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Back then, escape was just a bike ride away down a sandy path.
I could ride down the street, cut behind the Lains; place following the clearing where the utility lines ran through the pine trees, and in five minutes be at a sandy clearing, shielded by palmetto grass and scrub pines, with a view down to the lake. Not that my private spot was lacking in its share of risks.
Earlier that summer of my 12th year I had seen an episode of “That’s Incredible!” where John Davidson, with his beautiful green eyes, reported on how a teenager in Canada had spontaneously combusted while working outside on his parents’ farm. I stopped drinking from my Coca-Cola for a second, not believing what I was hearing. Sure enough, after looking up “spontaneous human combustion” in the family encyclopedia, I now had a new fear to add to my ever-growing list of things to cause worry.
Mike Henry, NFL Player and Actor, Dies at 84
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Mike Henry, a former NFL linebacker and actor known for playing Tarzan in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.
Henry died Jan. 8 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after many years of dealing with chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Parkinson’s disease brought on by the head injuries in the NFL and at the University of Southern California.
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He traded football for acting and went on to star in the Tarzan films of the 1960s and worked alongside Burt Reynolds in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies.
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Three bachelors on “The Dating Game” fought over Farrah in 1969! Host Jim Lange later revealed the fight was staged and the guys were stunt men!
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Three bachelors on “The Dating Game” fought over Farrah in 1969! Host Jim Lange later revealed the fight was staged and the guys were stunt men! Gee, Wally!
“Leave it to Beaver” was already off the air when Farrah arrived in Hollywood. She had small roles on the other shows during the 1969-70 TV season. Gee, Wally!
“Leave it to Beaver” was already off the air when Farrah arrived in Hollywood. She had small roles on the other shows during the 1969-70 TV season.
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The Six Million Dollar Man, one of his biggest claims to fame. But what did this bionic man do after the series ended?
Born as Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939, Tragedy struck Lee Majors’s life before he could even fully appreciate what he was losing. Both of his parents died, his father before he was even born and his mother when he was just a year old. As a result, his aunt and uncle in Kentucky adopted and raised him from a very young age. His upbringing proved full of athleticism and sports and he even earned a scholarship that allowed him to continue competing in university. Indeed, his
World stock markets slumped on Friday with the news that GPA CEO Paul Flynn is stepping down.
In the US meanwhile, a merry band of amateur investors have been running amok in Wall Street, causing $19 billion in losses for some short selling hedge funds by driving up the share prices of several mediocre companies that those hedge funds had bet would fall in value.
For years, Wall Street has run amok with the world, including bringing the world economy to the verge of collapse in 2008. The calls last week by Wall Street s professional gamblers for regulation of these amateur gamblers is like a bookie complaining a punter had a successful bet.