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Sitcom veteran Arlene Golonka, best known for portraying Millie Swanson in the 1968 to 1971 series Mayberry R.F.D., died Monday. She was 85.
Her niece, Stephanie Morton, said she had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and passed away in West Hollywood, according to Variety.
The Chicago native studied theater there until moving to New York City at age 19, where she would go on to land roles in shows including The Night Circus (her debut), Come Blow Your Horn, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and more. She also was a one-time roommate of the late Rhoda star Valerie Harper.
Details: Jbwai is a Cameroonian Afrobeat/Afropop recording artist based in Toronto, Canada. He is also a producer and song writer. He was born in Kumba in the South West Region of Cameroon where he attended primary and secondary school before moving to Yaounde for his university studies.
He later relocated to Buea because of language barrier at the University of Soa, and later moved to Toronto, Canada to further his education in Engineering.
His musical career began while in secondary school, though as a dancer. He later joined a band, though not as a main singer since he shied away from people. It was not until he traveled far away to Canada that music became his companion, and subsequently he found his passion and calling to do music as as profession.
Judi Lutz Woods
Fourteen members attended the 12th virtual meeting of the Club’s 2020-21 year. President Mary Croxton introduced Judi Lutz Woods, presenting her paper on Benjamin Franklin:
Although most of us are fairly well acquainted with Benjamin Franklin’s many contributions as a scientist, inventor, politician, statesman, ambassador, philanthropist, and businessman, few of us are aware he wrote some of the most memorable, hilarious, satire of the 18th century. He loved to “skewer the comfortable by making sport of their foibles.” He took satire and put a uniquely American twist on it, inspiring future American humorists, such as Garrison Keller and Mark Twain. Franklin’s form of humor was witty, folksy wisdom that included a generous portion of irreverence. Ben valued humor not as an end in itself, but as a means to gain a competitive edge, disseminate information, or promote a program. He made them laugh … but also made them think.
As one of ten children growing up in extreme poverty in Greensboro, NC, Mark Robinson has defied a lot of odds in life: an alcoholic and abusive father, foster-care stints, and an overwhelmed single mother.
After joining the Army Reserves right out of high school, he married and had two children. He took jobs making furniture, a profession that kept evaporating as each plant he worked for relocated to Mexico.
In 2018, he attended Greensboro’s city council meeting, and despite not owning a gun at the time, voiced his frustration over the town’s decision to ban a local gun show. He found himself giving an off-the-cuff, 4 minute, deeply impassioned speech defending the Second Amendment that ended up getting national attention.