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'Miracle Worker' playwright and author William Gibson dies at 94
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Playwright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller's rescue from a world of ignorance, has died. He was 94. Gibson died Tuesday in...Tags: Celebrity, Theater, Academy Awards, Cinema Industry, Robert Mitchum
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Deaths elsewhere
WILLIAM GIBSON, 94 'Miracle Worker' playwright William Gibson, a playwright who had a gift for creating strong, popular female characters and wrote The Miracle Worker, died Tuesday in Stockbridge, Mass. First written for television, The Miracle...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Movies, Helen Keller, Arthur Penn
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William Gibson, 94; Wrote 'The Miracle Worker'
Associated PressPlaywright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" has thrilled audiences for 49 years with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller, has died. He was 94. Gibson died Tuesday in Stockbridge, Mass., Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great...Tags: Celebrity, Golda Meir, Theater, Sammy Davis Jr., Arthur Penn
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He gave the world 'The Miracle Worker'
The Washington PostWilliam Gibson, 94, a Tony Award-winning playwright best known for "The Miracle Worker," the inspirational story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan, died Tuesday at his home in Stockbridge, Mass. The family did not disclose the cause of death....Tags: Valerie Harper, Golda Meir, Theater, Virginia, Helen Keller
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New on Video
Zap2It.comBy Jay Bobbin, Zap2it.com ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || "WALL-E:" A waste-pickup robot of the future is the title star of this animated, typically clever Disney-Pixar collaboration. With the "voice" of Ben Burtt – a sound-effects veteran whose...Tags: Sigourney Weaver, Celebrity, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (movie), Star Wars (movie), Miley Cyrus
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DVD Quick Picks
Special to The Morning CallTV ON DVD Night Gallery: Season Two 1970, Universal, unrated, $60 Rod Serling, the king of the twist ending, serves up dozens of indelible chillers, including ''The Diary,'' which finds Patty Duke in possession of a journal that foretells the future,...Tags: Music, Virginia, William Friedkin, Guillermo Del Toro, Paramount
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A royal role for Crawford
A movie that cuts closer to the soul of U.S. politics than most of us would like to admit, Robert Rossen's 1949 All the King's Men (TCM at 4 p.m.) follows the tempestuous career of Louisiana Gov. Will Stark (Broderick Crawford), who exploits his...Tags: Celebrity, Davy Crockett, Linda Blair, Arthur Penn, Billy Bob Thornton
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LiLo and Sam back in Chicago
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson brought their high-profile relationship back to Chicago on Friday night. The two hung out at Crimson Lounge, where Ronson spun. Lohan and Ronson regularly come to Chicago for Ronson's spinning gigs, and they are rarely...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, The Brothers Bloom (movie), Lindsay Lohan, Bars and Clubs, Movies
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Literary luminaries are yours for the meeting
Special to the Chicago TribuneThis one wasn't as bad as the book-signing back in 1980, where actor Tim Reid—at the height of his Venus Flytrap fame—was promoting his book of poetry "As I Feel It." With his 12-year-old daughter at his side he waited—and waited—...Tags: Books, Books and Magazines, Alonzo Mourning, Norridge, Downers Grove
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ALMANAC
On Sept. 18, 1709, Samuel Johnson, critic, essayist and author of the first English dictionary, was born in Lichfield, England. In 1759 the French formally surrendered Quebec to the British in the French and Indian War. In 1793 President George...Tags: Sammy Sosa, O.J. Simpson, European Elections, CBS Corp., Air and Space Accidents
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Youth is served in awards competitions
AH, to be young and in love on-screen.
Or young and in grief, in guilt, in the family way, in search of life's meaning.
Basically, it's the young part that counts. A preponderance of actors and actresses under the age of 25 have stood out this year at...Tags: Timothy Hutton, Celebrity, Deanna Durbin, Marlee Matlin, Unions
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Film welcomes youth movement
Tribune Newspapers: Special to the Los Angeles TimesAh, to be young and in love on-screen. Or young and in grief, in guilt, in the family way, in search of life's meaning. Basically, it's the young part that counts. A preponderance of actors and actresses under the age of 25 have stood out this year at...Tags: Celebrity, Timothy Hutton, Marlee Matlin, Deanna Durbin, Unions
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