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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 14, 2011

  Hollywood beauty and film legend Elizabeth Taylor passed away in March at age 79. Her famous jewels — many of which were extravagant gifts from her late ex-husband Richard Burton — and other belongings such as costumes, artwork, and film scripts, are being sold at a well-publicized Christie’s auction this week. Records were broken [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | November 7, 2011

  This weekend, the incomparable, award-winning singer Andy Williams, now 83 years old, told his audience at his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri that he is battling bladder cancer. Williams assured his fans that he will fight this cancer, that it is no longer a death sentence. From Fox News, ‘Moon River’ Singer Andy [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 12, 2011

  With my focus this past week on the September 11th tenth anniversary, I somehow missed the death of Academy Award-winning actor Cliff Robertson. Born Clifford Parker Robertson III, the veteran actor passed away on Saturday in Stony Brook, New York of natural causes, just a day after his 88th birthday. A La Jolla, California [...]

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