Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Happy # 87 Ali MacGraw


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Happy birthday to Ali MacGraw, who was born in New York on this day in 1939.    

We remember her for 3 movies:  "Love Story" (1970), "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969) and "The Getaway" (1972).   

She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1970's.


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We remember Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)


We remember Debbie Reynolds who was born in El Paso, Texas, on this day in 1932.  She died in 2016.

Over the years, I saw Debbie in various movies like “Singin’ in the Rain,” & “The Tender Trap".    She was nominated for an Academy-Award for playing the title role in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” 

I also recall hearing that song "Tammy" often on oldies radio.     It was from the Tammy series of movies, such as "Tammy and the Bachelor".

Just a couple of months, "The singing nun" was on TV.   It reminded me of younger days when we used to take our sister to the movies.

RIP Debbie Reynolds.    She had quite a career.

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We remember Rusty Staub (1944-2018)

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We remember Rusty Staub who was born in New Orleans on this day in 1944.   He died in 2018.

Rusty broke with the Astros in 1963 and moved to the Expos in 1969.   He also played with the Mets, Tigers and one season with the Rangers.   

Staub retired with a .279 career average, 2,716 hits, 292 HR & 1,466 RBI in 2,951 games.   


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1984: Marvin Gaye was killed in LA


Marvin Gaye caught my attention when he recorded those great duets with the late Tammi Tarrell.  

A few years later, he recorded "I heard it through the grapevine" and his career  took off to historic levels.

It does not seem possible but Marvin Gaye was killed on this day in 1984.

It happened in Los Angeles and he was just 44.  Very sad!


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The Cubans: The music of Ernesto Lecuona & others with Fernando Hernandez, author

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Guest:  Fernando Hernandez, author of "The Cubans".  We will review the career of Ernesto Lecuona, one of the greatest composers of the Spanish speaking world, plus Moises Simons, Rene Touzet among others.....

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Listen to "The Cubans: The music of Ernesto Lecuona & others" on Spreaker.


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