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Letty

I'm so sorry to read (belatedly) of your loss....

Letty, my dear, I just heard the news via BBB's email.
I really don't know what to say to any person in the face of the death of someone very near & dear to them. But Letty, I want to say that it's a blessing that Bud's passing was so quiet, gentle & not drawn out & painful. And to you I want to say that so many here care about you, Letty, & will be thinking of you at this time. I want to say so much more, but words escape me right now ... Later, in an email, I think.

Lots of love to you,
Olga

Will Rogers
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William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was an American humorist and entertainer.


Beginnings

Rogers was born in Indian Territory in what would later become the state of Oklahoma. His father was Clement Vann Rogers (1839-1911) and his mother was Mary America Schrimsher, both of whom were Cherokee. He used to quip that, "My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, they were here to greet the boat!" Will grew up as a cowboy, with a special knack for rodeo tricks, including bareback horse riding and rope twirling.

He received sporadic formal education between 1887 and 1898, when he left home to become a cowboy on the Ewing Ranch in Lipscomb County, Texas, near the town of Higgins. For a time he attended the Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri. After managing his father's ranch from 1899 to 1902, he sailed for South America, where he spent five months with the gauchos of the Argentine pampas. Later in 1902, the still-restless Rogers sailed for South Africa, where he took a job breaking in horses for the British Army. While in South Africa, he began his show business career, where he joined "Texas Jack's Wild West Show", to be billed as "The Cherokee Kid".


Entering show business

Joining the Wirth Brothers' Circus in 1903, Rogers toured Australia and New Zealand before returning to the United States the following year to appear at the St. Louis Exposition and receive his first vaudeville bookings in Chicago, Illinois. He made his first appearance in New York City in 1905 and, over the next ten years, made three trips to Europe and traveled extensively in Canada and his native United States. During this time, he also made his first airplane flight in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a passenger.

From 1916 to 1925, Rogers appeared occasionally with the famed Ziegfeld Follies; he made his first motion picture in 1918 - Laughing Bill Hide - and moved to California in 1919 to work in the Golden studios. The year 1922 proved a landmark one for the cowboy-humorist, as he began a weekly syndicated column which eventually reached a large readership through some 350 newspapers. He maintained this regularly featured column until his death in 1935.

Travels

From 1925 to 1928, Rogers traveled the length and breadth of the United States in a "lecture tour". During this time he became the first civilian to fly from coast to coast with pilots flying the mail in early air mail flights. The National Press Club of Washington, DC, dubbed him "Ambassador at Large of the United States"; and, in 1927, he visited Mexico City with the transatlantic aviation pioneer Charles A. Lindbergh as a guest of Ambassador Dwight Morrow. In subsequent years, Rogers gave numerous after-dinner speeches; became a popular convention speaker; gave benefits for victims of floods, droughts, or earthquakes. After the Great Depression hit the United States, Rogers gave radio talks on unemployment with ex-President Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States Herbert Hoover, and former Presidential candidate Al Smith.


Middle career

Through Rogers' continuing series of columns between 1922 and 1935, as well as in his personal appearances and radio broadcasts, he won the loving admiration of the American people, poking jibes in witty ways at the issues of the day and prominent people - often politicians. He wrote from a non-partisan point of view and became a friend of presidents and a confidant of the great. Loved for his cool mind and warm heart, he was often considered the successor to such greats as Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Artemus Ward.

He made a trip to the Orient in 1931 and to Central and South America the following year. In 1934, he made a globe-girdling tour and returned to play the lead in Eugene O'Neill's stage play, Ah, Wilderness! Also during the period 1930 to 1935,he made radio broadcasts for the Gulf Oil Company.


Hollywood

Rogers moved permanently to the West Coast in 1934, and his Hollywood career in acting immediately took off. He had, of course, previously starred in many silent films, but his popularity soared to new heights with his roles in sound films for Fox Film Corporation, including Life Begins at 40 with Richard Cromwell, and Rochelle Hudson.


Writing

At the same time, he also began writing a popular syndicated column called "Will Rogers Says". In it, he expressed his disappointment with big government and the effect it had on the nation, particularly during the Depression era. His wit was often caustic: as he explained, "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Nevertheless, he identified with the Democratic Party, saying "I don't belong to any organized party. I'm a Democrat," and was a vocal supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At one point, he was even asked to run for governor of Oklahoma, the party hoping to benefit from his immense popularity.


Marriage and children

Rogers married Betty Blake (1879-1944) in 1908, and they had four children: William Vann Rogers (1911-1993); Mary Amelia Rogers (1913-1989), who married Walter Brooks II; James Blake Rogers (1915-2000), who married Margeurite Astre Kemmler (1917-1987), and after her death married Judith Braun; and Fred Stone Rogers (1918-1920), who died of diphtheria as an infant.


Death

An avid booster of aviation, Rogers undertook a polar flight with a fellow Oklahoman, Wiley Post, in the summer of 1935. Post's plane crashed at Point Barrow, Alaska, on 15 August 1935, killing both Post and Rogers.

In 1944 his body was moved from a holding vault in California to the grounds of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma. Later in 1944, Mrs. Rogers was interred beside him. On November 4th, 1948, the United States Postal Service commemorated Rogers with a first day cover of a 3-cent stamp with his image--the inscription reads, "In honor of Will Rogers, Humorist, Claremore, Oklahoma."


Legacy

Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was named after him, as was the U.S. Navy submarine the USS Will Rogers. Rogers' home, stables, and polo fields are preserved today for public enjoyment at Will Rogers State Park in Pacific Palisades, CA. Rogers' birthplace is open to the public and is located two miles east of Oologah, Oklahoma.

At Epcot, an Audio-Animatronic Will Rogers is seen twirling his lasso and speaking in The American Adventure's 1930s sequence.

Rogers came to life for modern audiences in the Tony Award winning musical, the Will Rogers Follies, and he was also portrayed on the stage by James Whitmore in the one-man show Will Rogers U.S.A.

For his contribution to the entertainment industry in motion pictures and radio, Will Rogers was awarded two stars on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame at the following locations:

* 6401 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
* 6608 Hollywood Blvd. (radio)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers

Gig Young
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Gig Young (November 4, 1913 - October 19, 1978) was an American film actor.

Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Young began acting in his teens under his given name, but later changed it to avoid confusion with another actor of the same name. The name "Gig Young" was taken from a character he played in one of his earliest films, The Gay Sisters (1942).

Signed to a contract with Warner Brothers, Young appeared in supporting roles in numerous films during the 1940s, and came to be regarded as a popular and likeable second lead, playing the brothers or friends of the principal characters. During WWII, Young took a hiatus from his movie career and served admirably in the United States Coast Guard, alongside fellow Hollywood actors: Cesar Romero and Richard Cromwell.

In the early 1950s Young began to play the type of role that he would become best known for, a sardonic but engaging and affable drunk. His dramatic work as an alcoholic in Come Fill the Cup (1951), and his comedic role as a tipsy but ultimately charming cad in Teacher's Pet (1958), each earned him nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He won the Academy Award for his role as Rocky, the sleazy dance marathon emcee and promoter in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).

Young married his third wife, actress Elizabeth Montgomery, 20 years his junior, in 1956. They divorced in 1963 amid rumors of domestic violence. Hiscirculated that his on-screen drinking had carried over into his off-screen life, .

In 1978 he married his fifth wife, a 31 year-old German art gallery employee named Kim Schmidt. Three weeks after their marriage they were both found dead at home with gunshot wounds to the head. Police theorize that Young first shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in a suicide pact. Though the case attracted considerable media attention and speculation, Young's motivation for the murder/suicide remains unknown, as he left no suicide note, and his associates could provide no explanation for his action.

Gig Young has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to motion pictures, at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_Young

Martin Balsam
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Martin Balsam (November 11, 1919 - February 13, 1996) was an American actor.

Born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York, he studied dramatics at the New School in New York City and then served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1947 he was selected by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg to be a player in the Actors' Studio television program and went on to appear in a number of television plays in the 1950s and returned frequently to television as a guest star on numerous dramas.

Balsam appeared in such films as On the Waterfront, 12 Angry Men (as Juror #1), Psycho, Cape Fear (1962) as the police chief, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Seven Days in May, Catch-22, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and The Delta Force (movie).

In 1965 he won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role as Arnold Burns, the agent brother of the oddball non-conformist and unemployed kiddie-show writer Jason Robards, Jr. in A Thousand Clowns.

In 1967 he won a Tony Award for his appearance in the 1967 Broadway production of You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running.

He married and divorced actress Joyce Van Patten. Their daughter, Talia Balsam, was born January 1, 1960.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Balsam

Walter Cronkite
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (born November 4, 1916) is an American journalist, best known for his work as a television news anchorman. During his tenure at CBS Evening News he was often cited in viewer opinion polls as "the most trusted man in America," due to his experienced background and professional demeanor.


Credibility

His current biography at King Features Syndicate, for whom he writes a weekly column called "And That's The Way I See It" notes that "In a nationwide viewer opinion poll as recently as 1995, more than a decade after leaving the CBS anchor desk, he again was voted 'Most Trusted Man in Television News.'" In broadcast journalism history, Cronkite's stature is exceeded only by that of his former CBS colleague, Edward R. Murrow.


Biography

Cronkite was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended middle school at Lanier Middle School and San Jacinto High School. Thereafter he attended the University of Texas at Austin.


News career

After various newspaper reporter jobs covering news and sports, he entered broadcasting as a radio announcer for WKY in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He joined the United Press in 1937, and became one of the top American reporters in World War II, covering battles in North Africa and Europe. After the war, he covered the Nuremburg trials, and served as the United Press main reporter in Moscow for two years.


CBS and popularity

In 1950, he joined CBS News in their growing young television division -- recruited by Edward R. Murrow, who had tried to hire Cronkite from UP during the war. Cronkite anchored the network's coverage of the 1952 presidential election, as he would continue to do with American elections until his retirement.

Cronkite served as anchorman of the CBS Evening News from April 16, 1962 until March 6, 1981, a job in which he became an American icon. On September 2, 1963, Cronkite launched network television's first half-hour evening newscast when CBS Evening News expanded from 15 to 30 minutes.

During the early part of his time anchoring the CBS Evening News, Cronkite competed against NBC's anchor team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, who anchored the Huntley-Brinkley Report. During the greater part of the 1960s, the Huntley-Brinkley Report had more viewers than Cronkite's broadcast. This began to change in the late 1960s, as RCA made a corporate decision not to fund NBC News at the levels CBS funded CBS News. Consequently, CBS News acquired a reputation for accuracy and depth in broadcast journalism. This reputation meshed nicely with Cronkite's wire service experience, and in 1968, the CBS Evening News began to surpass the Huntley-Brinkley Report in viewership during the summer months. The CBS Evening News achieved total dominance of the American news viewing audience in 1970, when Huntley retired and corporate dithering on RCA's part crippled the selection of a successor anchor, and successive format. During this time, Cronkite's broadcast achieved a dominance it would not lose while he was at the anchor desk. Although NBC ended up picking a well-respected and popular telejournalist in John Chancellor, Cronkite proved to be much more popular.

For many years, Cronkite was considered one of the most trusted figures in the United States. Affectionately known as "Uncle Walter," he covered many of the important news events of the era so effectively that his image and voice are closely associated with the Cuban missile crisis, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Watergate scandal. He is remembered by many as finishing the CBS Evening News with the phrase, "…and that's the way it is," followed by the date. (Cronkite's succesor, Dan Rather, echoed the phrase by ending his own broadcasts with "…and that's part of our world tonight.")

Cronkite is vividly remembered by some Americans as the first anchor to break the news of the death of JFK:

"From Dallas, Texas, the flash, apparently official (reading AP flash): President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. (CST)--2:00 EST, some 38 minutes ago."

At one point during the announcement Cronkite paused briefly and appeared to tear up, a rare loss of composure for the usually unflappable newsman.

"Uncle Walter" has recently hosted a number of TV specials and been featured in interviews about the times and events that occurred during his career as "The most trusted man in America."

Former US president Lyndon Johnson once said "If I've lost Walter Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."

Retirement

The announcement of his retirement plans February 14, 1980 became a national event. Dan Rather succeeded him as anchor of the CBS Evening News.

Cronkite currently writes a syndicated opinion column for King Features Syndicate. He has continued to broadcast occasionally as a special correspondent for CBS, CNN, and NPR into the 21st century; one such occasion was Cronkite anchoring the second space flight by John Glenn in 1998 as he had Glenn's first in 1962.

His other projects since his retirement have included voicing a character based on Benjamin Franklin in the educational television cartoon Liberty's Kids and, as Amateur Radio operator KB2GSD, narrating a documentary about Amateur Radio in the public service for the American Radio Relay League.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication is part of Arizona State University.

Since retiring, Cronkite has become outspoken on a number of political issues. In his column, he has repeatedly condemned President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 1998, he befriended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial. He has also been a proponent of world government, penning fundraising letters for the World Federalist Association (now Citizens for Global Solutions). In accepting the 1999 Norman Cousins Global Governance Award at the ceremony at the United Nations, Cronkite said[1]:

It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order. But the American colonies did it once and brought forth one of the most nearly perfect unions the world has ever seen.

In 2003 Cronkite, who owns property on Cape Cod, became involved in a long-running debate over the construction of a wind farm in that area. (Cronkite opposed the wind farm.)

Before 2004, he could also be seen in the opening movie in the Walt Disney World attraction, The Magic of Disney Animation, interviewing Robin Williams as if he's still on the CBS news channel, ending his on camera time with his famous catchphrase. He also was shown inviting Disney guests and tourists to the Disney Classics Theater.

On February 15, 2005, he went into the studio at CBS to record narration for the documentary WCC Chatham Radio, a documentary about Guglielmo Marconi and his Chatham station, which became the busiest ship to shore wireless station in North America from 1914 to 1994. The documentary was released by Mooncusser Films and the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center in April of 2005.

On March 15, 2005, Cronkite's wife of 65 years, the former Betsy Maxwell, died at the age of 89 following a battle with cancer; she is survived by their 3 children.

Since May, 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite

Art Carney
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Art Carney (November 4, 1918 - November 9, 2003) was an American actor in film, stage, television, and radio.

Born Arthur William Matthew Carney in Mount Vernon, New York, he gained lifelong fame for his portrayal of upstairs neighbor and sewer worker Ed Norton opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the popular television comedy show The Honeymooners. Art Carney also had many screen and stage roles, including the portrayal on Broadway of Felix Unger in The Odd Couple (opposite Walter Matthau as Oscar). He was nominated for seven Emmy Awards.

Carney had been a busy radio actor before being drafted as an infantryman during World War II. He participated in the Battle of Normandy and was wounded in the leg by shrapnel. He walked with a limp for the rest of his life.

In 1974 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an elderly man going on the road with his pet cat in Harry and Tonto. In 1978, Carney appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special, an officially-deemed embarrassment to the Star Wars series. In it, he played one of the most obscure characters in the Star Wars Universe: Trader Saun Dann. He also appeared in such films as W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, The Late Show, House Calls, Movie Movie and Going in Style. Later movies included The Muppets Take Manhattan, Firestarter, and The Last Action Hero.

He was married three times to two women:

* Barbara Isaac from December 21, 1966 to 1977
* Jean Myers, from 1940 to 1965; from 1980 to November 9, 2003: 3 children

Carney died at his home of natural causes 5 days after his 85th birthday in Chester, Connecticut; he was survived by his widow and children.

Art Carney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Carney

Loretta Swit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Loretta Swit (born on November 4, 1937 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA to Polish immigrants) is an actress. Starting in 1972, she played the character of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the television series M*A*S*H, until its end in 1983. This was the show that made her a household name.

She toured in 1967 with the national touring company "Any Wednesday", starring Gardner McKay. She would continue on as a Pigeon sister opposite Don Rickles and Ernest Borgnine in a LA run of "The Odd Couple". From there, she played Agnes Gooch in the Las Vegas version of "Mame" starring Susan Hayward and later Celeste Holm. In 1991 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.

When she arrived in Hollywood in 1970, she performed in certain shows such as "Gunsmoke", "Hawaii-Five O" and "Mannix". Her star-making role, however, is that of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan , inherited from Sally Kellerman. She, besides Alan Alda, Jamie Farr and William Christopher, stayed for all 11 seasons of the show. She and Alan Alda were the only 2 actors to have been on the Pilot episode and the finale. Among the 251 episodes, she did not appear in 11. She received 2 Emmy Awards for the show. She has also guest starred in shows such as "Hawaii-Five O", "The Love Boat", "Pyramid" and the latest is "Hollywood Squares". In 1981 Swit played the Cagney role in the movie pilot for the television series Cagney & Lacey but discontinued after that.

She is also believed to be the person who inspired Jim Henson to create Miss Piggy.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. She married Dennis Holahan in 1983 but divorced him in 1995. She is 5"6 ft (1.68m) and wears a size 7 shoe. She has also written a book on needlepoint. She was also the first M*A*S*H star to visit Korea when she narrated the documentary, "Korea, the Forgotten War." She also has her own line of jewelry which is sold at stores across the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Swit

Just to let our audience know that I appreciate the sweet messages, and I will try to contact you either through email or here on our station.

Good morning, and keep us on the air.

Acorn in the Meadow

Acorn in the meadow, Meadow filled with sun
Sun is shining warm on the meadow. Tree begun
Baby in the cradle, Cradle filled with love
Mama smiling warm on the cradle from above

Someday my baby be a giant man
Trees stretch clear up to the sky
Me all rest in the shade of it
Rest in the roots when I die
Oh Lord I pray you help me
Help me make him good
Never make me sorry that he was born
I can see it me in the shade of the acorn tree
He and his woman sitting side of me
And maybe my baby with an acorn of his own

Good Morning WA2K.

Thanks for the bios, Bob.
I thought Art Carney was great in "Harry and Tonto".

I've never heard Edgar's (I'll bet it's a Belafonte song) "Acorn in the Meadow". I love it.

Today's birthdays:

1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
1470 - King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower
1575 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
1631 - Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, author of hymn, "Rock of Ages"
1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1836 - Henry J. Lutcher, Business leader (d. 1912)
1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist and entertainer (d. 1935)
1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (d. 1953)
1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)
1908 - Józef Rotblat, Polish physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2005)
1909 - Skeeter Webb, baseball player (d. 1986)
1912 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
1913 - Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
1914 - Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)
1916 - Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster
1918 - Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003)
1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
1929 - Doris Roberts, American actress
1930 - Dick Groat, baseball player
1932 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress
1944 - Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
1951 - Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
1961 - Kathy Griffin, American comedienne and actress
1961 - Ralph Macchio, American actor
1965 - Wayne Static, American singer/guitarist (Static-X)
1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor
1970 - Sean Jean "Puff Daddy" Combs, American rapper
1972 - Luis Figo, Portuguese footballer
1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer

Thanks, Bob. Delightful bios, Boston.

edgar, thanks for playing that for our listeners.

Msolga, big hugs and glad you are once again in our studios.

Margo, how was New Zealand? Thanks, Aussie.

news from the world of entertainment:

Paintings of Rolling Stones guitarist center stage in San Francisco Thu Nov 3, 7:44 PM ET



SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - When Ron Wood takes the stage with fellow Rolling Stones rockers in San Francisco later this month, a collection of his acclaimed oil paintings will also be in a spotlight in the city.



Wood, a legendary rock-and-roll guitarist, has won acclaim for his paintings and prints.

Wood past a milestone earlier this year when one of his paintings sold for a million dollars, according to the San Francisco Art Exchange, which will open a display of the guitarist's artwork on November 9.

The display was timed to coincide with San Francisco performances of the latest Stones rock music tour, the gallery indicated.

Among the featured artwork will be a painting dedicated to The Faces, a band Wood once played in and that featured Rod Stewart as its lead singer, according to the exchange.

Another of Wood's works is "Conversation Piece," a print said to provide a glimpse at Stones band members relaxing in a recording studio.

Wood's art includes portraits of his bandmates as well as Jack Nicholson and Bob Dylan, the gallery indicated.

The collection will also feature landscapes and animal studies. Wood has consistently been a top-selling US painter, the exchanged reported.

"What's important to know is that Ronnie's always been an artist, it's not a later in life pursuit," exchange director Theron Kabrich said in a written release.

"When he was at art school, he fully expected to pursue a career in graphic art. After he got into music, he never stopped producing art, and that depth and breadth of experience shows in the confident, fluid lines in his work."

Wood, who has homes in Kingston upon Thames in England and County Kildare in Ireland, was born in 1947, according to the exchange.

Wood's mother is credited with inspiring him to be an artist. As a child, Wood reportedly made a prize-winning submission to the former "Sketch Club," a televised BBC art show popular about 50 years ago.

Prior to his enrollment at Ealing Art College, Wood's public musical debut had been playing the washboard with his older brother's skiffle group, according to the exchange.

Ealing was a breeding ground for bands, its alumni includeDavid Bowie,Ray Davies,Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Pete Townshend.

Wood's work has been spotlighted in a solo retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil; at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane during the run of Mel Brooks' theatrical smash "The Producers," and at the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

The exchange reported it has sold more than 10 million dollars worth

My father loved Will Rogers, Raggedy. Thanks for the celebs,PA.

Anyone here remember what his most famous quote was?

Back later, listeners.

Ron Wood, I hope, folks:

I never met a man I didn't like?

"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat"?

I know one of his most famous was, "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you," and related to that was, "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."


But my favorites are these (#8 in particular):

1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman ... neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

"i'm not a member of any organized politcial party, I'm a democrat"

Yit, I thought yours was the answer, but now I see a lot more that are great.

Great, Tico and dys concurs.

Somewhere I saw a skit on TV that showed a man in a bar whose comment was:

I never met a man I didn't like, exceptin' maybe, Will Rogers.

Where are our European friends?

New about unruly teens in Paris:



Waves of Arson Attacks Hit Paris Suburbs By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer
38 minutes ago



LE BLANC MESNIL, France - Small, mobile groups of youths hit Paris' riot-shaken suburbs with waves of arson attacks, torching hundreds of cars, as unrest entered its second week Friday and spread to other towns in France.



In the eastern city of Dijon, teens apparently angered by a police crackdown on drug trafficking in their neighborhood set fire to five cars, said Paul Ronciere, the region's top government official.

Another 11 cars were burned at a housing project in Salon-de-Provence, near the southern city of Marseille, police said.

Overnight in the Paris region, 420 cars were set ablaze, up from previous nights, the Interior Ministry said. It said five police were slightly injured by thrown stones or bottles.

But unlike previous nights, there were few direct clashes with security forces, no live bullets fired at police, and far fewer large groups of rioters, said Jean-Francois Cordet, the top government official for the worst-hit Seine-Saint-Denis suburb northeast of Paris.

Instead, he said, the unrest was led by "very numerous small and highly mobile groups," with arson attacks that destroyed 187 vehicles and five buildings, including three sprawling warehouses.

Well the first days are the hardest days,
Don't you worry any more, 'Cause when life looks like easy
Street, there is danger at your door.
Think this through with me, let me know your mind.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
You know all the rules by now and the fire from ice.
Will you come with me, won't you come with me?
Woh - oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is
Don't tread on me. Come hear Uncle John's Band playing
To the tide, come with me, or go alone.

It's the same story the crow told me;
It's the only one he knows.
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait,
Woh - oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb;
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

Come hear the Uncle John's Band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
Come on along, or go alone,
He's come to take his children home.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
Got some things to talk about here beside the risin' tide.
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide, come on
Along or go alone, he's come to take his children home.

Here's a European for you, Letty.

...and here's a song for you, simply 'cos you are one.


Originally by Hendrix, this is the Rod Stewart version.


ANGEL

Angel came down from heaven yesterday
stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
about the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
she said she's goin' now, come back tomorrow
And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side"

Fly away, high away, fly away

Sure enough this morning came unto me
silver wings silhouetted against a child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me
Today's the day for you to rise
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man, you're gonna rise
Then she took me high over yonder

And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever I will be by your side"
And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever I will be by your side"
Fly away, come back another day


Keep yer chin up, girl.