† Remembering - SEPT 8: 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922) Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an African-American film and theatre actress, singer and dancer. Dorothy Dandridge - Actress, was of mixed racial heritage (blackflix). She is perhaps best known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones. Dandridge performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. In 1954, she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Carmen Jones, and, in 1959, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 HBO biographical film, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dandridge was married and divorced twice, first to dancer Harold Nicholas (the father of her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne) and then to hotel owner Jack Denison. Dandridge died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 42. On September 8, 1965, Dandridge spoke by telephone with friend and former sister-in-law Geraldine Geri Branton. Dandridge was scheduled to fly to New York the next day to prepare for her nightclub engagement at Basin Street East. Several hours after her conversation with Branton ended, Dandridge was found dead by her manager, Earl Mills. Two months later, a Los Angeles pathology institute determined the cause to be an accidental overdose of Imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. The Los Angeles County Coroners Office came to a different conclusion: “Miss Dandridge died of a rare embolism—blockage of the blood passages at the lungs and brain by tiny pieces of fat flaking off from bone marrow in a fractured right foot she sustained in a Hollywood film five days before she died.”................ O:) youtube/watch?v=oHyBOF8Pvwg 1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949) Robert Creel Brad Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for starring in the 1978 film Midnight Express and 1982 film Querelle. Diagnosed with HIV in 1985, Davis kept his condition a secret until shortly before his death at age 41, on September 8, 1991 in Los Angeles. It was revealed in a book proposal that Davis had written before his death that he had to keep his medical condition a secret in order to be able to continue to work and support his family. Although the announcement said he died of AIDS, he actually died of an intentional drug overdose. Near death and in severe pain in a hospital, he opted to end his life on his own terms. With his wife and a family friend present, he committed assisted suicide.......... O:) 1999 – Moondog, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916) Moondog, born Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), was a blind American composer, musician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. In New York from the late 1940s until he left in 1972, he could often be found on 6th Avenue between 52nd and 55th Street wearing a cloak and Viking-style helmet, sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silent and still. He was widely recognized as the Viking of 6th Avenue by thousands of passersby and residents who had no idea that this seemingly homeless eccentric standing on Moondogs corner was a respected and recorded composer and musician. Died September 8, 1999 (aged 83) in Münster, Germany... O:) 2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921) Samuel Truett Cathy (March 14, 1921 – September 8, 2014), better known as S. Truett Cathy, was the American founder and former chairman of Chick-fil-A. S. Truett Cathy died at home surrounded by family members at 1:35 a.m on September 8, 2014 of natural causes at the age of 93... O:)
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