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Landmarks: 50 years into a star-studded career, Tom Dreesen holds tight to south suburban roots
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoTom Dreesen wasn’t long into his career as a comedian when he had the opportunity to meet one of his professional heroes. He and humorist Jack Benny, already long famous, appeared together on ...
Author Bill Zehme, whose subjects included Sinatra, Hugh Hefner, Leno and Andy Kaufman, is dead at...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoName a star or celebrity of the last 40 years and it’s likely that person was the subject of Bill Zehme’s keen mind and artful writing, in such magazines as Rolling Stone, Playboy, Vanity Fair ...
Borscht Belt comedian Freddie Roman dies at age 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. Roman died Saturday afternoon at...
Busy crooning almost every night, singer Tony Ocean may be the hardest working man in old-school...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDean Martin’s real name was Dino Paul Crocetti and he was born in Steubenville, a city in eastern Ohio. Tony Ocean, whose real name is Maurizio Carrara, was born outside of Chicago. Dean Martin ...