Getting caught up:<\/p>\n
Pete Lammons, tight end for the New York Jets. He was 77, and participating in a fishing tournament in East Texas.<\/p>\n
Major League Fishing, the sponsor of the tournament, said that Lammons, who was participating in the event, had fallen out of his boat on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir, a popular spot for bass fishing, and that the other man in the boat tried to rescue him. A team equipped with sonar recovered Lammons\u2019s body a few hours later.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Olympia Dukakis<\/a>, for the historical record. THR<\/a><\/strong>. Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Jill Corey<\/a>. This was a little before my time, but still an interesting story. She grew up in Avonmore, Pennsylvania (literally a coal miner’s daughter) but was discovered at 17 and went on to a career in music.<\/p>\n
Before the end of the decade, Ms. Corey had a spot on the \u201cJohnny Carson Show\u201d (a variety show precursor to his late-night talk show) and the NBC series \u201cYour Hit Parade,\u201d in which a regular cast of vocalists sang the top-rated songs of the week.<\/a>
\nFor a time Ms. Corey even had her own show, 15 minutes of song that followed the news once a week, a programming format that placed many popular singers in similar slots across the networks.<\/a>
\nShe recorded many records and performed at Manhattan nightclubs like the Copacabana and the Blue Angel. (Mr. Miller, in tight control of her career, turned down Broadway roles for her because her nightclub work was more lucrative.) And she was courted by heartthrobs like Eddie Fisher and Frank Sinatra (as he and Ava Gardner were divorcing).<\/a>
\nShe also made a \u201cterrible movie,\u201d in her words, called \u201cSenior Prom\u201d (1958).<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn one of those odd cases that seem so common during that decade, where the line between “romance” and “creepy stalking” becomes blurred, she was pursued by Don Hoak of the Pittsburgh Pirates (even though she was already engaged) and married him in 1961. She gave up singing, but Mr. Hoak died in 1969<\/a> and she went back to performing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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