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19 September 2010, 05:01 PM
dandelion
Happy Birthday
Happy belated birthday to actress Maureen O'Hara, who turned 90 5 days before Ray did.

Mickey Rooney turns 90 in 4 days. 1920 was sure a great year!
20 September 2010, 08:52 AM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by Linnl:
...The episode "World Enough and Time" written by Michael Reaves & Marc Scott Zicree and directed by Marc Scott Zicree is dedicated with love to Ray Bradbury...


Marc was also present at Ray's 90th birthday party.


- Phil

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20 September 2010, 10:44 AM
jkt
September 20, 1948 – George R.R. Martin
September 21, 1866 – H.G. Wells
September 21, 1947 – Stephen King


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
30 September 2010, 01:18 PM
jkt
The Flintstones are 50 today.

"yabba dabba do" It had to be said.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
30 September 2010, 05:51 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
"yabba dabba do" It had to be said.

Is "yabba" a better word than "dabba"?

Remember when Tony Curtis played a character called Stony Curtis on The Flintstones?


"Live Forever!"
08 October 2010, 10:56 AM
jkt
John Lennon should have been 70 today.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
08 October 2010, 02:46 PM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
John Lennon should have been 70 today.


How he supposedly would have looked, if he had lived (and not changed his glasses for something more modern...):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...-John-Lennon-70.html


- Phil

Deputy Moderator | Visit my Bradbury website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk | Listen to my Bradbury 100 podcast: https://tinyurl.com/bradbury100pod
08 October 2010, 05:08 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
John Lennon should have been 70 today.

Yes, he should have.


"Live Forever!"
09 October 2010, 02:19 AM
dandelion
Happy 70th birthday John Lennon, wherever you are!
09 October 2010, 01:10 PM
philnic
He may be many places, but is at least immortalised in his home town:

http://www.johnlennon.talktalk.net/images/airport.gif


- Phil

Deputy Moderator | Visit my Bradbury website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk | Listen to my Bradbury 100 podcast: https://tinyurl.com/bradbury100pod
08 November 2010, 06:20 PM
Linnl
November 9th is the birthdate of science popularizer (and co-founder of THE PLANETARY SOCIETY) CARL SAGAN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lm6pEhykhs

Every reader and writer that we know of is also from that pale blue dot.
10 November 2010, 05:52 PM
Linnl
November 11th is the birthdate of artist and improvisational genius Jonathan Winters. Smiler
http://jonathanwinters.com/

and from the Dean Martin Roasts

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=...ee_c&feature=related

Also November 11th is the birthdate of artist and writer Kurt Vonnegut. Smiler
http://www.vonnegut.com/index.asp

Later this week The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library has a sneak peek opening.
http://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/
08 January 2011, 10:09 PM
jkt
Elvis would have been 76 years old today.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
15 January 2011, 05:58 PM
Linnl
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_pr...eates/1964/king.html

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_pr...king-acceptance.html
19 January 2011, 07:02 AM
fjp451
"Papa!"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_poe_mystery_visitor