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Corona del Mar Today: Hundreds remember ukulele player Bill Tapia at OASIS memorial party
About 250 people gathered at the OASIS Senior Center last week to remember famed ukulele player Bill Tapia in a celebration of his life that had originally been planned as his 104th birthday party. "This is his kind of party," said John McDonald of San...Tags: Music, Clark Gable, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Keith Miller
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Students learn through history
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterHenry Ford, Georgia O’Keefe, Shirley Temple and Cleopatra were among the eclectic historical figures who shared facts about themselves to an assemblage of parents and friends. The history makers were part of the inaugural “A Walk Through...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Henry Ford, Pocahontas, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Betty's Babblins: Hi-yo, silverscreen!
I love movies. Of course, we still have movies, but nothing like those in my growing up years. Remember the Saturday afternoon westerns? Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger and Tonto and Buck Jones were just a few that filled our...Tags: Gene Autry, Arts and Culture, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Popcorn
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Corona del Mar Today: Coda for OASIS center ukulele player
Ukulele player Bill Tapia, who was a regular participant in the OASIS Senior Center's ukulele club, died Friday in his Westminster home. He was 103 and died peacefully in his sleep, his website states. "With a career that spanned over 90 years, he was...Tags: Music, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Toy Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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Holiday season was time for social calls in 1911
100 Years Ago Paying a call From the Times' social column: "Miss Marie Wylie of Fairview has returned home after visiting Mrs. Estelle Bach of Walbrook. Mrs. Ella Tillman of Baltimore, visited her mother Mrs. Samuel Longfelter last week. Mr. and...Tags: Holidays, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Buck Jones, Tom Mix
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Bill Tapia dies at 103; virtuoso ukulele player
Bill Tapia, a virtuoso ukulele player from Hawaii who learned to strum the instrument at age 7, performed for U.S. troops during World War I and was still touring and teaching well after hitting the century mark, has died. He was 103.
Tapia died in his...Tags: Clark Gable, Music, Arts and Culture, Concerts, World War II (1939-1945)
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'Hunger Games' fans set up camp at L.A. Live
24 Frames"I feel like a zombie," Jennifer Lawrence said to a fellow cast mate, as she eyed a line of fans that swirled around the courtyard of the Nokia Theatre. On Sunday -- Lawrence's first day off in weeks -- the actress had made the trek to downtown Los... -
TCM Classic Film Fest: See home movies made by stars
24 FramesOn Saturday evening, the TCM Classic Film Festival will be screening a selection of Hollywood figures' home movies at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel – you can see Esther Williams teaching her children how to swim, Steve McQueen taking his two kids to... -
PASSINGS: Sybil Jason
Sybil Jason, 83, a former child actress signed by the Warner Brothers Studio to rival Twentieth Century Fox star Shirley Temple, died Aug. 23 at her home in Northridge, her family announced. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Born in Cape...Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., London Theatre, Humphrey Bogart, Al Jolson, COPD
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A great night out
It was not a special occasion, but it was a lack of pasta that drove my decision to eat out. The 50-pound boy, accompanied by his mom, was off for two-and-a-half hours of running in full gear into football tackling dummies, and their dad was working late...Tags: New York City, Butter, Restaurants, Starbucks Corp., Dunkin' Donuts
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OUR HEALTH: A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Sisters Farrah and Ava Davis know all the words to and regularly sing “Good Ship Lollipop,” made famous by Shirley Temple in the 1930’s, have many friends and fans who are senior citizens, and are very familiar...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Social Media, Arts and Culture, Long Term Care, Human Interest
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The grand castles of Mad King Ludwig
Touristic, glorious and romantic, some of Germany's best attractions are in Bavaria. My favorites are three of King Ludwig II's castles: stocky Hohenschwangau, his boyhood home; the nearby and fanciful Neuschwanstein, his dream escape; and Linderhof,...Tags: Europe, Crimes, Arts and Culture, Television, Germany
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