by Jim Heath | May 14, 2019 | Entertainment, Headlines
Tim Conway, who made generations of Americans laugh on TV shows such as “McHale’s Navy” and “The Carol Burnett Show,” died this morning. He was 85. Conway won multiple Emmy Awards, most recently in 2008 for his role as a guest star on the...
by Jim Heath | Apr 6, 2019 | Book Excerpts, Headlines, History
Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 97. Hollings, whose long and colorful political career included...
by Jim Heath | Mar 4, 2019 | Entertainment, Headlines
Luke Perry, the actor who rose to prominence as a brash teen heartthrob on Beverly Hills, 90210 before growing into an authority figure in recent years on Riverdale, died on Monday after suffering a massive stroke. The Beverly Hills 90210 star had been rushed to a...
by Jim Heath | Feb 7, 2019 | Congress, Headlines
John D. Dingell Jr., a Michigan Democrat who, as the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history, used his considerable power in the House of Representatives to uncover government fraud and defend the interests of his home state’s automobile industry, died Feb....
by Jim Heath | Dec 18, 2018 | Entertainment
Penny Marshall, who starred in the hit 70’s ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley” and then became a successful director, has died to complications from diabetes. “Laverne & Shirley” ran from 1976-1983 and proved an enormous success for ABC. “Schlemiel!...
