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Recalling ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, the Man Patsy Cline Came to KC to Honor Tribute Show for Country Music DJ Was Cline s Final Performance Share this story Published March 4th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Mildred Keith shot the famous last photograph of Patsy Cline. (Contributed | Keith family) Almost everybody knows the Patsy Cline-comes-to-Kansas City story. Fewer people know the “Cactus” Jack Call story. Cline died on March 5, 1963. She and three others, flying in a private plane, crashed in Tennessee on their way home to Nashville from Kansas City. Cline and several other country music stars had performed at three benefit concerts to assist the family of a popular disc jockey who had died from injuries sustained in a Jan. 24, 1963 car accident. ....
Winnipeg Free Press Posted: Average temperatures have returned, and all cold weather warnings have been lifted in Manitoba. Today is the 35th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. All seven crew members aboard the space shuttle were killed when it exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Adam Treusch, assignment editor What’s happening today A sketch of Peter Nygard during a bail hearing in Winnipeg on Jan. 19. (Tadens Mpwene / La Liberté files) Still seeking bail: Lawyers for Peter Nygard are expected to present a new plan for his potential release after the judge presiding over the bail hearing criticized the previous one. The U.S. is seeking to extradite the former fashion mogul for allegedly sexually abusing dozens of women and girls. The Canadian Press reports. ....