Not a great story! One article stated she had several “near death experiences “ during her life, and that was one of them.

That is a fair guess, as the filming of “Cleopatra “ was started in the UK prior to all the budget and health issues that followed.

Absolutely gorgeous photo of Elizabeth, at about 29 years old. At this point in her career, she was on her fourth husband, soon to be involved in an extramarital affair with Richard Burton (a future husband) on the epic film, “Cleopatra.” According to the photographer, it was taken for an intended Life Magazine cover, but was not used.

Glad you pointed this out.

My older sisters used this in the 60’s, when it was in vogue. Like many “older sister things,” it was a world of difference than my own world of interest and concerns.

The whole series in the 50’s and 60’s were unusual, sometimes depicted the model doing something unusual like working on a skyscraper or running a race….wearing a bra. Not sure what the reaction of the average woman from the era was, but it was a pleasant sight to the teenage boys back then…

He was probably not thinking about penguins mating either…

I think most would agree…starting to show the effects of the meds. His Vegas shows from that era are fantastic to watch, though.

That was hard to tell at that point.

Is that any way to speak about the most powerful man in the country?

Malcolm X traveled to Detroit later in the day, giving an interesting account of having to gather his family and leave the house at three in the morning without much time to gather clothes and dress for the cold weather outside. He also apologized for not dressing in more formal clothes for the speaking event, as was his custom.

The speech detailed quite a few of Malcolm’s views and included anecdotes about encountering Muslim believers around the world and how the press portrays the differences between the races, among other things. He was assassinated a week later, on February 21, 1965.

As the article states, there were a few losses to the Kennedy family. She had lost a child in 1955, then the child mentioned here. The first did not reach the three month mark, and “Arabella” did, into the third trimester. When she started to experience bleeding, she had to reach John on his “boating trip to the Mediterranean.” As the article mentioned, advisor George Smathers convinced John to return to the US.

The third child lost was in August 1963: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who suffered a respiratory failure and died only 39 hours after his birth. John would lose his life in November of the same year.

Rod McKuen was wildly popular as a poet and songwriter in the sixties. Two of his more famous songs were translated from Jacques Brel, (“If You Go Away” and “Seasons In The Sun.”) He wrote an Academy Award-nominated song, “Jean” (from the film, “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” ) as well as “A Boy Named Charlie Brown.”
His singing voice was uncommon, raspy and quite rough-sounding, yet his albums sold extremely well in the era. However, those and the books he published did not have the lasting impression on the public as tastes changed.

Three cheers on that. Watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Leon Russell can move you to tears.

He played at the famous Concert For Bangladesh on August 1, 1971, along with a number of the members of the Joe Cocker ensemble. Along with George Harrison, he appeared in the Bob Dylan segment, where he accompanied them on bass.

“Put me in coach! I’m ready to play!”

Great photo!

This used to receive some media coverage, but is it less known recently?

It has to be useful to the retailers…

Right. We used to hear them called them “dress.”

Unlike what the wording of the title implies, PBS gave Monty Python exposure to US audiences well before “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” played on TV. Mid-70’s.

“Who’s the dark chocolate lovin’ chick, that’s a sis, to our guy, Rich?”

“Garry” was the spelling…

That’s something to stand up and salute!

Enjoyed several of the songs back in the era, but had not thought about these songs in quite some time. A trip down memory lane…Hall seemed to be pushing the limits so far on this project that the record label didn’t know what to make of it.

This reminded me of the Daryl Hall/Robert Fripp collaboration on “Exposure,” called “You Burn Me Up I’m A Cigarette.” It was a song that Hall covered with Cheap Trick on his “Live From Daryl’s House” show.

A great comment. If you were around back then, you remember the film before the endless reruns. Very few would call it “overlooked “ at the time.