Obituaries
Donald O’Connor, the breezy song-and-dance comedian who created movie magic with his spirited rendition of “Make ‘em Laugh” in the Hollywood musical “Singin’ in the Rain” and also played lovable straight man to a talking mule named Francis, died Saturday.
Sept. 28, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
Show business was always a family business for Donald O’Connor. Now it says so on the door.
March 3, 1989
There’s a new theater in Studio City--or rather an old theater newly reborn.
March 10, 1989
Movies
Last September at the sold-out 50th anniversary screening of what’s considered the greatest movie musical -- “Singin’ in the Rain” -- the crowd at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater cheered and applauded during Gene Kelly’s romantic number set to the title tune.
Sept. 29, 2003
California
Three days before Mayor Maureen O’Connor is scheduled to leave on a trip to the Soviet Union, McDonald’s restaurants magnate Joan Kroc bid her bon voyage by agreeing to donate $1 million to help finance the mayor’s planned Soviet Arts festival.
June 22, 1988
Prompted in part by a charge of conflict of interest, a San Diego City Council committee voted Wednesday to scrutinize how a local company obtained the food service contract for the waterfront convention center, apparently without offering the city the highest returns.
Feb. 18, 1988
Mayor Maureen O’Connor and a party of city officials and cultural leaders left for the Soviet Union on Friday to try to persuade Soviet officials to take part in an arts festival in San Diego in 1990.
June 25, 1988
Sidney Miller, 87, an actor, director and songwriter known for his touch with comedy and work with Donald O’Connor, died Jan. 10 in Los Angeles after a two-year bout with Parkinson’s disease.
Jan. 17, 2004
The Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities donated nearly $382,000 to Mayor Maureen O’Connor on Saturday to underwrite much of the children’s programs slated for the upcoming Soviet arts festival in San Diego.
Feb. 5, 1989