Word: shearer
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...Harry Shearer...
...exploration of the kidnapping and killing of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby, failed to achieve a similar result in the U.S., but it raised doubts about the culpability of Bruno Hauptmann, who was sent to the electric chair for the crime. The widower of ballet dancer and actress Moira Shearer, Kennedy was an atheist and advocate of voluntary euthanasia. But his passion was probing old cases. "I became committed to revealing hidden truths," he said, "and propelled, compelled, by a very heady feeling of excitement...
...Shearer, the chief constable of the Dumfries and Galloway police, issued a statement Monday saying that Libya would continue to be at the center of the investigation. He said investigators were basing their work on the premise established during al-Megrahi's trial that he "acted in furtherance of the Libyan intelligence service and did not act alone...
...found a maturer version of the crazy kid audiences had once loved. The low point came in 1972, when he starred in and directed The Day the Clown Cried, a sort of Bozo at Auschwitz drama that was never released and remains a very tantalizing lost film. Comedian Harry Shearer - whose report on the 1976 Telethon is one of the finest pieces written on Lewis, and who may have seen the movie - described it as "the Holocaust on black velvet." In what must be another painful twist for Lewis, Roberto Benigni did the same shtick in 1998, starring...
...diaries as anyone around. She and her editors are betting that some of those millions of enthusiasts would like what is best described as a Blogopedia. In it, the HuffPost's editors and a slew of public figures who post on the site (from Nora Ephron to Harry Shearer to Gary Hart) answer every possible question about setting up a blog, finding a readership, and getting buzz...