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Blacklisted Actress Marsha Hunt Dead at 104
Parade via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMarsha Hunt died Wednesday, Sept. 7 of natural causes. Former Hollywood actress Marsha Hunt has died at age 104, according to The Hollywood Reporter....
Noreen Nash, Actress in ‘Giant’ and ‘The Southerner,’ Dies at 99
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNoreen Nash, a starlet of the 1940s and ’50s who appeared in such notable films as The Southerner,...
Looking back at The Barn, a bygone Wilmington jazz club where the greats came to play
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBack in the 1940s and '50s, jazz was among the most popular forms of American music, particularly...
Famed Cuban diva Juana Bacallao, who ruled the island's cabaret scene, dies at 98
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHAVANA — Juana Bacallao, a renowned Cuban singer and cabaret diva who still performed until...
Gloria Dea, 1st magician on Las Vegas Strip, dies at age 100
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the...
Former Quincy court clerk tells story of local policing through the decades
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoQUINCY − From responding to medical incidents with nothing but an over-the-counter first aid kit to...
Monroe County history includes several grocery stores
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt has been a few years since I first wrote about Gruber’s Supermarket, which was mainly in...
Dean Caswell, Austin veteran and WWII Marine flying ace, has died
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDean Caswell, one of the last Marine fighter pilot aces of World War II, died at his Austin home...
Black soldiers honored by name at Civil War battlefield
Army Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
The 32 greatest '50s actors
Total Film via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGrace Kelly poses in her iconic dress from Rear Window in a publicity still by Paramount. The Golden Age of Hollywood is called that for a reason. Some...