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Which is worse, isolation or loneliness?
Los Angeles TimesHenry David Thoreau relished isolation but didn't feel lonely. Marilyn Monroe was a social butterfly but died lonely. Their separate fates — Thoreau dead of tuberculosis at 44, Monroe of suicide at 36 — can't tell us much scientifically, but...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Tuberculosis
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Home where Marilyn Monroe died is sold
The Brentwood home where iconic actress Marilyn Monroe died — listed at $3,595,000 — went into escrow within two weeks and has sold for $255,000 above its asking price.
Described as "sprawling and authentic," the 1929 hacienda sits behind...Tags: Alternative Energy, Edward Ruscha, Homes, Music, Cinema Industry
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Marilyn Monroe's former home in Brentwood is sold
The Brentwood home where iconic actress Marilyn Monroe died has sold above its asking price for $3.85 million. Listed in July at $3,595,000, it was in escrow within two weeks.
For the record: This version corrects the year that the film "Some Like It...Tags: Homes, Music, California, Entertainment, Brentwood (Los Angeles, California)
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Jeeve Ducornet puts Hollywood house on the market for $649,000
![Guitarist <b>Jean Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet </b>of the alt rock group Hypnogaja has listed his historic Hollywood house for $649,000.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-02/52001055-02175355.jpg "Guitarist <b>Jean Yves "Jeeve\" Ducornet </b>of the alt rock group Hypnogaja has listed his historic Hollywood house for $649,000.")
Guitarist Jean Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet of the alt rock group Hypnogaja has listed his historic Hollywood house for $649,000.
Originally two bedrooms and one bathroom, the remodeled bungalow now has a 380-square-foot recording studio in front that...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Recording Studios, Music Industry, Carlos Santana
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Where to stay when visiting Yosemite
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWith more than 4 million people visiting Yosemite National Park last year — and that number expected to increase this year — it's no wonder lodging inside the park is snatched up quickly. "We typically sell out during the summer season,"...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Commuting, Transportation, Golf
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Sophie Kurys dies at 87, star of women's professional baseball league
On a snowy April day in 1943, a high school sophomore from a working-class family in Flint, Mich., tried out for the major leagues. The big-city scouts were impressed and picked the lightning-quick teen on the spot — skirt and all. A month later,...
Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Baseball, World War II (1939-1945), Sports
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Homemade Peeps? These chicks rule
Maybe they slowly grew on me. Or maybe it was the sheer sugar rush — from testing close to 75 dozen chicks — but I’ll admit it. I’ve grown fond of Peeps. For most of us, an Easter basket simply isn’t complete without a...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Just Born, Inc., Marshmallows, Cinnamon
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Homemade 'peeps'? These chicks rule.
Los Angeles TimesMaybe they slowly grew on me. Or maybe it was the sheer sugar rush — from testing close to 75 dozen chicks — but I'll admit it. I've grown fond of Peeps. For most of us, an Easter basket simply isn't complete without a box of Peeps. The...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Just Born, Inc., Marshmallows, Ceremonies
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Old Hollywood lingers at Chez Jay
When piped-in music and a bar's history perfectly align, it makes for a sweet cocktail of synchronicity, a besotted wink from the intimate interior that makes all the drinkers lean into their liquor just a little bit more.
On a recent Sunday night, the...Tags: Warren Beatty, Frank Sinatra, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Matt Damon, Celebrities
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The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage
Sun ReporterOh, don't you remember, a long time ago When two little babes, their names I don't know Were stolen away one bright summer day And lost in the woods, I've heard people say --Traditional lullaby As a mother, she would sing it to her children. As a child,...Tags: Skitch Henderson, Strawberries, William Morris, Miss USA, Edgar Allan Poe
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Time for iconoclasm
The Baltimore SunI'm tempted to send a mash note to George Stanley, the managing editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who, Jim Romenesko tells us, has circulated a memo to the staff saying that they have been overusing iconic and it's time to stop. Bless his heart.... -
Barnaby Conrad Jr. dies at 90; bullfighter, artist, saloonkeeper founded Santa Barbara Writers Conference
When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi's in New York. "Did you hear about poor Barnaby?" Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. "He was terribly gored in Spain."...Tags: Obituaries, Literature, Frank Sinatra, Heart Disease, William Styron
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