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PASSINGS: Audrey Young, Mary Perry
Audrey Young, 89, who was a singer-actress in the 1940s and donated $5 million to the UCLA Hammer Museum in Westwood to create the Billy Wilder Theater in memory of her late husband, died June 1 in Los Angeles. A cause was not given. Her death was...Tags: Movies, Billy Wilder, The Apartment (movie), Bing Crosby, Entertainment
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The Hollywood Palladium is for sale
Pop & HissThe historic, Live Nation-leased concert venue was built by L.A. Times publisher Norman Chandler in 1940 and is now for sale, and could fetch a price as high as $60 million.... -
Leslie R. Cottrill
Leslie R. Cottrill, of Harbor Springs, died Dec. 5, 2011. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at the First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Pastor James Pollard and the Rev. Toby Jones will officiate. Interment will take place in...Tags: New York City, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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South Floridians remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was attacked
We asked Sun Sentinel readers to recall where they were that fateful Sunday, 70 years ago. These are some of the responses: On a sunny Sunday, six young men, including myself, all of us 19 to 21 years old, had chipped in 5 cents each to buy gas for a...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Movies, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, U.S. Navy
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100 Years Ago: Searching for a farm hand
100 Years Ago Hiring a farm guy In the classified section of the Times: "Wanted; To hire by the year a young and industrious Farm Hand, with small family. Good opening for permanent place and future. W.S. Powell, Times Office Ellicott City." Seems...Tags: Board of Directors, Sonja Henie, Reisterstown Road, Benny Goodman, Howard County
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Joe Morello dies at 82; jazz drummer for Dave Brubeck Quartet
![Joe Morello, the jazz drummer best known for his work with the influential Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five," has died. He was 82.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60102620-13201051-187105.jpg "Joe Morello, the jazz drummer best known for his work with the influential Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five,\" has died. He was 82.")
Joe Morello, the jazz drummer best known for his work with the influential Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five," has died. He was 82.
Morello died Saturday at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., said his wife,...Tags: New York, Music Industry, Human Interest, Benny Goodman, Max Weinberg Experience
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Big Band music at Pasquerilla
Daily American CorrespondentMusic from an era that is filled with history will be preformed at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Johnstown at 3 and 7:30 p.m. March 29. The show In The Mood, billed as a phenomenon among touring...Tags: Big Band (genre), Politics, Education, Frank Sinatra, Bill Clinton
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Charles H. Kaman, Helicopter Pioneer, Dies At 91
The Hartford CourantCharles H. Kaman, the brilliant helicopter pioneer who founded the company that bears his name at age 26 and later launched the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation and developed Ovation guitars, died Monday. Kaman, a longtime resident of Farmington, died...Tags: United Technologies Corporation, Invention and Innovation, Politics, Human Interest, Bill Clinton
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Charlie Callas dies at 83; zany, character-oriented comedian
Charlie Callas, the veteran comedian who punctuated his zany, character-oriented comedy routines with a bizarre array of facial expressions and sound effects, has died. He was 83.
Callas, a resident of Las Vegas, died Thursday evening of natural causes...Tags: Mel Brooks, New York, Robert Wagner, Celebrities and Health Issues, ABC (tv network)
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Big Band classics at Arcadia Theater
Daily American CorrespondentStep back in time with the music of your life, by attending the American Big Band production coming to the Arcadia Theater, 1418 Graham Ave., Windber, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Frank Cunsolo, the executive director and chairman of the board of directors,...Tags: Big Band (genre), Fine Arts, Billie Holiday, Jazz (genre), Entertainment
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Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: Jay-Z, Big Band (genre), Woody Guthrie, Bobby Darin, Dionne Warwick
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Perry Hall musician keeps Zim Zemarel's Big Band sound alive
It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks.
But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years.
And...Tags: Mel Torme, Big Band (genre), Perry Hall, Dining and Drinking, Benny Goodman
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