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Monte Hale dies at 89; cowboy actor helped found Autry museum in L.A.
Monte Hale, one of the last of Hollywood's celluloid "singing cowboys" and a founder of what is now the Autry National Center of the American West, has died. He was 89. Hale had been in failing health and died Sunday of age-related causes at his home...Tags: Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, Dining and Drinking, Movies, Marlon Brando
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Rimrock Ranch fuses urban design with the rugged high desert
Special to The TimesHERE IN the high desert north of Palm Springs, the tranquillity may be inspirational, but the elements can be harsh. Coping with 100-plus heat one month, flurries of snow in another can prove tough for residents in the cramped, wooden homes typical of the...Tags: Condos and Houses, Roy Rogers, Music Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Arts and Culture
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Eddy Arnold, 89; country music's all-time hit maker
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEddy Arnold, the most successful country hit maker of all time, who played a crucial role in transforming what had long been considered "hillbilly music" from a rural phenomenon into music with broad-based national appeal, died Thursday. He was 89, a week...Tags: Johnny Carson, Public Employees, Chet Atkins, Government, Bing Crosby
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Jimmie Rodgers: A voice that carried
Special to The TimesBear Family Records' remarkable new release, "Let Me Be Your Sidetrack: The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers," makes a persuasive argument that Rodgers is one of the most important figures in the history of country music. According to the liner notes for...Tags: Van Morrison, Family, Music Industry, Rock and Roll (genre), Bob Dylan
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Grandstand theater
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTAKE 500 truckloads of dirt. Add a few dozen snorting motorcycles, a bunch of 70-foot jumps, some booming pyrotechnics and 45,000 screaming fans, and you've got one of the fastest-growing motorsports in the country in all its deafening, live glory....Tags: Family, Motocross, Super Bowl, Satellite and Cable Service, Gaming
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Key: Yardage is front to back tees. Par is men's/women's. S -- Slope, using the highest rating for men/women. GF -- full weekday/weekend green fees. * -- cart included in green fee. W -- walking allowed. R -- driving range on site. Note: Green fees...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Rivers, Lakes and Ponds, Alcoholic Beverages, Sports
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Johnny Grant, 84; Hollywood's biggest promoter
Special to The TimesJohnny Grant, who visited Hollywood in 1943 as a star-struck serviceman and returned to carve out a niche first as a radio and television personality and then as its honorary mayor and foremost booster, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Grant appeared...Tags: Game Shows, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Holidays, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby
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Frank Bogert dies at 99; longtime mayor helped glamorize Palm Springs
Frank Bogert, the crusty ex-cowboy and longtime mayor of Palm Springs who helped turn the desert outpost into a glamorous destination for celebrities and tourists, died at his home Sunday after a brief hospitalization, according to city officials. He...Tags: Children, Shirley Temple, Sonny Bono, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Albert Einstein
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The once and future ranch
Times Staff WriterITS low-slung frame sprawled across plains and valleys of a more open landscape. The single-story footprint didn't boast, or point skyward like the self-assured colonial or Victorian. It offered a comfortable relationship with the climate and...Tags: Michael J. Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Aaron Copland, Sociology, Europe
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A nice spot in the desert to do nothing
Times Staff WriterThere's a contradiction built into how many of us travel — into the way I do, at least. My wife, Sara, and I typically schedule vacations when we're exhausted by our lives in Los Angeles. We head to new cities or countries — often places so...Tags: Roy Rogers, Hotels and Accommodations, Salads, Foods and Beverages, Gram Parsons
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Note Worthy in Carlsbad
Special To The TimesWhere do you want to go for your birthday weekend? asked my husband, Lauren. Carlsbad, I answered. You're kidding; we live here, he said. Yup, I said. And I never get to play tourist in my own town. I rarely walk on the beach or along the city's...Tags: Electronics, Children, Music Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Enrico Caruso
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'Seabiscuit' May Put Restaurant in the Money
Times Staff WriterIt's a steakhouse that celebrates horseflesh. And 65 years after a horse named Seabiscuit sent people racing to the Derby, a movie called "Seabiscuit" seems poised to do the same thing again. The venerable Arcadia restaurant was opened in 1938 by jockey...Tags: History, Drama (genre), Dining and Drinking, Dean Martin, Photography
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