_ffQ5pkpTCrwqY28TG8UWhLbs2RQtE6w_0RoUii09g0jDaVmcrUWCWD/s1600/brick+and+cat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnoXKMl4pp78qolPl1w6dzs4t_OfkQ3t9J2Cn58kUSDK_9NsGgTuv_JkLvQzj9VNCP1ddSopctisOy_ffQ5pkpTCrwqY28TG8UWhLbs2RQtE6w_0RoUii09g0jDaVmcrUWCWD/s320/brick+and+cat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588707149206041266" /></a><br /><br /><em>Suddenly, Last Summer</em>, 1959. Katherine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift in the strange disturbing Tennessee Williams story where Elizabeth's character Catherine, witnesses a death so horrid she goes insane. Third Oscar nom but this time lost to Simone Signoret for Room at the Top. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t7EHnXm3eKCbVZ8kyRkXgPOovdKzpFWbe6hPN1Rk__pf6LH42dBNjP8315TC-DkAAdG5pO1p7zA08nYCHyZp337m2d_xPvPVhhAR3VEBnvCpKYfKjY6fERNRntELQ0GZoMU3/s1600/suddenly+LS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t7EHnXm3eKCbVZ8kyRkXgPOovdKzpFWbe6hPN1Rk__pf6LH42dBNjP8315TC-DkAAdG5pO1p7zA08nYCHyZp337m2d_xPvPVhhAR3VEBnvCpKYfKjY6fERNRntELQ0GZoMU3/s320/suddenly+LS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588714372771298194" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8B0cHj6k63eLNUnjesPd5yVNmlypv_JPDm3FoQlF_Ie4j6B-ZU3d2Xi5j3XNQV9Z4vA9mxpXe7mZlsxQGSTDTSFoD49LH_YWqUL8jGK5v6RVGr8bA2WJ-BJOHtIVFBQcZhVy/s1600/Sud+Last+S.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8B0cHj6k63eLNUnjesPd5yVNmlypv_JPDm3FoQlF_Ie4j6B-ZU3d2Xi5j3XNQV9Z4vA9mxpXe7mZlsxQGSTDTSFoD49LH_YWqUL8jGK5v6RVGr8bA2WJ-BJOHtIVFBQcZhVy/s320/Sud+Last+S.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588721954311907698" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04f6sbnKXTVlebxrj6JBNn-df9gk3vIPrCSwbvlKz8j2odV7Qf8qauubgOfBcn2CVRkyIb44CA5CpxcgTLnX8yYtWUzIj0b0rkjY8cUmFRqFiuvngjrKnpNFW-NNF3SWuNYyt/s1600/last+summer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04f6sbnKXTVlebxrj6JBNn-df9gk3vIPrCSwbvlKz8j2odV7Qf8qauubgOfBcn2CVRkyIb44CA5CpxcgTLnX8yYtWUzIj0b0rkjY8cUmFRqFiuvngjrKnpNFW-NNF3SWuNYyt/s320/last+summer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588722476292023458" /></a><br /><br /><br />In 1960 <em>Butterfield 8</em> with Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher and Dina Merrill finally got Liz, who plays a call girl, the Academy Award for Best Actress. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidzZrHOFHRfqdJDVX3CxchAlten80PzxXfk5ujSEXuTDPGRKbufL-4omDpF0tP1mg1mHm8RPdj6vfHmbABUy3EGp2t-2s6ypTuQWQonQaUttrmSTsHoEzDwdfhiPlnFyECh0a/s1600/butterfield.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidzZrHOFHRfqdJDVX3CxchAlten80PzxXfk5ujSEXuTDPGRKbufL-4omDpF0tP1mg1mHm8RPdj6vfHmbABUy3EGp2t-2s6ypTuQWQonQaUttrmSTsHoEzDwdfhiPlnFyECh0a/s320/butterfield.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588708970076632082" /></a><br /><br /><br />1963 <em>Cleopatra</em>, with Richard Burton. Elizabeth was the first actress to earn $1,000,000 for a film. More drama going on off screen than on with this epic picture. Liz and Dick sizzle on and off screen. <br />The media, already crazed after the Elizabeth/Debbie Reynolds/Eddie Fisher spectacle, practically went insane over Taylor/Burton. This is said to be the beginning of the crazy stalking paparazzi.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxaizdFn4vI1UJqSFxWJu_2kF0j_IXkJrhxuFOzgYCTYyo9zS-OiiC5Et5zSMyxilcYuUFaliHCKzXrsMrspCD0OAbZcWdLiCIfrwKjc8gBUnoeA0-tIXyGVHFXjSgdYN_M11/s1600/cleo+mark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxaizdFn4vI1UJqSFxWJu_2kF0j_IXkJrhxuFOzgYCTYyo9zS-OiiC5Et5zSMyxilcYuUFaliHCKzXrsMrspCD0OAbZcWdLiCIfrwKjc8gBUnoeA0-tIXyGVHFXjSgdYN_M11/s320/cleo+mark.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588711347490890578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BnD3CdslqAPftsSN8Q2lWzDzXqzLgNcxzQ6UfdJO3W_hBa1pyGGsoIYyigNBvh7EVOZxVQOxEH76wA0qKlycv6jJv0hXqi-gmIi3mSHSyj-PhzWgUjHihnGjT4FCXk3KN2IY/s1600/cleoliz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 193px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BnD3CdslqAPftsSN8Q2lWzDzXqzLgNcxzQ6UfdJO3W_hBa1pyGGsoIYyigNBvh7EVOZxVQOxEH76wA0qKlycv6jJv0hXqi-gmIi3mSHSyj-PhzWgUjHihnGjT4FCXk3KN2IY/s320/cleoliz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588712155318630130" /></a><br /><br />1966, Elizabeth, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis and George Segal in Edward Albee's masterpiece, <em>Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf</em>. Excellent ensemble cast. College professor George and wife Martha (Liz and Dick) invite a new young prof and his wife over for drinks after a college function and it turns into a night of verbal war games fueled by alcohol and the need to hurt each other and a strange dependence. The young couple are not exempt as they are probed and prodded and emotionally laid bare. Bawdy, loud, sexual, passionate, and beautiful Martha, and George who pokes at everyones wounds with a pointy stick and then rips off scabs for fun are two of the greatest character ever written. Sandy Dennis is remarkable as the daft vulnerable young wife of her handsome trapped hubby. Fasten your seat belt. I give it Five strong Stars <strong>*****</strong> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneE3qXI_WCIKtkka4LLhpAQ1pp3mUaC60UPe8UnTjBQyFWAaNO78SI69bvbt6IzO5RU91GOhKwFGm3vo5p6FMfSXkrhyjWfLhhn5EhdDr_TLPENewzZwfPzTonOTFinv91EkX/s1600/woolfi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneE3qXI_WCIKtkka4LLhpAQ1pp3mUaC60UPe8UnTjBQyFWAaNO78SI69bvbt6IzO5RU91GOhKwFGm3vo5p6FMfSXkrhyjWfLhhn5EhdDr_TLPENewzZwfPzTonOTFinv91EkX/s320/woolfi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588847062773245346" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPC0ey14nPqSqFe4CPgV1efT02bXDNRpvMYipUH8c-6i0h9q0OKNHm5tKxCCAE9O0TwrAUYUj35k-8FdBPD5xBQZXhyHiwfqlXnJokqZrEcHxQAEh7kJdNJV7T2mTRRQaSxVz8/s1600/woolf+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPC0ey14nPqSqFe4CPgV1efT02bXDNRpvMYipUH8c-6i0h9q0OKNHm5tKxCCAE9O0TwrAUYUj35k-8FdBPD5xBQZXhyHiwfqlXnJokqZrEcHxQAEh7kJdNJV7T2mTRRQaSxVz8/s320/woolf+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588847516052199442" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqH3PVnihyZiB9Id9HW8VV4wP-FEuZlVIXeWHC7PRqfFvBBKwFWqkD4mnjH-Fsy4i3pvd6UPexPYIbhlKG5PxEOy3Naa8EJYdNeU_kte5Ux5zfX46CPVlsNSdTb8Xc24FDuNj/s1600/virginiawoolf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqH3PVnihyZiB9Id9HW8VV4wP-FEuZlVIXeWHC7PRqfFvBBKwFWqkD4mnjH-Fsy4i3pvd6UPexPYIbhlKG5PxEOy3Naa8EJYdNeU_kte5Ux5zfX46CPVlsNSdTb8Xc24FDuNj/s320/virginiawoolf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588848505560613362" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyd1UCy82_-v-d6Zjkh-F6ePbm2oupOLfx-aL8LcmVlshK5qAs4Vj40vydlFeAHlhHj4deE7bOQgZcmLXZ0svIfLfvmsQbZ15rz1B3o82QB_dfG43bI2ia7r6QHWRZBwMfuMT/s1600/george+and+M.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyd1UCy82_-v-d6Zjkh-F6ePbm2oupOLfx-aL8LcmVlshK5qAs4Vj40vydlFeAHlhHj4deE7bOQgZcmLXZ0svIfLfvmsQbZ15rz1B3o82QB_dfG43bI2ia7r6QHWRZBwMfuMT/s320/george+and+M.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588852582135989842" /></a><br /><br /><em>Taming of the Shrew</em>, 1967. I love Burton and Taylor in this Shakespeare romp with emphasis on romp. Burton is master of the Bard of course and Elizabeth has you howling with her bawdy braying strong performance. Talking about food fight. OMG!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7di2OQFwUYL_a8MWn-wt5FB4PV6R8oD85U0V4oqRe-y-7FGgRzuhROJEJ-qtGx8IhWr6X0ECp25fUTYmLj_mGLUhKmsgLXemslkP8TEvHD4DUTM11LwNzhKt-UmNpN5fY2O8/s1600/shrew.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7di2OQFwUYL_a8MWn-wt5FB4PV6R8oD85U0V4oqRe-y-7FGgRzuhROJEJ-qtGx8IhWr6X0ECp25fUTYmLj_mGLUhKmsgLXemslkP8TEvHD4DUTM11LwNzhKt-UmNpN5fY2O8/s320/shrew.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588853144783666242" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LSv3TmqHx9DL1Pd9ASD_b4O_gQ2M4SkZ3NkBflLUBrfWColGQQ5R1j7J9x7eDL8i87w3yzVfJ-U431DqT7z4D2eIA5dYMREarnc7Qw7k_XInRSLZOrGDz4XygYhmZxv0qDlP/s1600/shrew+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LSv3TmqHx9DL1Pd9ASD_b4O_gQ2M4SkZ3NkBflLUBrfWColGQQ5R1j7J9x7eDL8i87w3yzVfJ-U431DqT7z4D2eIA5dYMREarnc7Qw7k_XInRSLZOrGDz4XygYhmZxv0qDlP/s320/shrew+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588853697516303474" /></a><br /><br /><br />Elizabeth was also famous for owning some of the world's most magnificent jewelry, including the the 33-carat "Krupp Diamond", the Duchess of Windsor diamond brooch, the Grand Duchess of Russia emeralds, the "LaPeregrina Pearl" (which was a Valentine present from her from Richard Burton), and the famous pear-shaped 69-carat "Burton-Cartier Diamond" Burton gave her in 1969 (subsequently renamed the "Burton-Taylor Diamond." <br />Liz wearing the 500 year old LaPeregrina.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVORX4fz8QoG1LIhWuYh25JVLNaZCVGpk6WDtAUqQa4l9VPkhJTEFnf4hgDDcnn_HO3RyqRrCExtp2xcL6Q6FOACp4MM6psXM6YpNnTDtmiJCwcrLyPWXI43vvgp1BpjrQKtz/s1600/La+Peregrina.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVORX4fz8QoG1LIhWuYh25JVLNaZCVGpk6WDtAUqQa4l9VPkhJTEFnf4hgDDcnn_HO3RyqRrCExtp2xcL6Q6FOACp4MM6psXM6YpNnTDtmiJCwcrLyPWXI43vvgp1BpjrQKtz/s320/La+Peregrina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588682762227669842" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiFQfm1ZDTCr6l_6Lm9iWr3oe0nXgI4gKPuzOUr26Q_GCVSPtocuwaOfPpYZbnQWjxQat2fpseY3S1Ay-UE02T5MURwt_m_hOm5rKN4nMB7SNCuey8KJYfM7vWtCUwgYeOuyx/s1600/passion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiFQfm1ZDTCr6l_6Lm9iWr3oe0nXgI4gKPuzOUr26Q_GCVSPtocuwaOfPpYZbnQWjxQat2fpseY3S1Ay-UE02T5MURwt_m_hOm5rKN4nMB7SNCuey8KJYfM7vWtCUwgYeOuyx/s200/passion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588688931541780050" /></a><br /><br />When Elizabeth presented her perfumes to the public it was no surprise that they are mostly named for precious gems. The first in 1987 and was fittingly named Passion, followed by White Diamonds (1991), Diamonds and Rubies, Diamonds and Emeralds, Diamonds and Sapphires and Black Pearls (1995).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgworFMwJQGquy7kSsExYRDe5exZdcTaeSFC-XMgISvZ0j2u0mk_vJuWl3AjsAuH1863VkH6cf7w8nPwHPOTQH0ktvGEQ3YRLoEArb8qx2QBq0tjEwflNr_iREMxzkNADIjdky-/s1600/white+diamonds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgworFMwJQGquy7kSsExYRDe5exZdcTaeSFC-XMgISvZ0j2u0mk_vJuWl3AjsAuH1863VkH6cf7w8nPwHPOTQH0ktvGEQ3YRLoEArb8qx2QBq0tjEwflNr_iREMxzkNADIjdky-/s200/white+diamonds.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588689269103525170" /></a><br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor, the most beautiful woman in the world, was laid to rest at Forest Lawn near her friend Michael, and Clark Gable, Carol Lombard and other Hollywood legends. By her directions she arrived 15 minutes late, for her own funeral. She<br />had left instruction to have the last laugh. <br />Her legacy will live on in film and the media will talk of her marriages and her diamonds and her violet eyes, and her two Academy Awards. That is her legacy. But, she stepped out front and center with no Oscar in sight and her only reward was winning the dignity and care for people sick and voiceless. Before the red ribbons she was there and after the ribbons she was still there pushing and charming and winning for those she helped to give a voice and helped to live. I have profound gratitude to Elizabeth Taylor for damn near singlehandely prodding a nation away from ignorance and fear and jump starting a movement for life.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRHvh5zxIlSFmpkaJPbGqqi-E8RZ-AcfkQ3AynrYq6V4WEjcx5VyDvGUaFsF0xG5SgcMIWo_mMi59IOxUnuq5AlxOTY7Yn3kA90F7-Jm9GWJAPQxS_78u5WDPP69nQEeF-LFC/s1600/star+liz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRHvh5zxIlSFmpkaJPbGqqi-E8RZ-AcfkQ3AynrYq6V4WEjcx5VyDvGUaFsF0xG5SgcMIWo_mMi59IOxUnuq5AlxOTY7Yn3kA90F7-Jm9GWJAPQxS_78u5WDPP69nQEeF-LFC/s320/star+liz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588856806791291042" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3a_4mqaM8zfIJrV4K6iJLCqiRy0Nw4k6-0z6P-rVSbmqJUkxFE3HQQYDJyMOih0qkxXACBBIx0_8W2OWw1pmp5iebs_vclFkOdLlI3RB4BErGEa48K_F0sWiJHQ8Iita0R_F/s1600/imagesCAVFX85X.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimI2nwQSV8GxIw0NUBzUGc8PB_hf91MRSUKLnQmzWTvlWuGNdTpwKvPRMUveJaCuSXpjThPMXkktjM53fUVkwqN2SGei3mnSYPzwPgoJUWtM8R7Mw3OAaTbyDd4brJpVDvpWyi/s320/liz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588859873006070738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGDf23pwJ0LrgNJHxGlysIlqkPVZPFA6hcrsZn3RwFJbkMHK3m7lHjs8uW7CCP67d8SDAcU_5ZfgvY-fTBoGxN_egX8dmkj6VvqPoKdXHbrn8JN7U1tX8GMm6-uDksbwsxHFi/s1600/liz+and+rock.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGDf23pwJ0LrgNJHxGlysIlqkPVZPFA6hcrsZn3RwFJbkMHK3m7lHjs8uW7CCP67d8SDAcU_5ZfgvY-fTBoGxN_egX8dmkj6VvqPoKdXHbrn8JN7U1tX8GMm6-uDksbwsxHFi/s320/liz+and+rock.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588860167730498994" /></a><br />Rock and Elizabeth R.I.P.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-77918150885633800602011-02-15T07:16:00.005-06:002011-02-15T07:28:13.154-06:00Sweet Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO1dhZ5C-9BAnR7nhSze09eSXUXEWwf_4pgBXjyBS7wCR7zdlRKcq13qMHxjokyWHz6J6myFhu1JB872Ex4BlMA4D0wDmr5Y9fC1i3z5XgUWUUZeEiYVsMbosAkjYR0QeyGZ9/s1600/gumdrops.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 144px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573906440433635410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO1dhZ5C-9BAnR7nhSze09eSXUXEWwf_4pgBXjyBS7wCR7zdlRKcq13qMHxjokyWHz6J6myFhu1JB872Ex4BlMA4D0wDmr5Y9fC1i3z5XgUWUUZeEiYVsMbosAkjYR0QeyGZ9/s320/gumdrops.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy National Gumdrop Day!<br /></span>Gumdrops are such a colorful bright sweet treat and decoration. Drops are not my favorite candy with it's sugary outside and gummy jelled inside. Just a bit too much sugar for me. But I do like the orange ones best.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsq7nuMKQRbUQ2F_qfGpFUcWx0eWNVDTx9K2cOw1BfbF_9s8pLVAa9aeISPNpRDeZWmLWJT2cGd1NNPesXB3FRa_mk2L6kfoetR6SdleDN3IvvNCdOnwJuBF799bJh14oxFJL/s1600/gumdrop+art.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsq7nuMKQRbUQ2F_qfGpFUcWx0eWNVDTx9K2cOw1BfbF_9s8pLVAa9aeISPNpRDeZWmLWJT2cGd1NNPesXB3FRa_mk2L6kfoetR6SdleDN3IvvNCdOnwJuBF799bJh14oxFJL/s320/gumdrop+art.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573906872862143586" /></a><br />Gumdrop Art<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNph28z5BhZfma8LiYK3pHH3zgUCLYhE3TxDSaOiOZehAI4h-9C7IJ4K-gTYnQ-YbQl7PQNfn1VF3Ry0OacDO0VztCgo0oGRH_KsIF5iXbgtj5LTIKU6p0MFgwqyYpV3tK5eT-/s1600/gumdrop+art+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNph28z5BhZfma8LiYK3pHH3zgUCLYhE3TxDSaOiOZehAI4h-9C7IJ4K-gTYnQ-YbQl7PQNfn1VF3Ry0OacDO0VztCgo0oGRH_KsIF5iXbgtj5LTIKU6p0MFgwqyYpV3tK5eT-/s400/gumdrop+art+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573907203887987314" /></a>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-42306030092869760932011-01-15T05:22:00.002-06:002011-01-15T05:42:15.985-06:00A Great Man<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfwb0reKbgBPkkW9KJCGP0g04D0-Uq02mcI-I3sbEA3Dg7Av1zucIJ6f0KkewdX1wUSIEVn5Dwkm4BzRcAZ_Ozc46b2sPqhUPWV2FziN3mt41xiwWl_3GKGN1LXt10RAQuwcv/s1600/MLK2.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfwb0reKbgBPkkW9KJCGP0g04D0-Uq02mcI-I3sbEA3Dg7Av1zucIJ6f0KkewdX1wUSIEVn5Dwkm4BzRcAZ_Ozc46b2sPqhUPWV2FziN3mt41xiwWl_3GKGN1LXt10RAQuwcv/s400/MLK2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562372284360274162" /></a><br /><br />"We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny...I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be." <br /><br />"I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy."<br /><br />"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." <br /><br />"I have worked too long and hard against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. Justice is indivisible." <br /><br /><em>Dr. Martin Luther King</em>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-2595610825898266332010-12-31T20:25:00.001-06:002010-12-31T20:34:21.881-06:002010 Roll Call<span style="font-size:130%;">L</span>ast year it took two posts to remember those we lost in 2009. Again our roll call is long. No annual list of newsworthy deaths is truly complete. As you look through these photos of special folks we collectively knew, you're sure to think of others we lost this year. I invite you to post a comment below about who else should be remembered and why.<br /><br /><strong>Agathe von Trapp</strong>, center, arrives with her sister, Maria, and brother, Johannes, right, at the Martin Beck Theatre to see the reopening of the Broadway musical 'The Sound of Music' Thursday, March 12, 1998, in New York. Agathe von Trapp died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2010, at a hospice in Towson. She was 97<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNlCCogHdJKHS4PxMzXsCdequixoHcEsr8qDOS-7bL82zom5rXdElfCc44Ax2ewWQiWRpuKsfcZ9uNmczspbZJHSmipTO9dM3Fi-WGqZYmABif-fKiFHKpcQZZBmU1eNG0RhK/s1600/agathe_von_trapp.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556760863739127554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNlCCogHdJKHS4PxMzXsCdequixoHcEsr8qDOS-7bL82zom5rXdElfCc44Ax2ewWQiWRpuKsfcZ9uNmczspbZJHSmipTO9dM3Fi-WGqZYmABif-fKiFHKpcQZZBmU1eNG0RhK/s320/agathe_von_trapp.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Teena Marie</strong> 54 December 26,2010 Soul singer all day long.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMnL6AWSKiQVT1hkyLJlGz88nAZNCwx1wqPud0OLJ_nE1E6dF4QsXWVu738C_m_59O_ptbiZDRLW2sdfKdxwwaPouZXZlm2NUsH7cYkaOqR0Zsj9euSFOuqgy-mNTEWv5B7lf/s1600/teena6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMnL6AWSKiQVT1hkyLJlGz88nAZNCwx1wqPud0OLJ_nE1E6dF4QsXWVu738C_m_59O_ptbiZDRLW2sdfKdxwwaPouZXZlm2NUsH7cYkaOqR0Zsj9euSFOuqgy-mNTEWv5B7lf/s320/teena6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556762152009246786" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Blake Edwards</strong> 88 December 16,2010. Producer - Pink Panther, Days of Wine and Roses, Victor\Victoria. Married to Julie Andrews.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yLH0wL8N_B80LEFb2-wo1XoUgiIIef9oGyT6j1qLtfnqSLq5HDc4jDABp4JJIH3Sm7MrtntrAaCHSKRylBFwqrHogCHQJg96pe5zNV7Pvdrl8Mpg56cV_-gtSAqmagBdDPEI/s1600/blake_edwards.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yLH0wL8N_B80LEFb2-wo1XoUgiIIef9oGyT6j1qLtfnqSLq5HDc4jDABp4JJIH3Sm7MrtntrAaCHSKRylBFwqrHogCHQJg96pe5zNV7Pvdrl8Mpg56cV_-gtSAqmagBdDPEI/s320/blake_edwards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556764322449641682" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Elizabeth Edwards</strong> 61 December 7, 2010<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_F2HBZYYCvTrDvBg3ZT6SjH7LXG_6anti2P9cBhpcDS2x-1m1bBdTd5L_BQYHRnlnwbNUDR6xs-Ou22C7dDvBt33VFQxLZXHeUrxL1qpGspXgXI8LSQQGH8xSdtc3j3dKIh5/s1600/elizabeth+edwards.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_F2HBZYYCvTrDvBg3ZT6SjH7LXG_6anti2P9cBhpcDS2x-1m1bBdTd5L_BQYHRnlnwbNUDR6xs-Ou22C7dDvBt33VFQxLZXHeUrxL1qpGspXgXI8LSQQGH8xSdtc3j3dKIh5/s320/elizabeth+edwards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556766419740554338" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Leslie Nielson</strong> 84 November 28, 2010. Don't call him Shirley! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifj6NNIRbeZawvY9z4FLBAfaruwROJ2q3MkMLyX6nh-JysGsQc_MXDuuKy541JyKRcQm1Fs7bxQrjpRANMMqJe3OTpZ0qwbJ9eofEoUge52c4T0MTQqdmFRzqL2unm3zPJEWMS/s1600/leslie+nielson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifj6NNIRbeZawvY9z4FLBAfaruwROJ2q3MkMLyX6nh-JysGsQc_MXDuuKy541JyKRcQm1Fs7bxQrjpRANMMqJe3OTpZ0qwbJ9eofEoUge52c4T0MTQqdmFRzqL2unm3zPJEWMS/s320/leslie+nielson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556767003989674722" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Jill Clayburgh</strong> 66 November 5,2010 Star of 'Dirty Sexy Money.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YB59xJV1S4dapyQf10K1aiv-sWzLVY9XzekhW73qCRP0Kf6EonRErzZ3aWObkvSZkNSw3S8NaFO-V0OLJdyeOKwAAr1XCA9S0EADpOIS9xNHQ74LCYhfy8W0Lpp66MsrQvtd/s1600/jill+clayburgh+66.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YB59xJV1S4dapyQf10K1aiv-sWzLVY9XzekhW73qCRP0Kf6EonRErzZ3aWObkvSZkNSw3S8NaFO-V0OLJdyeOKwAAr1XCA9S0EADpOIS9xNHQ74LCYhfy8W0Lpp66MsrQvtd/s320/jill+clayburgh+66.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556767967753464978" /></a><br /><br /><strong>James MacArthur</strong> 72 October 28,2010 Danny on Hawaii Five-0 "Book 'em Danno."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x7p3P0qdROv43NtppvrZ6FWlg5Fgg9dC9ah-0FalAz1pB7ZKWb-cG_-NiYfqhnxv8CV8S9U-XIpNPVHmjXBkDgEfvy5i7uPSrte_S1xB15qnhmTZLqmb9KfR2otPEdrjetDE/s1600/James+MacArthur+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x7p3P0qdROv43NtppvrZ6FWlg5Fgg9dC9ah-0FalAz1pB7ZKWb-cG_-NiYfqhnxv8CV8S9U-XIpNPVHmjXBkDgEfvy5i7uPSrte_S1xB15qnhmTZLqmb9KfR2otPEdrjetDE/s320/James+MacArthur+72.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556769286702490322" /></a><br /><br /><strong>John Forsythe</strong> 92 April 2, 2010 Actor, Voice of Charlie on 'Charlies Angels'. Pictured here with co-star Joan Collins from 'Dynasty'.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruk8v_WSPstVpifLxAd00OdzCXeJOwztnxrUCKM4tFPfQkr7jwSOkliAxXqW9l_o8wW7y5WvBsZOoR6nFLKv70iXm9stYvCl3J5IY0fdITUWfE5EZ-sV9yKesP6aUREnM4m9c/s1600/forsythe+dynasty.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruk8v_WSPstVpifLxAd00OdzCXeJOwztnxrUCKM4tFPfQkr7jwSOkliAxXqW9l_o8wW7y5WvBsZOoR6nFLKv70iXm9stYvCl3J5IY0fdITUWfE5EZ-sV9yKesP6aUREnM4m9c/s320/forsythe+dynasty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557034794075827874" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Tom Bosley</strong> 83 October 19, 2010. Howard Cunningham,'Happy Days.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EQgfwEFrwxSEga1_mVtaT74zZ2XAEDIx6YPpEjxSLvmNMP0f0efyBscID99dWp5lfxQDQh23WgOApWUNrqy2zNB2SvS4y3cgaiAiDRTtMYsR9uAWob0LSZwvyfAvqpw5Tv-J/s1600/tom+bosley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EQgfwEFrwxSEga1_mVtaT74zZ2XAEDIx6YPpEjxSLvmNMP0f0efyBscID99dWp5lfxQDQh23WgOApWUNrqy2zNB2SvS4y3cgaiAiDRTtMYsR9uAWob0LSZwvyfAvqpw5Tv-J/s320/tom+bosley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556770216599211778" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Barbara Billingsley</strong> 94 October 16, 2010 June Cleaver, Beaver's mom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizj0VLk-VmP7UR4KByOhuf7l9rh7J3HFHYNn8U7hkkSwYVgOEiUlX6tIQKLdbyTvECfT2nnJFtcmbW34Iua2imsfriDmV_iHYTwCkohlpm8XJhj42pAaCc1WoGNfQuAYmwyx6V/s1600/bilingsley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizj0VLk-VmP7UR4KByOhuf7l9rh7J3HFHYNn8U7hkkSwYVgOEiUlX6tIQKLdbyTvECfT2nnJFtcmbW34Iua2imsfriDmV_iHYTwCkohlpm8XJhj42pAaCc1WoGNfQuAYmwyx6V/s320/bilingsley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556775257582436722" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Solomon Burke</strong> 70 October 10, 2010 King of Rock and Soul.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m5CHVVauFJqX538ukdbhd9_0CMcaVmzKrhjqxS7sOoudOF-_n83CT7A51bUdfpmbsfpsVx0A8PmIkg0D8gQGgbTiAhrfX0IRmp1M5PsxaxL_HnxerbQeI__eQQEUWmDeZQ18/s1600/solomon+burke+70.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m5CHVVauFJqX538ukdbhd9_0CMcaVmzKrhjqxS7sOoudOF-_n83CT7A51bUdfpmbsfpsVx0A8PmIkg0D8gQGgbTiAhrfX0IRmp1M5PsxaxL_HnxerbQeI__eQQEUWmDeZQ18/s320/solomon+burke+70.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556776195175995954" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Stephen J. Cannell</strong> 66 <br />Producer\writer- Rockford Files, Baretta, A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Commish<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5TfKz5W0TwvfImvLAEptkIrSrhBL10I2xfBFfPMgeGkmuNS1nef67l0wHldoL0UViucYlTimlXrBzyiYj8uFOco3josFKC3fn-sBMPJSK6QbqRj3igfBPfu_i79Xk6gu4kaT/s1600/stephen+Cannell+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 189px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5TfKz5W0TwvfImvLAEptkIrSrhBL10I2xfBFfPMgeGkmuNS1nef67l0wHldoL0UViucYlTimlXrBzyiYj8uFOco3josFKC3fn-sBMPJSK6QbqRj3igfBPfu_i79Xk6gu4kaT/s320/stephen+Cannell+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556777270811596546" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Greg Giraldo</strong> 44 September 29,2010 Comedian<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgrloFTGW68rnQ6MwMOD7aA-JAsuDQQgfurrYK3fk5gT6zS11Dk2tDXQ9C8ZW1Zo8WcXv4YqwdM6HZXOvdeodDD_hD2gHQAdmiOwnz7H2Li7qZxw-1isLS7df2-aOKdSLJq4/s1600/GregGiraldo+44.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgrloFTGW68rnQ6MwMOD7aA-JAsuDQQgfurrYK3fk5gT6zS11Dk2tDXQ9C8ZW1Zo8WcXv4YqwdM6HZXOvdeodDD_hD2gHQAdmiOwnz7H2Li7qZxw-1isLS7df2-aOKdSLJq4/s320/GregGiraldo+44.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556778251956924386" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Tony Curtis</strong> 85 September 29, 2010 Actor and father of Jamie Lee <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAbpJrNI2ynLJpuXQ-uvWVJJrHDYw3OPvs_hqkHn92ojCfjYLSpZqI2P_KBoigRSQHQ17_gOaf_Xur4m6keD0ONCCcpqBAxyqbRJ28dhGmg4D-D3JGJQyNfNz3KXS91_cMPTw/s1600/tony+c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAbpJrNI2ynLJpuXQ-uvWVJJrHDYw3OPvs_hqkHn92ojCfjYLSpZqI2P_KBoigRSQHQ17_gOaf_Xur4m6keD0ONCCcpqBAxyqbRJ28dhGmg4D-D3JGJQyNfNz3KXS91_cMPTw/s320/tony+c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556779117806377714" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Arthur Penn</strong> 88 September 28, 2010 Director of classics like Bonnie and Clyde.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQeehODjhnqVAqzPxR7rmydBtR43pzpy3JCnZrhyphenhyphenKSJL0u-0HRCx203SdiARjTI-PVOE1rLj-c8WOk4ai7QDhQjkMdQn5WJA4N-EryFnGpoav3x25p3Fb_A_20d-wPFXp_8im/s1600/arthur_penn+88.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQeehODjhnqVAqzPxR7rmydBtR43pzpy3JCnZrhyphenhyphenKSJL0u-0HRCx203SdiARjTI-PVOE1rLj-c8WOk4ai7QDhQjkMdQn5WJA4N-EryFnGpoav3x25p3Fb_A_20d-wPFXp_8im/s320/arthur_penn+88.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556780246383862498" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Gloria Stuart</strong> 100 years old. Actress who killed me by dropping that gem into the ocean in the movie Titanic.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_4f20U50Czg0nq5lT1t4g41J3HVja5Mckf8Gm3uZVDPyitS80Z3aS-WcKM1yR-wwdGTWB3xBsYnVqXyOV10vwqbVD6vnYRlfvbde3TeGANFNuNJFR5H-D33fsOu71YFPOrhl/s1600/gloria_stuart_100.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_4f20U50Czg0nq5lT1t4g41J3HVja5Mckf8Gm3uZVDPyitS80Z3aS-WcKM1yR-wwdGTWB3xBsYnVqXyOV10vwqbVD6vnYRlfvbde3TeGANFNuNJFR5H-D33fsOu71YFPOrhl/s320/gloria_stuart_100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556780834414007474" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Eddie Fisher</strong> 85 September 22,2010 Singer. Father of Joely and Carrie. Famous husband of Debbie Reynolds, Connie Stevens, and Liz Taylor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaw5Jh_xMRN_w4D8uPyI5LrN300QZ6tuac8iQEURQypauDfrye9oszgG81_zJkIY1g5_qnHHA2BjTL42d64V05fWa5yHBp87yXiwg-_GhhJU6hzesX0aC4NyaaInxUrmpdZt4/s1600/eddie_fisher+85.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaw5Jh_xMRN_w4D8uPyI5LrN300QZ6tuac8iQEURQypauDfrye9oszgG81_zJkIY1g5_qnHHA2BjTL42d64V05fWa5yHBp87yXiwg-_GhhJU6hzesX0aC4NyaaInxUrmpdZt4/s320/eddie_fisher+85.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556782158922816658" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Patrica Neal</strong> 84 August 8,2010 Best Actress Oscar winner 'Hud' 1964<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDCg2sjdxY3jbJ5Vd0SoXxtlj-Ng6XIQCpedTDOBY4M4UNjLFYksMpgHkFDP88cvkbEztwtzP-8on66BYCMFrXjyVYx_elkC1u5M7f94DblctAwouRO9C9knqi8Bc0si9E4Z0/s1600/patricia-neal+84.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDCg2sjdxY3jbJ5Vd0SoXxtlj-Ng6XIQCpedTDOBY4M4UNjLFYksMpgHkFDP88cvkbEztwtzP-8on66BYCMFrXjyVYx_elkC1u5M7f94DblctAwouRO9C9knqi8Bc0si9E4Z0/s320/patricia-neal+84.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556783759013372738" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Dixie Carter</strong> 70 April 10, 2010 Stage/TV actress. Julia Sugarbaker, my hero on 'Designing Women.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq105mz5Jt_q9Jt-Ld2YwbP5HXv4p6pDlnYpIesvwEJcld-P6At8KKZBMOe9IyiA4h0vUt9uI6Kcsa30aqz01SoIjQSQbz569oRH8BstrCGYM7EdO0xhoPTYm9d0ayu8HTlho_/s1600/dixie+c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq105mz5Jt_q9Jt-Ld2YwbP5HXv4p6pDlnYpIesvwEJcld-P6At8KKZBMOe9IyiA4h0vUt9uI6Kcsa30aqz01SoIjQSQbz569oRH8BstrCGYM7EdO0xhoPTYm9d0ayu8HTlho_/s320/dixie+c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556977689278209714" /></a><br /><br /><strong>George Steinbrenner</strong> 80 July 13,2010 Colorful New York Yankees owner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub1kN-sH9HeeJo-288ZHCspSUvdf1e3hXcLQLnndLBaPG5qTkjAAPWjl3HuVzYuodrcxgf-rGglTqmvvK3JwKaM_OpbfnR0-h9uD4KOkOO7c_1de2F5ntKy8O5CX_ddP0lp8Q/s1600/george-steinbrenner+80.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub1kN-sH9HeeJo-288ZHCspSUvdf1e3hXcLQLnndLBaPG5qTkjAAPWjl3HuVzYuodrcxgf-rGglTqmvvK3JwKaM_OpbfnR0-h9uD4KOkOO7c_1de2F5ntKy8O5CX_ddP0lp8Q/s320/george-steinbrenner+80.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556983173938911234" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Rue McClanahan</strong> 76 June 3, 2010 Actress on many sitcoms including saucy southern belle Blanche Devereaux on 'Golden Girls."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOhTwX0XIbTipZSPuqSCb2si8a37s3i6cd-9lqW6emuiqsSB8Aa2xgohkb751sYCaq44xUzBhAuFU6I4jM59TIXh8-_ZaB8UUVprXRmr42HtZcv-IPRMzN09zSgsM2Aw5iEzK/s1600/rue+mcClanahan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOhTwX0XIbTipZSPuqSCb2si8a37s3i6cd-9lqW6emuiqsSB8Aa2xgohkb751sYCaq44xUzBhAuFU6I4jM59TIXh8-_ZaB8UUVprXRmr42HtZcv-IPRMzN09zSgsM2Aw5iEzK/s320/rue+mcClanahan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556983625091170946" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Dennis Hopper</strong> 74 May 29, 2010 Actor\director. 'Easy Rider'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iDqT0ITe9rP5USHf9JLcCk7ZQdcQw-i6M_mdPqZO935hlpjaF_lYUP-l0O5_ILLl6rFIgN-FKwcJq-gWbwPu2MazoOVBrUHNRwKuOCxstjn5ToYStITjpTj7YDjuI-XerLse/s1600/Dennis+hopper+74.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iDqT0ITe9rP5USHf9JLcCk7ZQdcQw-i6M_mdPqZO935hlpjaF_lYUP-l0O5_ILLl6rFIgN-FKwcJq-gWbwPu2MazoOVBrUHNRwKuOCxstjn5ToYStITjpTj7YDjuI-XerLse/s320/Dennis+hopper+74.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556983959858375314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Gary Coleman</strong> 42 May 28, 2010 Actor know for TV show 'Different Strokes.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zb62rCA_lQkfczN3czf7NrJHwK-YaqQJJYfzyymMQZ0_Ui7fjh-9I9GmuMsdcvrCgBfXGWkP080xYHSEIiu_gyl_w_3qCuGgtAfMTWSDM_ezeIOHxFmT8GmBsvVyOiFhn1jT/s1600/coleman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zb62rCA_lQkfczN3czf7NrJHwK-YaqQJJYfzyymMQZ0_Ui7fjh-9I9GmuMsdcvrCgBfXGWkP080xYHSEIiu_gyl_w_3qCuGgtAfMTWSDM_ezeIOHxFmT8GmBsvVyOiFhn1jT/s320/coleman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556988754969363810" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Art Linkletter</strong> 97 May 26, 2010 Variety show host in the 1950's and <br />60's. 'Art Linkletter's Houseparty' People Are Funny'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptPICsGU-whP0ynqmYUnN4ine5JJgP2HXmawxitxg6SSEj-_iONYl3RFIZERhYL6NJEqsalI_5wY0sSLo75mpTfoZIX4RrJk3J7jw5I4quTKYeFcXhAE_kWvGwToqdUkE4J0y/s1600/art_linkletter+97.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptPICsGU-whP0ynqmYUnN4ine5JJgP2HXmawxitxg6SSEj-_iONYl3RFIZERhYL6NJEqsalI_5wY0sSLo75mpTfoZIX4RrJk3J7jw5I4quTKYeFcXhAE_kWvGwToqdUkE4J0y/s320/art_linkletter+97.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556984412583931714" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Lena Horne</strong> 92 May 9, 2010 Trail blazing actress and singer.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxp0prqU8Lm1OM0PYt4PAoi9Tu3TJWtkYGDXRM7leHI17DjThEYp2q8jfyn4oc_KAwgiK7lZQM-XkA2g6BirFf7WIYhg9gvsvN0cMBVctdIuYpsEqnppewMIbqeRFOdeK2xAe/s1600/lena++h.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxp0prqU8Lm1OM0PYt4PAoi9Tu3TJWtkYGDXRM7leHI17DjThEYp2q8jfyn4oc_KAwgiK7lZQM-XkA2g6BirFf7WIYhg9gvsvN0cMBVctdIuYpsEqnppewMIbqeRFOdeK2xAe/s320/lena++h.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556985194471612242" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Robert Culp</strong> 79 March 24, 2010. Movie and TV actor. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCSU1x4Mh0zZIxvSnDOy2GuLUaK_Q8qKe4aUR1x_LCRGw4AvRlgfF_NTzlX5Z2KMFDC0IVKQ3V-QVyc8iqLGuSfxRNbX2_ewxCUUwcrra7Z9wUfeTL1n_vRfJPXM65Zhxebti/s1600/robert_culp+79.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCSU1x4Mh0zZIxvSnDOy2GuLUaK_Q8qKe4aUR1x_LCRGw4AvRlgfF_NTzlX5Z2KMFDC0IVKQ3V-QVyc8iqLGuSfxRNbX2_ewxCUUwcrra7Z9wUfeTL1n_vRfJPXM65Zhxebti/s320/robert_culp+79.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556985437112125650" /></a><br /><br />A pro tennis player, Culp and his trainer, Bill Cosby, used their world travels to hide their other job as secret agents in the ground breaking series 'I Spy.' <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1DQA_wZNyf6bOIfElcg5J11-kYHuSMig0ZsqM0vgKUKmQeJWdimeX94BDvc_Kg3fcCM9V9c4znBjFkfkVgypcr2C_rzCDSqNylls6Td4404vY6F-a5DQZffatXEXYUGkChsu/s1600/robert+i+spy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1DQA_wZNyf6bOIfElcg5J11-kYHuSMig0ZsqM0vgKUKmQeJWdimeX94BDvc_Kg3fcCM9V9c4znBjFkfkVgypcr2C_rzCDSqNylls6Td4404vY6F-a5DQZffatXEXYUGkChsu/s320/robert+i+spy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556985685321025154" /></a>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-72350377035660470582010-12-31T20:23:00.001-06:002010-12-31T20:34:05.601-06:00Roll Call 2010 part IIThe Redgrave family of well known actors have had a very sad couple of years losing Corin, Lynn, and last year's tragic loss of Vanessa's daughter, actress Natasha Richardson.<br /><br /><strong>Corin Redgrave</strong> 70 April 6, 2010 the British actor is pictured here with his sister Vanessa Redgrave. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Qsk5osWFKuG1ivZvHgaLQuXRTaCIOiGw4klKFpxUt14XLF_wP9xmsPwr0S9Y5AuR9sQ4nRcbTfKJacf4G2bmZAm4MQcSrA-DwASLCTh2GmE8YRsRz5mC35HrYK2TbnXj31Lu/s1600/corin_redgrave+vanessa+70.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Qsk5osWFKuG1ivZvHgaLQuXRTaCIOiGw4klKFpxUt14XLF_wP9xmsPwr0S9Y5AuR9sQ4nRcbTfKJacf4G2bmZAm4MQcSrA-DwASLCTh2GmE8YRsRz5mC35HrYK2TbnXj31Lu/s320/corin_redgrave+vanessa+70.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557024282826428386" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Lynn Redgrave</strong> 67 May 2, 2010 British stage and screen actress. 'Georgie Girl' and 'Gods and Monsters' are among her best film work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNVvVJ-m8H3qGXL50OXhzejPBNkVvCXAETDQUOVNWdG_aoYwEyuAsTrv2KQnUca3tO4JREZgYsVhctfwQ6PSHdiPke38Iwobz0VN_jG4AmhDFgW-0Y2jx_8JAb8UiDDpJU8xU/s1600/ynn_redgrave+67.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNVvVJ-m8H3qGXL50OXhzejPBNkVvCXAETDQUOVNWdG_aoYwEyuAsTrv2KQnUca3tO4JREZgYsVhctfwQ6PSHdiPke38Iwobz0VN_jG4AmhDFgW-0Y2jx_8JAb8UiDDpJU8xU/s320/ynn_redgrave+67.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557024621830095538" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Dorothy Height</strong> 98 April 20, 2010 Beloved civil rights leader.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqhkOXOjF4W5mrU2EOdfR-QLMy5Et7loixEKi00BNSuKAbf5fbo5Ht2HYaZWOm1qPYgxvZOzuqQpqMmHUICv3BXufGXzntPlGqI6FNdmjKOZ3kfYsNUS9nYPlTVe01w2n_g17/s1600/Dorothy+height.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqhkOXOjF4W5mrU2EOdfR-QLMy5Et7loixEKi00BNSuKAbf5fbo5Ht2HYaZWOm1qPYgxvZOzuqQpqMmHUICv3BXufGXzntPlGqI6FNdmjKOZ3kfYsNUS9nYPlTVe01w2n_g17/s320/Dorothy+height.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557016144688233458" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Margaret Burroughs</strong> 93 Artist, historian, teacher. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBgVTTfxwOGBjcln_HERWH2DJ8GQHGuaDQj-hyNGm2HfYWrdhy4GLHxvyhgeAbZm1Rz1rexN5HGH1g1C-X4zFQRvBxydr72KBMmWliBTnAZHTomUNh2fmEHUb7fsJsHRyQOKS/s1600/m+burroughs+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBgVTTfxwOGBjcln_HERWH2DJ8GQHGuaDQj-hyNGm2HfYWrdhy4GLHxvyhgeAbZm1Rz1rexN5HGH1g1C-X4zFQRvBxydr72KBMmWliBTnAZHTomUNh2fmEHUb7fsJsHRyQOKS/s320/m+burroughs+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557019839495060786" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Fess Parker</strong> 85 March 18, 2010 Most famous for portrayal of 'Daniel Boone.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_Th5mjgKN5RHR1VsG83fD3q7ufgW4gRoVjy89zZ7-L9023dlMXHCrdnbgeUwD1xMJInEZk40qzo4uclDgLsRnIOdVCTZtRAyqwyuVFBdzKjHeQA4lu-9uPFKv2hyphenhyphenireNgCGA/s1600/fess_parker+85.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_Th5mjgKN5RHR1VsG83fD3q7ufgW4gRoVjy89zZ7-L9023dlMXHCrdnbgeUwD1xMJInEZk40qzo4uclDgLsRnIOdVCTZtRAyqwyuVFBdzKjHeQA4lu-9uPFKv2hyphenhyphenireNgCGA/s320/fess_parker+85.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557025643221972818" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Peter Graves</strong> March 14, 2010 TV actor. Handed out the assignments on 'Mission Impossible.' Brother of James Arness of 'Gunsmoke' <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZzef2kpsnVllhlH7Nmr7XegJEUDbb2xIBhNYt5-CUGtXqE1UxCLHxohDvRhrPd20jSDM8g29IDXkqr8Qvp4at-pH-MswQM0P3NmD4lmKfTD4OdGeidZV_0Gk-_8yJSaZ_yNb/s1600/peter_graves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZzef2kpsnVllhlH7Nmr7XegJEUDbb2xIBhNYt5-CUGtXqE1UxCLHxohDvRhrPd20jSDM8g29IDXkqr8Qvp4at-pH-MswQM0P3NmD4lmKfTD4OdGeidZV_0Gk-_8yJSaZ_yNb/s320/peter_graves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557029027418996066" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Corey Haim</strong> 38 March 10, 2010 'Lucas' and 'Lost Boys' actor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ71DHnUaxDrrlHvAOqbRSbJ8_WSBoAe0C0X1n7Ya0y96Vu1bQV3meyM2jHHFZwBb5edJ5_k3jqnGHSf-pJxXPRVZTZ9hcla8wfB-eii7qrc5A8Cig3aIvyc5KORm7YGUnT10c/s1600/corey+h.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 183px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ71DHnUaxDrrlHvAOqbRSbJ8_WSBoAe0C0X1n7Ya0y96Vu1bQV3meyM2jHHFZwBb5edJ5_k3jqnGHSf-pJxXPRVZTZ9hcla8wfB-eii7qrc5A8Cig3aIvyc5KORm7YGUnT10c/s320/corey+h.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557024063790773090" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Zelda Rubinstein</strong> 76 january 27, 2010 Actress, 'Poltergiest II' The Other Side.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAoyL1lcvVlGNXHHoutfrg-THmVrdMuIg5cNChu8Yr9Wf2TvpCJ1lHi-h2G5S7jYE94SmpzwMHs_28W_rTuypIoSOwEoVvrM_Uw7Ngo7FVEr3naANVPAuOpoT6J3JVBk1rrsG/s1600/_Zelda_rubinstein+76.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAoyL1lcvVlGNXHHoutfrg-THmVrdMuIg5cNChu8Yr9Wf2TvpCJ1lHi-h2G5S7jYE94SmpzwMHs_28W_rTuypIoSOwEoVvrM_Uw7Ngo7FVEr3naANVPAuOpoT6J3JVBk1rrsG/s320/_Zelda_rubinstein+76.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557023512284318994" /></a><br /><br /><strong>James Mitchell</strong> 89 January 22,2010 Dancer, screen and TV actor. 'The Turning Point'. And, he played Palmer Cortland on 'All My Children' for nearly 30 years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR_iULjkpS7THTxZh7UA-aX45-emSFKRKpQaj1iLlpw85tslUbLd5BPiGQ2AYnszuitOGIu8Ri5P940IT-KJHJgAFrNDgAeOGCN5F2RVeRJzWNI-XxG2hcURJJGSnCofZ16YU/s1600/_james_mitchell+89.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR_iULjkpS7THTxZh7UA-aX45-emSFKRKpQaj1iLlpw85tslUbLd5BPiGQ2AYnszuitOGIu8Ri5P940IT-KJHJgAFrNDgAeOGCN5F2RVeRJzWNI-XxG2hcURJJGSnCofZ16YU/s320/_james_mitchell+89.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557023289925541490" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Jimmy Dean</strong> 81 June 13, 2010 Country music legend, hit song, 'Big Bad John'. hosted the Jimmy Dean variety show and is founder of Jimmy Dean sausage products.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSGuuUetT5xxO8efEft_1fWxHsgmvxxpUmA3RZwRLwjA8o_t9Cvn80hfGIavGqP0YHu7HvaP2GRdCv_0mtJOjn1kLO_ZhbcAdRWms_h5pdTZjLfUkQTXfW7DXiciUIYJcRb9w/s1600/jimmy_dean+81.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSGuuUetT5xxO8efEft_1fWxHsgmvxxpUmA3RZwRLwjA8o_t9Cvn80hfGIavGqP0YHu7HvaP2GRdCv_0mtJOjn1kLO_ZhbcAdRWms_h5pdTZjLfUkQTXfW7DXiciUIYJcRb9w/s320/jimmy_dean+81.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557018178272323858" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Mitch Miller</strong> 99 July 31,2010 Bandleader, host of 'Sing along with Mitch'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbagboOD1ybOICMnBka0zCd8dyP4Z-4lfyqRLGsDoIE3iANIh4gcTYDESVRXAz5vm0ZiSLLtbUhwM0SmQH5jjhqIGEyJaIfeqXJuVwHq8ebi8ZCDL7TnL49fGhFJXRN2tMn8ph/s1600/mitch+miller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbagboOD1ybOICMnBka0zCd8dyP4Z-4lfyqRLGsDoIE3iANIh4gcTYDESVRXAz5vm0ZiSLLtbUhwM0SmQH5jjhqIGEyJaIfeqXJuVwHq8ebi8ZCDL7TnL49fGhFJXRN2tMn8ph/s320/mitch+miller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557026691009731314" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Edwin Newman</strong> 91 August 13,2010 Longtime TV newsman.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t9KK0p5Gw596XR-0IcjU5OzdglD32FMywAx3FaMCGbbti-URbgqHtkd2EOJMf6yf28VP0EOhmTXMjJB1TbydVLri8irFq9IH51lDVctSN9c8ez8tEluNZQdtHTQoJ73DsaHi/s1600/edwin+newman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t9KK0p5Gw596XR-0IcjU5OzdglD32FMywAx3FaMCGbbti-URbgqHtkd2EOJMf6yf28VP0EOhmTXMjJB1TbydVLri8irFq9IH51lDVctSN9c8ez8tEluNZQdtHTQoJ73DsaHi/s320/edwin+newman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557024906917773618" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Kevin McCarthy</strong> 96 September 11,2010 TV/movie actor. 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vnS9Lh8pz51mfjWN89JjAQ6OswDI67Mk7yxO__ni57YfDgnvFVCfovFXr3dOvBFkaltnct8j8hYHn1XBHUuQkwmIgLNkWLGwh_WBmO1jFv6VPaCt5Pgtw97AZMSkbqjjgupl/s1600/kevin+mcCarthy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vnS9Lh8pz51mfjWN89JjAQ6OswDI67Mk7yxO__ni57YfDgnvFVCfovFXr3dOvBFkaltnct8j8hYHn1XBHUuQkwmIgLNkWLGwh_WBmO1jFv6VPaCt5Pgtw97AZMSkbqjjgupl/s320/kevin+mcCarthy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557019288622964194" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Johnny Sheffield</strong> 79 October 15,2010 Played 'Boy' in the 'Tarzan' movies.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCErp-Tz8pU1tDkdARPy62YvsZn5v6qDqF9IiNoZEjJD8GOMU3H_9lL4rJGIYDJ1cRb3O2mK_hyVKh7PXIXWFuhLzJ_3IE58X-f4C4QMo9hwSql3hYNV907DQvHQGiB9CuSf_9/s1600/johnny+sheffield.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCErp-Tz8pU1tDkdARPy62YvsZn5v6qDqF9IiNoZEjJD8GOMU3H_9lL4rJGIYDJ1cRb3O2mK_hyVKh7PXIXWFuhLzJ_3IE58X-f4C4QMo9hwSql3hYNV907DQvHQGiB9CuSf_9/s320/johnny+sheffield.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557028761423944306" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Ron Santo</strong> 70 December 2,2010 Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster. Also, championed finding a cure for diabetes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UdXo-7TjD4xmCogqKYBizCdLGq6vn5YJo5mld7eoFo6ZByJorl7Ea_G2ng7Eg47VIzdVQH9qChqcL8xE6mmeINT6o5OB-SJj5ziGbGtKAV0rfCYjCuvFTnlk7zVDuII47rie/s1600/ron+santo+pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UdXo-7TjD4xmCogqKYBizCdLGq6vn5YJo5mld7eoFo6ZByJorl7Ea_G2ng7Eg47VIzdVQH9qChqcL8xE6mmeINT6o5OB-SJj5ziGbGtKAV0rfCYjCuvFTnlk7zVDuII47rie/s320/ron+santo+pic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557022058051460386" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Don Meredith</strong> 72 December 5,2010 Dallas Cowboy football player turned broadcaster on 'Monday Night Football'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7J-yKl3k76z9ejYrnIo96p_tWWe0giLpqtBSklKuX_Cx2n7WTenb0iVkVts5jwvr-_wVy2ZaFVb_XuGH1bc0Cc7qMo1-F-laH6s4flqGRXreqObvyOBKbzY0uxXB83HFQcLz/s1600/meredith.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7J-yKl3k76z9ejYrnIo96p_tWWe0giLpqtBSklKuX_Cx2n7WTenb0iVkVts5jwvr-_wVy2ZaFVb_XuGH1bc0Cc7qMo1-F-laH6s4flqGRXreqObvyOBKbzY0uxXB83HFQcLz/s320/meredith.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557026075399322338" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Steve Landesberg</strong> 65 December 20,2010 Actor who played brainy Detective Dietrich on TV series 'Barney Miller.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6BJqQFJ318SB-4sHIRGrX7gOsEJ-C5x_dIOQoG3wJXvneklGuMUoKJs8Q77LCJFM8qM1QnhhHMoRup7miGpv5UuYKtmO9V9VQvfi-0lNfhxGGBa-bq1qk7IIjVInsFIiflai/s1600/steve+landesberg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6BJqQFJ318SB-4sHIRGrX7gOsEJ-C5x_dIOQoG3wJXvneklGuMUoKJs8Q77LCJFM8qM1QnhhHMoRup7miGpv5UuYKtmO9V9VQvfi-0lNfhxGGBa-bq1qk7IIjVInsFIiflai/s320/steve+landesberg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557022689928506610" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Helen Wagner</strong> 86 May 1, 2010 Nancy Hughes on 'As the World Turns' since 1956.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnc2k1nOzzyTL3voyDpXtKBcQXyQsQfgi3_4bir_8v6hXQM3B-ZkVaNd8ibzajtvy7-3zfPX7I8OFx5fjRl0NyhUxm2zXhq8ibPpC2Wx7SLCBCh89FWvrfz0MJfkj72v1PvkR/s1600/helen+wagner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnc2k1nOzzyTL3voyDpXtKBcQXyQsQfgi3_4bir_8v6hXQM3B-ZkVaNd8ibzajtvy7-3zfPX7I8OFx5fjRl0NyhUxm2zXhq8ibPpC2Wx7SLCBCh89FWvrfz0MJfkj72v1PvkR/s320/helen+wagner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557017176705611090" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Merlin Olson</strong> 69 March 11, 2010 Football player turned actor. 'Little House on the Prairie.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfqf5GYpm8H9LBO415aNWrXvS0XbSnUjRz7ZKXXrH-pP77Ih3_JC_7bnzKr87sfiYudtmNbmLVNdxZlv9uTkxFdv2flDhlvmEoftKpfS2VIFF4ww70ap-6QWSxF8-PzKyciKX/s1600/merlin+olson+-prairie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfqf5GYpm8H9LBO415aNWrXvS0XbSnUjRz7ZKXXrH-pP77Ih3_JC_7bnzKr87sfiYudtmNbmLVNdxZlv9uTkxFdv2flDhlvmEoftKpfS2VIFF4ww70ap-6QWSxF8-PzKyciKX/s320/merlin+olson+-prairie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557020063705036690" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Pernell Roberts</strong> 81 June 24, 2010 Played oldest son Adam on 'Bonaza' and the 'Mash' character 'Trapper John M.D.' as an older doctor on his own show.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgY4UsbgdQd-Fy_kXjTwSy1X3zRqzz-E44phVht3kKs_ao3z-fEdKk1pbISN0UtW3KeJPmrTYtD9MnNt7e9ckk8nGQppOYJAjlQMOOGDx9g3XnNx6fE8sC81-rk00n8g-Hr5ZX/s1600/pernell+bonaza.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdHx5V79g-paBkKRZlzkA7N-3qDFB66KtbtiYM0v0E-w5xR63kJGC6vM9o91JFGNoBZLZPtdtgUpAsIhlYm-RmJNgjoFxw4n3CX-g0WZ3X4olJD5Y1Vum4rW40X1EjKtSaP9e/s320/kathryn+grayson+88.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557018848475282818" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Jean Simmons</strong> 80, June 22,2010 British film actress.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTt-1-00s3b1dkOQcB2S0vPCWJRRX0BRIjCCcEI6aTzbg0gM9gZw_o4x1dSdZMf0sTExfY2xA71HCVLoJVVj9d-i-iGidQqIQGostamK79MpbL29W1-jpQgJCqolY2_neGg0C/s1600/jean+simmons+80.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTt-1-00s3b1dkOQcB2S0vPCWJRRX0BRIjCCcEI6aTzbg0gM9gZw_o4x1dSdZMf0sTExfY2xA71HCVLoJVVj9d-i-iGidQqIQGostamK79MpbL29W1-jpQgJCqolY2_neGg0C/s320/jean+simmons+80.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557017742208246050" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Harold Gould</strong> 86 September 11,2010 Actor, played Rhoda's dad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43Otq_9AtdSX5rC_IcIbI9vlKMur5-x-K8JsxrvHNvAsimC996l1jSR37f4hJmM-ZBGxDWKFEn8eMHvAYl5o5Fug_zWgKzTpt5GCslUVtSKuSfrt_YPryLK3iJXWjrrkh0nCM/s1600/harold+gould+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43Otq_9AtdSX5rC_IcIbI9vlKMur5-x-K8JsxrvHNvAsimC996l1jSR37f4hJmM-ZBGxDWKFEn8eMHvAYl5o5Fug_zWgKzTpt5GCslUVtSKuSfrt_YPryLK3iJXWjrrkh0nCM/s320/harold+gould+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557016527747915842" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Cherine Alexander</strong> October 2010 Miss Continental 1984, Baton Show Lounge performer extroidinaire. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-62__6ZklICSNjmn_ezX4p-cPMug4hM0d02zcTjbSjLGuKzG8FSkUaa7sfy9iwgIlFiJnsZT0Hdya5MbJHAf2ug5mzhmJMsQ7KKDFCJhI2ge7xqIahxJj313MdyvsaHjipfEa/s1600/cherine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-62__6ZklICSNjmn_ezX4p-cPMug4hM0d02zcTjbSjLGuKzG8FSkUaa7sfy9iwgIlFiJnsZT0Hdya5MbJHAf2ug5mzhmJMsQ7KKDFCJhI2ge7xqIahxJj313MdyvsaHjipfEa/s320/cherine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557023767718986242" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Teddy Pendergrass</strong> 59 January 14,2010 R&B singer<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAggrHF-Vtxt0nFLFVp0XbrDOk3-YxQbT6KjHsHhNL8Dgv-7mdr-XvxfSbySJQ9QXDxkURuAugvM3Ya7w8W6hLplBweVJ5n6B4V8vEJLcwXf85QsbuErhwTK5Gg-FwF-36L4m/s1600/teddy+pendergrass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAggrHF-Vtxt0nFLFVp0XbrDOk3-YxQbT6KjHsHhNL8Dgv-7mdr-XvxfSbySJQ9QXDxkURuAugvM3Ya7w8W6hLplBweVJ5n6B4V8vEJLcwXf85QsbuErhwTK5Gg-FwF-36L4m/s320/teddy+pendergrass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557030370639260786" /></a><br /><br /><strong>J.D. Salinger</strong> 91 January 27, 2010 Author of 'Catcher in the Rye.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLCKx48-aw9XpNTzIhdNZo5DERrWIdRczZk3b2sNaNq16X7dulttSkKuZ5mDGMrM9tVwceLvRwnPQDsRbnALuYphNQ0LMEWkKsli4ZppVQ5Js5a2uweN96vzrB7dTS_dBCyXT/s1600/salingertime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLCKx48-aw9XpNTzIhdNZo5DERrWIdRczZk3b2sNaNq16X7dulttSkKuZ5mDGMrM9tVwceLvRwnPQDsRbnALuYphNQ0LMEWkKsli4ZppVQ5Js5a2uweN96vzrB7dTS_dBCyXT/s320/salingertime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557026952740776146" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Eric Segal</strong> 72 January 17, 2010 Author of 'Love Story.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hcAxizhg1605IahwiDGsD5xxXeimGJApl8gQvBQ8EvoOA6G_6x2f3CUEK-sLA53HV_dPmjE0HbBKaD18ATLF1kcp-WnKN-XBrJgbPQauxn9rm-W6ACOmWNVdonfuF2jXEULv/s1600/erich_segal+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hcAxizhg1605IahwiDGsD5xxXeimGJApl8gQvBQ8EvoOA6G_6x2f3CUEK-sLA53HV_dPmjE0HbBKaD18ATLF1kcp-WnKN-XBrJgbPQauxn9rm-W6ACOmWNVdonfuF2jXEULv/s320/erich_segal+72.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557025245444771730" /></a><br /><br /><strong>He Ping Ping</strong> 21 March 13,2010 Worlds smallest man at 2 ft 5 inches.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7DYnqSlvWQ-xgs74JDE6m8euZM0tIlF_fJmi_FjaixY1Qq2v4YS5l-B6nMTn61DZYAfBKdRJeZe4GPAbcuV-0dopJ3WV6OJ1_z6PXZOb9z9aQxxBG45nRRIT363648k_h_WR/s1600/He+Ping+Ping+21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7DYnqSlvWQ-xgs74JDE6m8euZM0tIlF_fJmi_FjaixY1Qq2v4YS5l-B6nMTn61DZYAfBKdRJeZe4GPAbcuV-0dopJ3WV6OJ1_z6PXZOb9z9aQxxBG45nRRIT363648k_h_WR/s320/He+Ping+Ping+21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557016982071280738" /></a>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-32143442032497422202010-12-24T22:16:00.003-06:002010-12-24T22:29:16.508-06:00Christmas Time is Here!<iframe height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GPG3zSgm_Qo?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="425"></iframe><br />The children's song truly captures the feeling of the season.<br /><br />Now, Linus reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.<br />So simply said by a child.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pn10FF-FQfs?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pn10FF-FQfs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!</span></strong> </span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-28864858683504140292010-12-14T08:28:00.001-06:002010-12-14T08:31:15.833-06:00Old Time Gospel Christmas! Welll!Join Mariah in clapping and tapping to this joyous gospel carol! <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zmS4K37dh_o?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zmS4K37dh_o?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-27361310665367425442010-12-09T05:07:00.002-06:002010-12-09T05:09:32.203-06:00Wonderful Christmas Time!From John and Yoko to Paul and Linda- here is the beautiful song from Wings! So Christmasy and bright. Enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R1-sXrdQtog?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R1-sXrdQtog?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-73852948376338858072010-12-08T12:32:00.004-06:002010-12-08T12:46:39.357-06:00John Lennon and Sammy Davis Jr.Today is the date that Sammy Davis Jr. was born and today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Two phenomenal events in entertainment history.<br /><br />From John for Christmas here is his wonderful song that also marked the end of the Viet Nam War. I love this one.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rug5tWPuxTA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rug5tWPuxTA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />From Sammy and the wonderful Carmen MacRae, a great duet I dedicate to my Chicago homies. Baby It's Cold outside!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAsSSpPoapM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAsSSpPoapM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-15603350119491102972010-12-07T09:18:00.002-06:002010-12-07T09:23:58.231-06:00Hard Rock, Coco and JoeHow about some of our favorite and maybe forgotten Christmas carols to sing-a-long with and jog the memory. This one will be new for some of yall for sure.<br />This 1950's WGN-TV Chicago cartoon classic is a good place to start.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VKGonDIq8gw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VKGonDIq8gw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-1003403114318419152010-12-02T02:42:00.005-06:002010-12-02T03:32:22.792-06:00Ricky called 'em out in Illinois!<span style="font-size:130%;">The</span> Illinois House and Senate passed the long fought for bill for civil unions. Governor Quinn a supporter, has promised to sign the landmark bill santioning same-sex couples. On <em>July 1, 2011 </em>the great state of Illinois will join the growing number of states advancing human rights and the cause of justice for LGBT peoples and families.<br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zq8xhgdLQHQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zq8xhgdLQHQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Hypocrites in the room beware, he's talking to you.<br /></span><em>Can't we just see Rev./Senator Meeks squirm and cover his ears. lalalala I can't hear ya Ricky.</em><br /><br />Next, full marriage rights. In Illinois.<br />Next, federal spousal recognition for gay and lesbian couples.<br />Next, <span style="font-size:130%;">Free and Equal at Last! </span>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-78317485139710115932010-12-01T04:22:00.005-06:002010-12-01T05:10:56.786-06:00It Is Not Over!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAlvNWdc572mQO2pXOriTmvs-iolSjDGZ5q-PqpIMK6DYyZ8rzBnslVRgmxYfUOxlJWHJnjPdeffUKRHhuj6W9TAn7BU_exiBg_Lzd54ksG74BbJQrLGYRYpaekCVd7VWrOjw/s1600/WorldAIDS.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAlvNWdc572mQO2pXOriTmvs-iolSjDGZ5q-PqpIMK6DYyZ8rzBnslVRgmxYfUOxlJWHJnjPdeffUKRHhuj6W9TAn7BU_exiBg_Lzd54ksG74BbJQrLGYRYpaekCVd7VWrOjw/s320/WorldAIDS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545657833220325026" /></a><br /><br /><strong>World AIDS Day 2010</strong><br />Every December 1st we focus on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. We emphasize keeping educated, being safe, getting tested, being compassionate, being supportive and ending HIV/AIDS.<br />It's a good time to reach out to those you love who live with HIV/AIDS. For me there are many. I love you all.<br />It's a good time to remember all those who have died. For me there are so, so many who left here with a little piece of my heart. I can never forget you. (Lee, I'm wearing your shirt today guy.)<br />It's a good day to realize that AIDS is not a one day a year deal. People are struggling to afford the AIDS medications they need right here in the good ole USA. People are still dying of HIV/AIDS in 2010, right here in America. In Africa and other places in the world HIV/AIDS is simply devastating the population. <br />So, today again it's important to recommit, research, reach out, represent, recognize and remember that-<br />It is not cured. It is not over.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-42291879283358050242010-11-23T15:23:00.000-06:002010-11-23T15:24:56.747-06:00Rev. James Meeks for Mayor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKSf_PmNwuZzvqrPY5dzOKAm1iApFQSSA6-a1hgjYXa2eRl7vm2Ph0GeJJyjxEO_E7vNoGz1TXv3630uWOi37cN_xAop4RkzXJIa1oWpZgqACn8Q-Gm_5oAJx-Cd5sw5TMm_L/s1600/MEEKS-large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKSf_PmNwuZzvqrPY5dzOKAm1iApFQSSA6-a1hgjYXa2eRl7vm2Ph0GeJJyjxEO_E7vNoGz1TXv3630uWOi37cN_xAop4RkzXJIa1oWpZgqACn8Q-Gm_5oAJx-Cd5sw5TMm_L/s320/MEEKS-large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542821982494942434" /></a><br />For the first time in decades, Chicago will soon have a new mayor. Mayor Richard J. Daley is passing on the keys to city hall and the contest for the keys is getting heated up. <br />Former Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmauel came home from Washington D.C. because he wants the keys. Congressman Danny Davis, who I worked with back in the day, wants it. Miguel del Valle is the Hispanic hopeful, Former senator and ambassador Carol Mosely Braun returned to the political scene and is going for it. And lastly, Rev./State Senator James Meeks really wants to be mayor of Chicago.<br /><br />I have listened closely to all of them on various radio/TV interviews. All speaking on what they have to offer a big city like Chitown. The overriding theme I heard was bringing us all together. Serving all the people of this multicutural city was the prevailing theme. They all seem sincere, except for one, the Rev. James Meeks. Oh, he makes the same claim as the others. He even has had t-shirts printed with a mayoral campaign slogan, <strong>"People first."</strong> But, the good Rev. does not consider everyone "people." <br />Rev. Meeks is totally, completely and unabashedly anti-gay. This man who seeks to be mayor of a city with a huge GLBT population is a raging homophobic. RAGING! <br /><br />As Chicago's second ever Black mayor, a homophobe like James Meeks <br />would be a far cry from Harold Washington, who was responsible for Chicago's Human Rights Ordinance. Rep. Greg Harris told FOX Chicago, "He (Meeks)opposes even the most basic forms of equality and civil rights, we would be very alarmed if he were to become mayor." <br />Senator Meeks actively campaigned to defeat SB3186, an Illinois LGBT non-discrimination bill, while serving in the Illinois state legislature. He was the <em>only</em> African American in the Illinois Senate and House to vote against the bill. <br /> <br />Rev. Meeks, mega-church pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago, calls homosexuality "an evil sickness" and was named one of the "leading black religious voices in the anti-gay movement" by the civil rights law firm, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Meeks has consistently worked with anti-gay conservative groups including the Americans for Truth, a Naperville, IL organization which the SPLC labeled as a hate group. <br /><br />FOX Chicago TV asked mayoral candidate Meeks if his anti-gay views would impact any decisions he would make if elected mayor. His unbelievable answer is the following: <br /><br /><blockquote>"Now, if I were sitting around bored with nothing to do, that stuff might come up," Meeks told FOX Chicago. "But I expect to be so busy with schools, crime and budget problems during my first term that I wouldn't have any time."</blockquote><br /><br />It's one thing to be against gay marriage or to be not accepting of the so-called gay "lifestyle" but it's another to actively aggressively try to hurt people, stand in opposition to the protection of citizens and to dismiss some people as unimportant. Perhaps Rev. Meeks is unaware that the LGBT community is effected by and often differently effected by school, crime, housing, and economic issues. Perhaps he doesn't think he needs the votes from the community he dismisses. Perhaps he is unaware that his hate filled antiquated views will lose him support from more citizens than just the gay folk.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-36240199210491938252010-11-23T04:54:00.005-06:002010-11-23T05:17:08.311-06:00Happy Anniversary, Alex!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgPOBLdMoSpeBSFoukevJWYM8nOlVJn7na74Fs9azOWeVs_k_gFp0nAaAJXKOT9GxTZFmrVGWMBKtWQ-SMIz8pAlN5SEwEww5_L6WCqm7wDmai1OXFOj5kK3xL14ubL7JVlfo/s1600/bw+handrest.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgPOBLdMoSpeBSFoukevJWYM8nOlVJn7na74Fs9azOWeVs_k_gFp0nAaAJXKOT9GxTZFmrVGWMBKtWQ-SMIz8pAlN5SEwEww5_L6WCqm7wDmai1OXFOj5kK3xL14ubL7JVlfo/s320/bw+handrest.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542701479702788834" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wishing a Happy Blogaversary to my friend Alexandra Billings for writing her funny, heartfelt, and socially relevant blog, <br /><a href="http://abillings.livejournal.com/565603.html">Stillettos and Sneakers</a>. <br />Seven years and counting of making us laugh and learn. <br />Thanks, Alex!Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-8088552562347152082010-11-22T00:00:00.009-06:002010-11-22T06:34:23.227-06:00Dr. Margaret Burroughs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoHT34TU_8mf_vs3mocOpqO3Y7zCzbOJmHZMVFvQsTEvw7nxZEH6JzzyjJsi5Axz2nwrINHaLCS7hnyanTF6VFuQfogx6PDrZcv1NmSyzvS5uG7VDGxok2xhy3J1FhFDSeAKX/s1600/dr+margaret+burroughs.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoHT34TU_8mf_vs3mocOpqO3Y7zCzbOJmHZMVFvQsTEvw7nxZEH6JzzyjJsi5Axz2nwrINHaLCS7hnyanTF6VFuQfogx6PDrZcv1NmSyzvS5uG7VDGxok2xhy3J1FhFDSeAKX/s320/dr+margaret+burroughs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542250736616526082" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZwwnH0sPHibrEDocWvvrUgN5PvPUJVCNjGCUzXpMWXTRgAcvHz7xKylpT-Eio-mA8hjyvTXb79eo_VQuAuXIvQ6QRCpQwdp-ggBLacRXUv69LvieQEz1rlL2imK5dTXBH_mj/s1600/Dusable+museum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZwwnH0sPHibrEDocWvvrUgN5PvPUJVCNjGCUzXpMWXTRgAcvHz7xKylpT-Eio-mA8hjyvTXb79eo_VQuAuXIvQ6QRCpQwdp-ggBLacRXUv69LvieQEz1rlL2imK5dTXBH_mj/s320/Dusable+museum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542250412468038690" /></a><br /><br /><br />The 93-year-old founder of America's foremost museum of African American history has died in her Chicago home, surrounded by her family.<br /><br />Margaret Burroughs, an artist, art historian, teacher (she taught art at Dusable high for 20 years) and longtime Chicago Park District commissioner, co-founded with her husband, the late Charles Burroughs, the nationally recognized DuSable Museum of African American History in the living room of their South Side home almost 50 years ago. She served as the museum's executive director for a decade, until it was relocated to Washington Park.<br /><br />Today, the museum is an internationally recognized resource for African American art and stands as both the oldest and largest collection of African American cultural artifacts in the country housing a permanent collection of more than fity thousand artifacts, artworks and books. DuSable Museum also hosts various educational programs and is one of the only independent institutions of its kind in the country. <br /><br />Mrs. Burroughs helped shape some of Chicago's most lasting institutions including the South Side Community Art Center started by twenty-two year old Burroughs and several artists and art supporters. This community organization served as a gallery and workshop studio for artists and students. Burroughs continued to serve on the board of the Center, which remains active more than sixty years after its formation. <br /><br />In addition to her work with the museum, Burroughs wrote children's books, poetry, and created sculpture and paintings. She was most well-known as a printmaker who created linoleum block images that featured images relevant to the African-American culture and experience.<br /><br />Mrs. Burroughs legacy reaches across the spectrum, and is a distinctive contribution to black culture. <br /><br /><blockquote>“Every individual wants to leave a legacy; to be remembered for something positive they have done for their community,” Mrs. Burroughs once told Ebony magazine. “Long after I’m dead and gone, the DuSable Museum will still be here.”</blockquote><br />Thank you Dr. Burroughs for creating, cherishing and preserving our art and history.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAInwlDWUW4-bMtZ6pgLVUm-CDtMnISPv0F0du43NNV2p7mGcc9iV6fMYh6q3DMb889gCpDQNhBihbePv_tS-Mhogefm1uSMPqTpGPh1vK_h-iLZErQgldEEBs9Qg2RZ2ocdF/s1600/dr+burroughs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAInwlDWUW4-bMtZ6pgLVUm-CDtMnISPv0F0du43NNV2p7mGcc9iV6fMYh6q3DMb889gCpDQNhBihbePv_tS-Mhogefm1uSMPqTpGPh1vK_h-iLZErQgldEEBs9Qg2RZ2ocdF/s320/dr+burroughs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542273806959936434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hV342qpptUDMjVXql4wjz_e94HlELFekntSHsmDDi1ELuMv1xY1lT_zvE92AoC0OlSwsA5avwQJT77FeP1ZBvHaCtBtSseTM8zocZFsw5T2N1k_mS4yovqK6_KUohwTM2ks5/s1600/m+burroughs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hV342qpptUDMjVXql4wjz_e94HlELFekntSHsmDDi1ELuMv1xY1lT_zvE92AoC0OlSwsA5avwQJT77FeP1ZBvHaCtBtSseTM8zocZFsw5T2N1k_mS4yovqK6_KUohwTM2ks5/s320/m+burroughs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542274140680427858" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkn0InVyQJHFGqFGTjq-YHUWyAOccYfmNG0guzPUUMtYYvcBye-OFfRdemoyHU9kTVPf7mznSA6anAf3SKrgYtpj7zT8aHmoEhtt3bKwTKLE3kqRaC3DBa3i86IM3C4wn-q3e/s1600/margaret%252Bburroughs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkn0InVyQJHFGqFGTjq-YHUWyAOccYfmNG0guzPUUMtYYvcBye-OFfRdemoyHU9kTVPf7mznSA6anAf3SKrgYtpj7zT8aHmoEhtt3bKwTKLE3kqRaC3DBa3i86IM3C4wn-q3e/s320/margaret%252Bburroughs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542274555795483570" /></a>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-53037261384540278132010-10-23T06:50:00.002-05:002010-10-23T06:59:56.584-05:00Message from the President<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzcAR6yQhF8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzcAR6yQhF8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />And, from the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zXBpW8GCDtY?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zXBpW8GCDtY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-86277640188953080222010-10-20T09:09:00.006-05:002010-10-23T07:51:31.884-05:00Very Important Information<span style="font-size:130%;">Chris</span>, over at <a href="http://chris-rantsraves.blogspot.com/2010/09/rantracism-is-alive-and-well.html#comments">Chris' Rants and Raves</a> has posted an article that put into words the attitude in America that may IMO doom us to never becoming the nation we should be. It's sad but true. Reading the words may help us who are disturbed by the last two years, at least see it all clearly. Woosh away the smoke and try as the the president seems to be able to do, remain optomistic.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-38521419418733935892010-10-12T16:47:00.007-05:002010-10-12T19:32:06.666-05:00A True Champion<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_nNcO_aOpaOyalAzvxl3-zFbzCUW0aIc4yFoy1sxJfB_uH61Nj1FUdoX89tquc7s2czzHAlG8rQ0Zi3R5MtGcKrKcgnPLgdXu9g-JoqKZmrt0k5Au-j3QJ9pLyst528O1cFf/s1600/SecretariatHC.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527279668044768818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_nNcO_aOpaOyalAzvxl3-zFbzCUW0aIc4yFoy1sxJfB_uH61Nj1FUdoX89tquc7s2czzHAlG8rQ0Zi3R5MtGcKrKcgnPLgdXu9g-JoqKZmrt0k5Au-j3QJ9pLyst528O1cFf/s320/SecretariatHC.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Secretariat</span>, a champion like no other. He was not only a beautiful red chestnut stallion with his distinctive white star and blaze and three white boots, but he was the greatest ever born. The new movie about this wonderful and amazing athlete brought back the love that America had for the young colt who won the Triple Crown in 1973. That's three long distance races in five weeks. It's a feat almost impossible for any horse.<br />Secretariat not only won all three races but set records still not touched by any other horse.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmsQK9h821VlHhGdzm9BPQE5T_wGW01Ht8eoLANySlYUX3zcD0OYbdEH-713pihxkjpnrBtrpcUe1oti85SDsjbaQCgj3xuPFLdqHkTq50frHjHpgAni60u6_Hl4L9_o_3_tp/s1600/Secretariat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527317961061084882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmsQK9h821VlHhGdzm9BPQE5T_wGW01Ht8eoLANySlYUX3zcD0OYbdEH-713pihxkjpnrBtrpcUe1oti85SDsjbaQCgj3xuPFLdqHkTq50frHjHpgAni60u6_Hl4L9_o_3_tp/s320/Secretariat.jpg" /></a><br /><br />His owner Mrs. Penny Tweedy said her colt's eyes were so expressive she knew he understood her words and that he was a big ham who loved racing, posing for pictures, and cheers from the crowd. In most of his races Secretariat kept everyone on edge by hanging back in last place then he'd fly past the other contenders. But, he could also position himself as a front runner and not run out of steam, as in the race below. He just left them all in the dust. Literally in the dust. <br />This is the last leg of his Triple Crown Championship, the Belmont Stakes. Watch it all, he is unbelivable. <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2KfxdjjvDE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k2KfxdjjvDE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />The new movie that tells the story of Secretariat and the woman who owned him, is a triumph in sport and spirit. I loved it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV8bYSaifzJ1blDidku9e6cMXEtp3uBcDKkF0424kN_zOvX4nOKcQ3az31PoMJnV6DfRc57mh4SQgmtnGKA-0m_zqj1jbs1i148O5yuvCZ4meIjptBqLUv3wsXFh1IT6kF2GH/s1600/Secretariat3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527318258886029330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV8bYSaifzJ1blDidku9e6cMXEtp3uBcDKkF0424kN_zOvX4nOKcQ3az31PoMJnV6DfRc57mh4SQgmtnGKA-0m_zqj1jbs1i148O5yuvCZ4meIjptBqLUv3wsXFh1IT6kF2GH/s320/Secretariat3.jpg" /></a>Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-13589259435610393002010-10-05T07:03:00.001-05:002010-10-05T07:03:48.317-05:00Living Proof<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1JtO3N7j9gc6Y-bMA0DE3LVR87vImRRFyt7S-91kVEC_dPeIgWj56Hs4d6HRqWse29NDwo718UmM8oYJ_HrjCE2AVi8cROamroJT-SlymDSuyO7GMeEvblN2OcX9Lg2-XcAR/s1600/alexandra+sings.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1JtO3N7j9gc6Y-bMA0DE3LVR87vImRRFyt7S-91kVEC_dPeIgWj56Hs4d6HRqWse29NDwo718UmM8oYJ_HrjCE2AVi8cROamroJT-SlymDSuyO7GMeEvblN2OcX9Lg2-XcAR/s320/alexandra+sings.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524530561442466786" /></a>There is nothing like living proof. My friend Alexandra Billings is proof to all gay and Transgender kids that death is not the answer. <a href="http://abillings.livejournal.com/561077.html">Alex </a>writes of her teenage inner torture and turmoil experienced when you know you are different, coupled with her teenage world screaming and demonstrating that that difference means you are not worthy to be treated like other humans. Alex has been through it all and she has survived it all. It is all worth it. Hang in there. You'll find love and support. And, like Alex, you'll have many many friends thanking the Lord that you didn't die.<br />I love you Alex.Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-40788647086118532532010-10-01T05:53:00.012-05:002010-10-01T07:28:31.407-05:00?Questions for Church Goers??There have been several teen suicides in the news lately. These deaths are high profile news because of the particularly hateful and public circumstances. But these suicides happen everyday. The suicide rate among gay, lesbian, bi, and Transgendered (GLBT) teens is alarmingly high. We all need to work not only to stop the bullying, attacking, and humiliating, but to give our kids a place to turn other than death.<br /><br />There is now a renewed call to action to let these kids know they are loved and supported regardless of those who taunt them and make them feel flawed and worthless. But, the taunting and making these kids feel unworthy of life is not limited to their classmates. Our society has to take responsibility for the hatred, ignorance and lack of support that leads these kids to such despair that they consider death as their only way out.<br />What part do you think the church plays in this tragic issue?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">20 questions to church goers</span></strong><br /></span>(Please feel free to answer in email, on my blog or facebook, some or all, individually or all together or just for yourself. But, PLEASE consider these questions.<br /><br />1. Could your church be an environment that could contribute to the suicide of a GLBT teen? (This question is revisited after you have answered the others.)<br /><br />2. What message to these children comes from your church's pulpit, and congregation?<br /><br />3. Young people are already struggling with growing up issues, how sensitive or insensitive is your church to gay and Transgender teens?<br /><br />4. What kind of support does your church offer them.<br /><br />5. Does it only condemn?<br /><br />6. Does it tell them they are not loved by God?<br /><br />7. Does your church tell them they displease God because of the way they are?<br /><br />8. Does your church insist or infer that there is something wrong with them?<br /><br />9. Does your church tell these children they must change to please God or that God made them and loves them the way they are?<br /><br />10. Even if your church believes children "choose" to be gay or Transgender, how sensitive to the child's feelings is your church?<br /><br />11. Does your church tell these children that their feelings are false? Sinful? Wicked?<br /><br />12. Are GLBT people embarrassed and humiliated and condemned in sermons at your church?<br /><br />13. Does your church support these children when it is obvious they will not change?<br /><br />14. Does your church have people that can talk to them without judgement?<br /><br />15. Does your church allow or encourage counseling that would help the child accept him/herself the way they are?<br /><br />16. When parents turn away from these kids, does your church offer support to the young people?<br /><br />17. Does your church standby supportive parents of GLBT children?<br /><br />18. Have you ever given thought to your church's effect on GLBT children and teens?<br /><br />19. Whenever an attacked, humiliated, embarrassed, internally tortured gay teen commits suicide, we cry out that it would have gotten better, they could have talked to someone! Does your church present God as a safe haven or another source of condemnation for that child?<br /><br />20. Now that you have answered these questions, could your church be an environment that could contribute to the suicide of a GLBT teen?Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.com3