to stay off the stage. armstrong couldn t do it. [band playing the saints go marching in] narrator: in july of 1970, george wein staged a celebration at newport for armstrong s 70th birthday. many of the musicians with whom he had played over the years had come back to be with him. wein: he was ill for a couple of years, and. and he was quite frail. the doctor didn t want him to play, but he allowed him to come to newport. it s this.re-energizing when the opportunity for him to do what he wanted to do and to know that he was out there reaching people. and he put everything he had into that evening. narrator: wein wanted to save armstrong s strength, and suggested he simply walk onstage unannounced, rather than sing his theme song. armstrong, weak as he was, wouldn t hear of it. giddins: it was very important for an entertainer to have a theme song, because only the really great ones had songs that instantly meant them. so louis armstrong had a sentimental southern tune sleep
yorba linda california stephen hess talks about the relationship between nixon and his onetime adviser, daniel patrick moynihan. this is a little under an hour. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. my name is jonathan and i am the professor of communications. welcome to the presidential library on the occasion of the presidents 100 september day. before we start am i just want to say that today s a free admission day. so i encourage you to visit the white house right across the way. take that in visit the galleries to learn about this topic and more about the president of the united states. stephen hess is our nixon legacy lecturer today. he joined president nixon for his 1962 california gubernatorial debate. it was somewhat of a political odd couple because you had moynahan coupled with president nixon, obviously a republican. but the two of them were very loyal friends and they made their relationship work. mr. stephen hess new one of the few people that he was close
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