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Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director
Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.
Lindsey, who was in declining health...Tags: Grammy Awards, Arts and Culture, Joe DiMaggio, Television Industry, Music Theater
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Dan Burke, former CEO of Capital Cities/ABC, dies at 82
Company TownDan Burke, one of the architects of the modern television industry and a former president and chief executive of Capital Cities/ABC, died Wednesday at 82, according to his family.... -
Betty Taylor dies at 91; Disneyland's Sluefoot Sue
Hired by Walt Disney in 1956, Betty Taylor spent three decades portraying the singing saloon hostess and onstage sweetheart of another character, Pecos Bill, at Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue.
Taylor died Saturday at a nursing home in Coupeville,...Tags: Dorothy Fields, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Arts and Culture, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal), Entertainment
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A chorus of friendship for all-female barbershop group
As the owner of a small business in Annapolis, Patti Platt always felt so frazzled and busy that she couldn't imagine taking even one night away to gain a little perspective.
Hers, she says, was a life out of sync — or, more aptly, a life out of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Severna Park, Human Interest, Music
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Talking jazz with Denise Donatelli: Singer traces her steps from Allentown to Grammy nomination
Lehigh Valley MusicWhen Denise Donatelli was growing up in South Whitehall Township in the 1950s and 1960s, her home was a rural enclave: surrounded by farmland divided by Route 309. Denise Donatelli It was there, with no other homes around and a......
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