Mike Wallace
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Mike Wallace: A Life
Born on May 9, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Mike Wallace was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. During his career, which spanned over sixty years, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.
Mike Wallace died on April 8, 2012 in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he resided.
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A Quiet Evening – Thomas Kinkade Thirstystone Coasters
Born on January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California.
Thomas Kinkade was an American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterized himself as “Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light”, a phrase he protected through trademark but one originally attributed to the English master J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851). He also claimed to be “America’s most-collected living artist”.
Thomas Kinkade died on April 6, 2012 of natural causes while at home in Monte Sereno, California. He was 54 years old.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Born on March 26, 1932 in Macon, Georgia.
Luke Askew was an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider.
Luke Askew died on March 29, 2012 (aged 80) in Portland, Oregon.
Neil Travis
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Premonition (Widescreen Edition)
Born on October 12, 1936 in Los Angeles, California.
Neil Travis was an American film and television editor with about 28 feature film credits from 1970–2007. He is likely best known for editing the television miniseries Roots (1977) and the feature film Dances with Wolves (1990).
Neil Travis died on March 28, 2012 in Arroyo Grande, California.
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The Essential Earl Scruggs
Born on January 6, 1924 near Shelby, North Carolina.
Earl Scruggs was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called “Scruggs style”) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group, the Blue Grass Boys.
Scruggs died from natural causes on the morning of March 28, 2012, in a Nashville hospital, aged 88.
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Dead Man’s Shoes [HD]
Born on November 2, 1919 in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
Warren Stevens was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Stevens died on March 27, 2012, from complications of lung disease in his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California.
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All The Time In The World
Eric Lowen was a part of the Lowen & Navarro songwriting team who met in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. They wrote the song “We Belong,” which became a major hit for Pat Benatar in 1984. They became active as a performing group in 1987. In 1990, they began to release a number of records of their own, including “Learning To Fall” and “Purpose”.
Eric Lowen died of complications of ALS on March 23, 2012, aged 60.
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Revenge of the Stepford Wives [VHS]
Born on September 30, 1927 in London.
Robert Fuest was an English film director, screenwriter, and production designer who has worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres.
Fuest died on March 21, 2012 (aged 84).
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Red Bull Energy Drink, 8.4-Ounce Cans, 4-Count (Pack of 6)
Born on August 17, 1923 in Phichit, Thailand.
Chaleo Yoovidhya was a Thai businessman and co-creator of the energy drink Red Bull. At the time of his death, Yoovidhya was listed as the third-richest person in Thailand with an estimated net worth of $5 billion.
Chaleo died on March 17, 2012 at the age of 88 in Bangkok. His death was attributed to natural causes.
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Very Best Of Doobie Brothers
Born on October 17, 1946 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Michael Hossack was a drummer for the band The Doobie Brothers.
Hossack died on March 12, 2012, at his home in Dubois, Wyoming due to cancer.
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