Friday, August 04, 2006
Hooray for Tony Bennett!
This week Mr.Tony Bennett celebrated his 80th birthday! A man with all of the great qualities of Frank Sinatra, but without any of the arrogance, self-importance or criminal tendencies, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Astoria, Queens in 1926, and learned how to be a great crooner without being a thug. Check out the Wiki on Tony for a full picture. Among other things, Tony served his country (unlike Sinatra, who dodged military duty based on "ear trouble"), had a starring role in Gremlins, and recorded with the wonderful bespectacled k.d.lang, among many, many other things.
Happy Birthday, Tony...
BORN ON THIS DATE: Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792, noted husband of the author of one of the greatest "tales" ever told, 'Frankenstein'. Mary Wollestoncraft Shelley was much more interesting than her spouse!
DIED ON THIS DATE: Jeanne Calment, elderly Parisian, 1997, at age 120, or 122, or 104, (depending on who you ask), who said "I only have one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it."
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This week Mr.Tony Bennett celebrated his 80th birthday! A man with all of the great qualities of Frank Sinatra, but without any of the arrogance, self-importance or criminal tendencies, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Astoria, Queens in 1926, and learned how to be a great crooner without being a thug. Check out the Wiki on Tony for a full picture. Among other things, Tony served his country (unlike Sinatra, who dodged military duty based on "ear trouble"), had a starring role in Gremlins, and recorded with the wonderful bespectacled k.d.lang, among many, many other things.
Happy Birthday, Tony...
BORN ON THIS DATE: Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792, noted husband of the author of one of the greatest "tales" ever told, 'Frankenstein'. Mary Wollestoncraft Shelley was much more interesting than her spouse!
DIED ON THIS DATE: Jeanne Calment, elderly Parisian, 1997, at age 120, or 122, or 104, (depending on who you ask), who said "I only have one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it."
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