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 JEREMY SLATE (GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS) BORN  February 17, 1926 - November 19, 2006   He was briefly married to the actress Tammy Grimes(1966-1967) and was stepfather to actress Amanda Plummer during this time.   He became known as one of the more talented members of the 60's beach boy set and costarred with Ron Ely in the 1960-1961 Ivan Tors series The Aquanauts, which was renamed Malibu Run half-way during its brief run on CBS. The series could not compete successfully in the same time slot as NBC durable Western Wagon Train. He guest starred in nearly 100 television shows and appeared in 20 feature films.  He died in Los Angeles, California, following surgery for cancer. 

 GARY LOCKWOOD(IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR)  born February 21, 1937.        Between 1959 and 2004, Gary Lockwood gained roles in some forty theatrical features and made-for-TV movies and eighty TV guest appearances, including the CBS 1975 family drama Three for the Road and Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen, in which he appeared many times as a villain.

He is father of the actress Samantha Lockwood. Both currently live in Los Angeles.

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Alejandro Rey (FUN IN ACAPULCO) (February 8, 1930 – May 21, 1987)    His best known role was that of casino owner and playboy Carlos Ramirez in The Flying Nun (1967-1970). After the cancellation of The Flying Nun, Rey remained busy, playing the role of Karl Duval on Days of Our Lives from 1976 to 1977. Rey was also a frequent panelist on the game shows Tattletales andMatch Game. He appeared as part of an ensemble cast in William Peter Blatty's 1978 film, The Ninth Configuration. In 1986, played Captain Luis Rueda in Dallas. Rey remained busy until his death from lung cancer on May 21, 1987. He is interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

JACK ALBERTSON (KISSING COUSINS) June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981  Television  saw much of Albertson's talent. He appeared in dozens of series, such as Hey, Jeannie! with Jeannie Carson, and recurring roles in Dean Jones's NBC series Ensign O'Toole from 1962–1963 and Jack Sheldon's short-lived Run, Buddy, Run on CBS in 1966. He starred in Chico and the Man, for which Albertson won an Emmy, making him one of the few entertainers to win the triple crown of visual entertainment (a Tony, an Oscar, and an Emmy). He guest starred in such series as NBC's Happy starring Ronnie Burns, the syndicated State Trooper starring Rod Cameron, ABC'sBus Stop, which aired in the 1961–1962 season and on CBS's Glynis sitcom/drama combination, starring Glynis Johns and Keith Andes, which aired for thirteen weeks in the fall .  He resided for years in West Hollywood, California. In 1978, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, but kept this information private and continued to act. Two of his last roles were in the television movies, My Body, My Child (1982) and Grandpa, Will You Run With Me? (1983), both filmed in 1980 several months before his death, both of which were released posthumously.

Albertson died on 25 November 1981, aged 74, after a three-year illness.

WILLIAM DEMAREST (VIVA LAS VEGAS),  February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983  His most famous TV role was in the ABC and then CBS sitcom My Three Sons from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley O'Casey. He replaced William Frawley, whose failing health had made procuring insurance impossible. Demarest died in Palm Springs, California and was interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. At the time of his death he was suffering from prostate cancer and pneumonia.

LEIF ERICKSON( ROUSTABOUT)  October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1986  Erickson appeared in films such as College Holiday (1937), Conquest (1937), Ride a Crooked Mile (1938), Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), The Snake Pit(1948), Fourteen Hours (1951), Invaders from Mars (1953), On the Waterfront (1954), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), Twilight for the Gods (1958), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Roustabout (1964) and The Carpetbaggers (1964).^[2]Erickson was married to actress Frances Farmer from 1936 until 1942. The same day his divorce from Farmer was finalized, June 12, 1942, he married actress Margaret Hayes – however, they divorced a month later. He married Ann Diamond in 1945. They had two children, William (Bill) Leif (1946) and Susan Irene (1950). His son Bill died in a car accident in 1971. Leif Erickson died from cancer inPensacola, Florida on January 29, 1986, aged 74.^[4]

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 JACK MULLANEY (TICKLE ME, SPINOUT)   BORN September 18, 1929 –  DIED June 27, 1982   He appeared regularly as Johnny Wallace, the bellhop, in CBS's The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961). In addition to Ann Sothern, his co-stars included Don Porter, Ann Tyrrell, Louis Nye, and Jesse White. He also portrayed Navy Lieutenant Rex St. John in NBC's Ensign O'Toole (1962–1963), starring Dean Jones. In the 1958 film South Pacific, based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit musical, he played a character affectionately known as the "Professor". He also appeared as murderer Bert Rockwood on episode #227 of Lee Marvin's M-SQUAD titled The Vanishing Lady which first aired 4/3/1959.

His death, due to  a stroke, occurred in Hollywood, June 27, 1982—he left no reported survivors.^[2]

HARRY MORGAN (FRANKIE & JOHNNY)  BORN April 10, 1915 –  DIED December 7, 2011    He was widely known for his roles as Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet(1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1984). Additionally, Morgan appeared in more than 100 films. 

Spouse	Eileen Detchon (m.1940–1985; her death) Barbara Bushman (m.1986–2011; his death)

He had four sons with his first wife: Christopher, Charles, Paul, and Daniel (who died in 1989).   

   Morgan died peacefully in his sleep at 3:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, California, on December 7, 2011, at the age of 96.  

CARL BETZ (SPINOUT)  BORN  March 9, 1921 –  DIED January 18, 1978    He was an American film and television actor. A native of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Betz participated in childhood theatricals and later worked in summer stock. He graduated from Mount Lebanon High School in 1939 and then served in the military. Following military service, he graduated from Carnegie Tech and made his Broadway debut in 1952. He appeared in the television soap Love of Life, but is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's TV husband Dr. Alex Stone from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Between 1967 and 1969, he played defense attorney Clinton Judd in Judd for the Defense, and won an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work. He died of lung cancer.

PAT HARRINGTON, JR (EASY COME EASY GO) BORN August 13, 1929.  He  is an American voice, stage, and television actor most popularly known for his role as building superintendent "Schneider" on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time. In 1985, after 30 years of marriage, Harrington divorced wife Marjorie Ann Gortner. He has four children and four grandchildren.

NORMAN ROSSINGTON ( DOUBLE TROUBLE)  BORN  December 24, 1928 –  DIED  May21, 1999.  He  was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game, the Carry On films andthe Beatles film A Hard Day's Night.

WILL HUTCHINS (CLAMBAKE)  BORN MAY 5, 1930 ,  he is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster in the Warner BrothersWestern television series Sugarfoot on ABC from 1957-1961.

 BORN August 2, 1915 – DIED March 5, 1990 ,  he was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances.  Merrill's first marriage, to Barbara Leeds in 1941, ended in divorce in 1950. He immediately married Bette Davis, his co-star from All About Eve, and adopted her daughter Barbara from a previous marriage. He and Davis adopted two more children, but divorced in 1960.  Merrill died of lung cancer at Falmouth, Maine and is buried there in the Pine Grove Cemetery. During his long residence in Falmouth, Merrill received some complaints from locals due to his habit of appearing in public wearing a caftan instead of a shirt and trousers.  

BILL BIXBY (CLAMBAKE AND SPEEDWAY)  BORN January 22, 1934 − DIED November 21, 1993.  He was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist. His career spanned over three decades; he appeared on stage, in motion pictures and TV series. He is known for his roles as Tim O'Hara on the CBS sitcom My Favorite Martian, Tom Corbett on the ABC comedy-drama series The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Dr. David Banner on the CBS drama series The Incredible Hulk.   

Bixby was married three times. His first marriage was to actress Brenda Benet. They were married on July 4, 1971. She gave birth to their son Christopher on September 25, 1974. They divorced 1980  On March 1, 1981, Bixby's six-year-old son Christopher died suddenly of a rare throat infection. His ex-wife Brenda Benet committed suicide on April 7, 1982.   In 1989, he met Laura Michaels, who had worked on the set of one of his Hulk movies. The couple married a year later in Hawaii. In early 1991, Bixby was diagnosed with prostate cancerand underwent treatment.^[6] He was divorced in the same year. In late 1992, friends introduced him to the artist Judith Kliban, ,  Bixby married Judith in late 1993.  Bixby's cancer recurred and was diagnosed as terminal. On November 21, 1993.

BURGESS MEREDITH (STAY AWAY JOE)  BORN November 16, 1907–  DIED September 9, 1997 was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. Active for more than six decades,^[4] Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor"^[5] who was "one of the most accomplished actors of the century."^[6] Meredith won several Emmys^[7] and was nominated for Academy Awards.^[7]      Meredith played The Penguin in the television series Batman. His role as the Penguin was so well-received that the show's writers always had a script featuring the Penguin ready whenever Meredith was available.  He played Rocky Balboa's trainer, Mickey Goldmill, in the first three Rocky films (1976, 1979 and 1982), to great acclaim.  Meredith died from complications of Alzheimer's disease and melanoma on September 9, 1997.

From Joe Petruccio

 

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Buddy Holly knew Elvis “quite well”

 

Buddy Holly knew Elvis "quite well"

 

Although a year younger, Buddy Holly got started in professional music before Elvis. Around 1951, when Buddy was 15 years old, he started jamming with another Lubbock musician, Jack Neal. The two put together a country and western act and played live entertainment Saturday morning for youngsters at Lubbock movie theaters. In September 1953, "The Buddy and Jack Show" made its debut on KDAV radio. On November 10 that year, a station DJ recorded an acetate of the duo singing and playing. It was just a few months after Elvis had walked into Sam Phillips's Memphis Recording Service to make an acetate of "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin."

 

Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly (far right with glasses) in Lubbock, June 3, 1955

Everything changed for Buddy when Elvis came to Lubbock five different times in 1955. "What is certain beyond any doubt," Amburn declared, "is that when Elvis Presley hit Lubbock in 1955, he transformed all the C&W pickers in Buddy's circle into rockers. 'Without Elvis,' Buddy once said, 'none of us could have made it.' Though rock 'n' roll had burst on the world of West Texas the previous year with Bill Haley's 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll,' it was Elvis who whispered freedom into the ears of embattled Baptist boys like Buddy and unleashed a new generation of rockabillies."

 

The extent of Buddy's personal relationship with Elvis in 1955 is unclear. "Buddy and Elvis got along pretty good," Larry claimed. "When Elvis came to town, Buddy found him a girl. She was not anyone you'd find on this side of town." As for Buddy, during his Australian tour in 1958, he told a DJ that he'd once known Elvis "quite well."

Back in Lubbock in 1955, though, Elvis was clearly Buddy Holly's idol. Buddy even made a leather guitar case for his J-45 that matched the one Elvis used to carry his Martin D-28. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget," Elvis's Sun record that topped Billboard's C&W chart in late 1955, was Buddy's favorite Presley song. Late in the year, Buddy and his band performed on "The Big D Jamboree," Dallas's Saturday night country and western radio show. Sid King, another musician on the show that night, described Buddy as "virtually a carbon copy of Elvis."

According to Amburn, in 1955 there was another Lubbock visitor who would play an important role in the careers of both Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. Colonel Tom Parker came to town looking for a talent to manage. Amburn says that both Elvis and Buddy "intrigued" the Colonel, who decided to focus on Elvis. He thought enough of Buddy, though, to recommend him to Nashville talent agent Eddie Crandall.

That led to Buddy's first big break in show business. When he and his band opened for Bill Haley and the Comets at Fair Park Coliseum in October 1955, Crandall was there to see Buddy. On December 2, Buddy signed an exclusive management contract with Crandall. That was less than two weeks after Elvis left Sun Records and signed a contract to record for RCA. Soon Crandall got Buddy a record deal with Decca.

As 1956 dawned, it looked like both singers's dreams of fame and fortune were about to come true. Both Elvis and Buddy had January dates in Nashville for their first recording sessions for their new labels. While 1956 would turn out to be a spectacular breakout year for Elvis, for Buddy it was a year of failure and exploitation that would test his resolve to make it as a professional entertainer. In RCA's Nashville studio on January 10, Elvis recorded "Heartbreak Hotel," which would reach the top of Billboard's pop chart in May, launching Presley's fabulous run through the end of the decade. Meanwhile, Buddy's Nashville Decca session on January 26 was a disaster that led to nowhere.

 

Death brought fame to Buddy Holly

Recognition as one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers, denied him in life, came to Buddy in many forms in death. In addition to being charter members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both Holly's and Presley's images appeared on U.S. Postal stamps in 1993. Buddy had five entries—"That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Rave On," "Peggy Sue," and "Everyday"—on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. (Elvis had 11 on the list.) "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue" are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of songs that shaped rock 'n' roll.

No Graceland exists for Buddy Holly pilgrims. His birthplace in Lubbock was demolished years ago, and in the 1990s, his family sold off their Buddy Holly keepsakes and memorabilia. In Lubbock there is the Buddy Holly Center, inside of which is The Buddy Holly Gallery, a permanent display featuring, according to the center's web site, "Artifacts owned by the City of Lubbock, as well as other items that are on loan." Included in the display are "Buddy Holly's Fender Stratocaster, a songbook used by Holly and the Crickets, clothing, photographs, recording contracts, tour itineraries, Holly's glasses, homework assignments, and report cards."

Just because

Just because

Words & Music: Bob & Joe Shelton/ Sid Robin   

  

Well, well, well,

Just because you think you're so pretty,
And just because your momma thinks you're hot,
Well, just because you think you've got something
That no other girl has got,
You've caused me to spend all my money.
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus.
Well, I'm telling you,
Baby, I'm through with you.
Because, well well, just because.

Well, well, well,
There'll come a time when you'll be lonesome
And there'll come a time when you'll be blue.
Well, there'll come a time when old Santa
He won't pay your bills for you.

You've caused me to lose all my women
And now, now you say we are through.
Well, I'm telling you
Baby, I was through with you
A long long time ago.

Well, just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're the hottest thing in
town
Well, just because you think you've got something
That nobody else has got,
You've caused me to spend all of my money.
Honey, you laughed and called me your old Santa Claus.
Well, I'm telling you I'm through with you
Because, well well, just because.

Recorded: 1954/09, first released on Elvis Presley

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