Word: montecito
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...DIED. Jack Palance, 87, hulking Hollywood iconoclast who won a best-supporting-actor Oscar for playing Curly, the hilariously creepy dude-ranch stud in City Slickers; in Montecito, California. The former heavyweight boxer shot to fame playing eerily calm, menacing heavies in films like Sudden Fear (Joan Crawford's deranged stalker) and Shane (a bullying gunslinger) in the 1950s. But his most memorable performance was at the 1992 Oscars. Accepting his award, Palance started to attempt a speech, then dropped to the floor, displaying his virility with a series of one-handed push-ups. Later asked what happened, he replied...
DIED. SUZY PARKER, 69, 1950s supermodel whose red hair, green eyes and much envied bone structure made her Coco Chanel's "signature" face and the highest-paid model of her day; after a series of illnesses; in Montecito, Calif. A favorite subject of Richard Avedon, she inspired the Audrey Hepburn role in the 1957 film Funny Face, in which she also appeared. Her brief film career included a lead role in the 1957 comedy Kiss Them for Me opposite Cary Grant...
...Died. Suzy Parker, 70, sultry, auburn-maned model who became one of the most memorable visages of the 1950s; in Montecito, California. Parker, a forerunner of the modern-day supermodel, was the highest-paid model of the '50s, earning nearly $100,000 a year. Parker described herself as nothing more than "an animated clothes hanger," and appeared in several Hollywood films, including Funny Face...