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Fake Volcanoes Fix Global Warming?
Fake Volcano Can Solve Climate Problems, Scientists Say (Source: FOX News)
There will be an unexpected sight high in the skies over the British county of Norfolk next month: a huge balloon attached to the ground by a giant hosepipe.
It isn't obvious,...Tags: Weather, Genetic Condition, Joe DiMaggio, Technology, Lee Strasberg
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Margaret Tante Burk dies at 93; host of Round Table West
Margaret Tante Burk, a businesswoman, publicist and book enthusiast who co-founded one of the country's largest literary lunch groups, died Oct. 6 in Los Angeles of natural causes, her son, Harry, said. She was 93.
For 30 years, until 2007, Burk ran...Tags: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Joint Ventures, Richard Paul Evans, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Maya Angelou
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Beryl Davis dies at 87; British-born singer became a star in America
Beryl Davis, a British-born singer who became a star in America performing with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 87.
The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to...Tags: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Vaughn Monroe, Entertainment, Dining and Drinking, World War II (1939-1945)
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Report: Zsa Zsa Gabor Recovering After Feeding Tube Complications
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- Zsa Zsa Gabor is recovering after being rushed to the hospital Wednesday for complications from a feeding tube, according to media reports. The actress will remain at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, after undergoing...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Diseases and Illnesses, High Blood Pressure, Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Jane Russell, Actress and Sex Symbol, Dies at 89
KTLA NewsSANTA MARIA -- Actress Jane Russell passed away at her home in Santa Maria Monday. Russell died of respiratory problems. She was 89 years old. The actress was best known for her films during the 1940s and 1950s. Russell who became a star with the...Tags: Entertainment, Sex, Howard Hughes, Marilyn Monroe, World War II (1939-1945)
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Jane Russell dies at 89; screen siren had sensational debut in 'The Outlaw'
Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film "The Outlaw" inspired producer Howard Hughes to challenge the power and strict morality of Hollywood's production code, died Monday at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. She was 89....Tags: Rentals, Bob Waterfield, Christianity, Music, Marilyn Monroe
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Joseph Jasgur dies at 89; photographer took pictures of Marilyn Monroe as a teenager
Joseph Jasgur, the photographer who shot pictures of Marilyn Monroe when she was just a 19-year-old brunet hoping to break into modeling, has died in an Orlando, Fla.-area nursing home. Jasgur had been ill for months. He died of natural causes Saturday,...Tags: Social Issues, Long Term Care, Photography, Ronald Reagan, Nursing
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Candidly glamorous
Times Staff WriterHe hung out with James Dean on the "Giant" set, shot Liz Taylor's first wedding and made love to Marilyn Monroe -- or so he told friends years later. During Hollywood's golden age, photographer Frank Worth saw its biggest stars as few mere mortals ever...Tags: Academy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Frank Sinatra, Hospitals and Clinics, James Cagney
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A seaside stronghold
Special to The TimesJACK LaLANNE was already famous by the time he visited Los Angeles in 1939. He'd set records by doing 1,000 push-ups without stopping, and had founded the first modern health club six years earlier in Berkeley. But he almost certainly wouldn't have ended...Tags: Entertainment, Bob Waterfield, Dining and Drinking, Johnny Carson, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Kemper Nomland Jr. dies at 90; L.A. architect built Case Study House No. 10
Kemper Nomland Jr., a Los Angeles architect who teamed with his father early in his career to design and build one of the homes in the landmark post-World War II Case Study House program, has died. he was 90.
Nomland died Friday of natural causes at an...Tags: Social Issues, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), World War II (1939-1945), Mount Washington, Obituaries
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Marylin Hudson dies at 76; book critic co-founded Round Table West
A book club with a Hollywood sheen, the monthly literary luncheon known as Round Table West, took root in 1977 at a ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel and grew into the largest such gathering in the nation.
Public relations executive Marylin Hudson was one...Tags: Wolfgang Puck, Clubs and Associations, Crime (genre), Maya Angelou, Newspaper and Magazine
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Take a walk among the stars -- dead and alive -- at Universal Studios
Sentinel Staff WriterSeveral months ago, I was at Universal Studios and thought, "One day I'm going to be bored enough to come out here and survey the stars in the sidewalk." That day was yesterday, when I went to the Hollywood area of the theme park and took stock. There...Tags: Dorothy Lamour, Lucille Ball, Burt Reynolds, Ron Howard, Gregory Peck
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