Natalie Wood
This Day in History: Nov. 29
In 2001, former Beatles guitarist, singer and songwriter George Harrison died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58.
1832: Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women,” was born in Germantown, Pa.
1890: At West Point, N.Y., the first Army-Navy football game was played.
1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels, Belgium, before he could complete his final opera, “Turandot.”
1961: A chimpanzee named Enos was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited the Earth twice before returning.
1981: Actress...
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This Day in History: Nov. 29
In 2001, former Beatles guitarist, singer and songwriter George Harrison died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58.
1832: Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women,” was born in Germantown, Pa.
1890: At West Point, N.Y., the first...
This Week in History: Nov. 27-Dec. 3: Baltimore Harbor Tunnel opened
On Nov. 30, 1957, Baltimore's Harbor Tunnel opened. Pictured above are construction workers in the tunnel in 1956. (Baltimore Sun files)
Nov. 27, 1867: The Knights of Pythias formed in Baltimore.
Nov. 27, 1924: Macy's first...
Hearing the voice behind 'West Side Story'
UPDATE: This just in on June 13, 2013: Marni Nixon has had to cancel her scheduled appearance with the Baltimore Symphony this week due to what a press release from the orchestra describes as "a sudden temporary illness." Read more on the Artsmash blog.
Detectives vie to re-interview husband in Natalie Wood death
Detectives want to re-interview Robert Wagner, the 87-year-old widower of
Natalie Wood
, as new details emerge that could lead authorities to solve the mystery of the actress's death nearly four decades later.
Wood, who starred in "West Side...
Renewed Natalie Wood death investigation may be nearing end
Detectives hope the renewed interest in the mysterious 1981 drowning death of actress
Natalie Wood
will bring forward new witnesses who provide the information needed to determine if the case was a crime or tragic accident. If not, it may be the...
New twists in probe of Natalie Wood's mysterious 1981 death
The mystery of the death of acclaimed actress
Natalie Wood
has endured for nearly four decades as the investigation has ebbed and flowed like the tides off a California island where her body was found floating on Thanksgiving weekend 1981.
...
Natalie Wood's suspicious death: 'We're closer to understanding exactly what happened,' L.A. County sheriff's investigator says
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators say they’re closer to understanding exactly how actress Natalie Wood died while boating off Catalina Island nearly four decades ago, but say they would still like to hear from her husband, Robert Wagner.
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New witnesses emerge in actress Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning
New witnesses have emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress
Natalie Wood
, prompting investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, a "person of interest," Los Angeles sheriff's officials...
Natalie Wood's drowning now considered a 'suspicious death'
New witnesses have emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress
Natalie Wood
, prompting investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, a "person of interest," Los Angeles sheriff's officials...
Natalie Wood's drowning now considered a 'suspicious death'
New witnesses emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress Natalie Wood, which has prompted investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and to name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, as a "person of interest" in the case, Los Angeles...
Detective's comments ignite new interest in Natalie Wood's mysterious drowning
The mysterious death of Natalie Wood off Catalina Island has sparked more than three decades of speculation about whether it was an accident or murder.
The 43-year-old star of “West Side Story,” who couldn’t swim, was boating off the island during...
Maureen O'Hara, spirited movie star, dies at 95
Maureen O'Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim "How Green Was My Valley" to the uplifting "Miracle on 34th Street" and bantered unforgettably with John Wayne in several films has died. She was 95.
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Martin Milner, star of 'Adam-12,' 'Route 66,' dies at 83
Martin Milner, who starred on TV on "Adam-12" with Kent McCord and, earlier, on "Route 66" with George Maharis, died Sunday night, Diana Downing, a representative for his fan page, confirmed. He was 83.
Milner was also known for his roles as a jazz...
The Wednesday wrap-up: Jennifer Aniston ... strapless gowns ... Jane Fonda ... Natalie Wood
"SOMETIMES I have trouble catching my breath. Maybe when God breathed life into all of us, he didn't breathe enough into me."
That's Natalie Wood, in "This Property is Condemned," uttering a very Tennessee Williams-like line, to Robert Redford. In...
Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods'
Twenty-seven years after it first premiered on Broadway, composer Stephen Sondheim and librettist James Lapine's subversive, fairy-tale-based musical "Into the Woods" comes to the screen Dec. 25 under the direction of "Chicago's" Rob Marshall and with a...
Jack Benny was the everyman with uncanny timing
Bob Hope was the wisecracker. Milton Berle was a clown. George Burns and Gracie Allen were farceurs of domestic life. And Jack Benny was the "Everyman" comedian.
For nearly half-a-century, Benny kept audiences in stitches with his alter-ego of a vain...