My #1 for August 7th
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Carl Switzer
BaltimoreBob — 15 years ago(August 05, 2010 08:26 AM)
2007: 8/7/2007:
Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aarons 755 Home Run record with # 756.
2008: 8/7/2008:
Pope John Paul II became Pope at the age of 58 years & 5 months in October 1978.
Today Baltimore Bob (March 7th 1950) is officially 58 year & 5 months old.
In October 1978 Baltimore Bob was 28.5 years old.
My #1 for August 7th is
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (Would have been 83 in 2010) 1927 - Died age 31
Born 7 August 1927 - Paris, Illinois, USA.
Date of death 21 January 1959 - Mission Hills, CA, USA. (homicide)
Birth name: Carl Dean Switzer
Trade mark: Off-key singing of popular (usually Bing Crosby) songs.
Artificially straightened cowlick. / Was Alfalfa in the 'Our Gang' comedies.
Died by gunshot wound by an acquaintance in an argument over
$50 which S2000witzer felt the acquaintance owed him.
The acquaintance pleaded self-defense, and the judge ruled the death 'justifiable homicide.
[Source: Information is taken from 'The Hollywood Death Book', James Robert Parish, 1992]
Alfalfa is buried at Hollywood memorial park (now Hollywood forever)
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles.
Numerous brushes with the law, two broken marriages, and grade-z film work
(when he could get it) all led up to his sudden, violent death in 1959, at age 31.
A similar fate befell his brother, actor Harold Switzer, who, nine years later,
killed his girlfriend and then, a few hours after that, himself.
His best friend in the Our Gang cast was Tommy Bond, who played his on-screen nemesis Butch.
Was a 'problem child' during his tenure in Our Gang.
Alfalfa was known for staging pranks on both the crew and his fellow child actors
(including his on-screen girlfriend Darla Hood, who in real life was apprehensive of Alfalfa).
1st movie role at age 8 in Beginner's Luck (1935) as Alfalfa & 1st time as Alfalfa.
Last movie role at age 31 in The Defiant Ones (1958) (as Carl Switzer) as Angus.Birthdays set for 2005
Francesca Ruth Eastwood (12) 1993
- Born: ?, California / Birth Name: Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood
- Nickname: Frannie / Height: 4' 10" (1.47 m) Baltimore Bob says Why so short ?.
- Daughter of Clint Eastwood and actress Frances Fisher
- On Christmas morning, 2001, Francesca and her mother, Frances Fisher,
- narrowly escaped a house fire that consumed their house. Francesca climbed out her
- bedroom window and leapt into the arms of her mother and a neighbor, and was treated
- at a hospital for smoke inhalation. Frances was also treated for burns on her hands.
- Francesca's father, Clint Eastwood, flew in to visit his daughter in the hospital and
- personally thanked her rescuers.
- 2008: Two movie roles: At age 6 in True Crime (1999) as Kate Everett,
- and at age 2 in The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) (as Francesca Ruth Eastwood) as Mary Day.
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Chris Wells (17) 1988
Born: Akron, Ohio / Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) / Weight: 237 lb (108 kg)
Birth Name: Chris Wells / Nickname: Beanie
High school: Akron Garfield HS, Akron, Ohio
College(s): Ohio State (2006present) / Buckeyes - No. 28 - Running back Junior
The starting junior running back for the Ohio State University football team.
He was a highly touted player out of high school.
He was often considered the best recruit out of Ohio and solidified that in the
Army All-American Bowl where he was named the Most Valuable Player, scored
three touchdowns and led the East team to a 27-16 victory under coach Ted Ginn, Sr.
2009: NFL Draft:
- Philadelphia: Chris Wells, RB, Ohio State, Junior
Wells has top-10 talent, but there are durability issues.
All those fourth-and-1's that Andy Reid's Eagles came up short on last season?
Wells gets those first downs. With two first-round picks(# 28), the Eagles have the luxury
of taking a running back - not particularly a position of need with this selection.
Baltimore Bob added Chris on Wednesday February 4th 2009.
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Kara Lipski (30) 1975
Born: Towson, Maryland / Figure skater.
Kara Lipski (1975) born exact same day as actress Charlize Theron (see below).
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Charlize Theron (30) 1975
- Born: Benoni, South Africa. / Nickname: Charlie
- Height: 5' 9" (1.77 m) - Same exact height as is Baltimore Bob.
- She grew up as the only child on a farm outside Benoni, South Africa, a little farming
- community outside Johannesburg, South Africa.Her mother, Gerda, is German,
- while her late father, Charles, was French (she was named after her him).
- When she was 15, her father attacked her mother, her mother shot her father in self-defense.
- Her father died, and her mother was not charged in the incident.
- First language is Afrikaans, English is spoken as her second language.
- She got an education as a ballet dancer and has danced
- both The Swan Lake and the Nutcracker Suite.
- There wasn't much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa,
- so she soon travelled to Europe & USA where she got job at the Joffrey Ballet in NY.
- Worked as a photo model but an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.
- At the age of 18 her mother made her go to LA to try a ca
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BaltimoreBob — 15 years ago(August 05, 2010 08:27 AM)
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Sam Dana (102) 1903 - Died age 104
Born: August 7th 1903
Played college ball at Columbia.
One of his teammates was the "Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig.
Dana played in five games for the New York Yankees during
the 1928 season, catching one touchdown pass.
He was the oldest living NFL player until his Death in October 2007.
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Dead Persons:
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (Would have been 78) 1927 - see #1 for today
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Ted Moore (I) (Would have been 91) 1914 Died age 72/73
Date of Birth 7 August 1914, South Africa & Date of Death 1987
He was the first South African to win an Academy Award.
Came to Great Britain in 1930 from South Africa.
Served in British Royal Air Force during WWII; served in the film unit for part of that time.
Both of South Africa's first Oscar winners (Charlize Theron as Best Actress in Monster)
and Ted Moore (South Africa's first ever Oscar winner) were born in Benoni, South Africa.
Won 1967 Oscar for Best Cinematography, Color for: A Man for All Seasons (1966).
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Ralph Bunche (Would have been 102) 1903 - Died age 67
Date of Birth August 7, 1903 - Detroit, Michigan.
Date of Death December 9, 1971 - New York, New York.
Birth Name: Ralph Johnson Bunche
He attended the University of California, Los Angeles
and graduated summa cum laude in 1927, again as the valedictorian of his class.
American political scientist and diplomat who received the
1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine.
He was the first person of color to be so honored in the history of the Prize.
He was involved in formation and administration of the United Nations.
Spouse: Ruth Harris (23 June 1930 - 9 December 1971) (his death) 3 children
One More River (1964) as Himself
aka A Report on the Mood of the South Nine Years After the Supreme Court
Ordered Integration with All Deliberate Speed (Canada: English title: subtitle).
In 1963, he received the Medal of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. (1950 & Baltimore Bob is born).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bunche
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Billie Burke (Would have been 121) 1884 Died age 83
Date of Birth 7 August 1884, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Date of Death 14 May 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)
Birth Name: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke / Height:5b4 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Billie Burke as a child toured the US and Europe with the circus because her father
was employed with them as a clown (before motion pictures and after the stage,
circuses were the biggest form of entertainment in the world).
One could say that Billie was bred for show business.
Her family ultimately settled in London, where she was fortunate to see plays
in the city's historic West End, and decided she wanted to be a stage actress.
At the age of 18 she made her stage debut and her career was off and running.
Spouse: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (11 April 1914 - 22 July 1932) (his death) 1 child
Daughter, with Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Patricia, born 1916.
1st movie role at age 32 in Peggy (1916) as Peggy Cameron.
Best known at age 55 as the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Lorraine Bridges dubbed her singing voice for the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939).
2/1950 movie roles at age 66: The Boy from Indiana (1950) as Zelda Bagley,
and Father of the Bride (1950) as Doris Dunstan.
Last movie role at age 76 in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate.
Release Date: 18 May 1960 (USA) & Baltimore Bob was 10 years old.
May 18th 1960 was exactly 36 years before the birth of Baltimore Bobs son on 5/18/1996.
Baltimore Bobs 1st brother was born on 8/9/1960 & his last brother on 8/24/1963.
Sergeant Rutledge portrayed111c by actor Woody Strode as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge.
Interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, USA.
Measurements: 35 1/2-28 3/4-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
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Death this Date:
Robert Stevens (I) - Died at age 68/69
Date of Birth 1920, New York City, New York, USA.
Date of Death 7 August 1989, Westport, Connecticut, USA.
(heart attack during a home invasion)
Of all the very talented and capable directors to work on the two Alfred Hitchcock
television series, Stevens was the only one ever honored with the Emmy Award.
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series (1955-1962)
Season 3, Episode 1: The Glass Eye - Original Air Date6 October 1957.
While cleaning out the apartment of his dead sister Julia, Jim Whitely comes
across a strange glass eye and tells to his wife the story of how his sister acquired it.
Julia had fallen in love with a famous ventriloquist named Max Collodi.
She had been to all his performances and had sent letters requesting to meet him.
One day, Max agreed to meet her. She arrived to his hotel room and found him sitting
in darkness with his small dummy George. As they talked, Julia tried to touch Max.
She screamed as his body fell to the floor and one of his glass eyes fell rolling on the carpet.
George stood up and angrily asked her to leave.
It was Max who was the dummy and George was the ventriloqu