† O:) Remembering - May 13: 1961 – Gary Cooper, American actor and singer (b. 1901) Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor. Noted for his stoic, understated style, Cooper found success in a number of film genres, including westerns (High Noon), crime (City Streets), comedy (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) and drama (The Pride of the Yankees). Coopers career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films. On April 14, 1960, Cooper underwent surgery for prostate cancer after it had metastasized to his colon. He fell ill again on May 31 and underwent further surgery in early June. However, the cancer had already begun to spread to his lungs and bones. Cooper, however, was not informed his cancer was terminal until February 1961. Typically, the actor telephoned the doctor the very next day to apologize for the ordeal of having to tell him the fatal news. May 13, 1961, six days after his 60th birthday, Cooper died. In his last public statement, Cooper said, I know that what is happening is Gods will. I am not afraid of the future...................... 1972 – Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928) Dan Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran. He is best remembered for his role as Eric Hoss Cartwright in the NBC western television series Bonanza. On May 13, 1972, Blocker died in Los Angeles of a pulmonary embolism following gall bladder surgery. Blockers remains are interred in a family plot in Woodsmen Cemetery, in DeKalb, Texas, although he had lived there only briefly. ....................... 1975 – Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (Light Crust Doughboys) (b. 1905) James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing (after the death of Spade Cooley who used the moniker King Of Western Swing from 1942-1969.) The 26 May 1975 issue of TIME (Milestones section) read: Died. Bob Wills, 70, Western Swing bandleader-composer; of pneumonia; in Fort Worth. Wills turned out dance tunes that are now called country rock, introducing with his Texas Playboys such C & W classics as Take Me Back to Tulsa and New San Antonio Rose.............................. 2012 – Donald Duck Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.s, The Blues Brothers, and The Mar-Keys) (b. 1941) Donald Duck Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012)[1][2] was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Elvis Presley and many others. In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the morning of May 13, 2012, Dunn died in his sleep after finishing his fifth double show[8] at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo with Steve Cropper the night before. ........ youtube/watch?v=NfdPNMaBWI0 2013 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, columnist, and actress (b. 1927) Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column from 1960 to 2013. Brothers died, aged 85, at her home in Fort Lee on May 13, 2013 due to respiratory failure. She is survived by her daughter Lisa Brothers Arbisser, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a sister.She called herself the mother of television psychology. She is credited with inspiring Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Dr. Phil McGraw who called himself a very big fan of hers after her death..............................
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