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...Johnny Cash's Awards - The legend's official site recounts his honors, from Grammy and C.M.A. Awards to his 1992 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
DIED. MARION HARGROVE, 83, best-selling author of See Here, Private Hargrove; of pneumonia; in Long Beach, Calif. A grinning account of yardbird misadventures during World War II, it instantly catapulted the 22-year-old North Carolina recruit to fame. The book and its sequel were made into movies starring Robert Walker. Hargrove went on to become a film and TV writer whose credits included The Music Man, I Spy, Maverick and The Waltons. Said Hargrove in 1947: "I was just an ordinary guy, writing for a small audience. Suddenly, success picked...
...been a good calling card for Moore, gaining him notoriety far beyond the realm of circuit-court judges after he first decorated his courtroom in 1995 with a hand-carved rosewood plaque bearing God's laws. He prevailed over civil libertarians who sued for its removal, and rode his fame even further in 2000, when he was elected chief justice of Alabama's supreme court on the slogan "Roy Moore: Still the Ten Commandments Judge." But while he earned folk-hero status among Evangelicals and conservatives, last week he finally pushed the legal establishment too far when he ignored...
DIED. CONNIE REEVES, 101, pre-eminent U.S. cowgirl; days after being thrown from her favorite horse, Dr Pepper; in San Antonio, Texas. The oldest living honoree of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, Reeves taught more than 30,000 girls how to ride, urging them to "Always saddle your own horse...
...Pert pinup who found fame through the U.K. reality TV-show Popstars, saw her group break up and now hopes to make it as a pseudo-classical pianist. Universal signed her to a six-album deal reportedly worth over €1.4 million. Cheerfully admits she couldn't sit through a long opera. Her CD's not out yet, but if she's a great pianist, wouldn't we have heard about it before now? She can count on a teen following in Britain, but elsewhere she'll have to get by on talent. As a manufactured pop star she didn...