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Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film, and television actor.. On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on Private Secretary, [1]: 857 and Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15-year-old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC sitcom Gidget.
[5] [14] [15] Cole, who lived to be 103, was the only participant to live to a higher age than the raid's leader, Jimmy Doolittle, who died in 1993 at age 96. [ 16 ] [ citation needed ] On September 19, 2016, the Northrop Grumman B-21 was formally named "Raider" in honor of the Doolittle Raiders. [ 17 ]
The "Well to Hell", also known as the "Siberian hell sounds", is an urban legend regarding a putative borehole in the Siberian region of Russia, which was purportedly drilled so deep that it broke through into Hell. It was first attested in English as a 1989 broadcast by an American domestic TV broadcaster, the Trinity Broadcasting Network. [1]
103: American author [101] Bel Kaufman: 1911–2014: 103: German-born American novelist and professor [102] Hans Keilson: 1909–2011: 101: German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist [103] Hossein Wahid Khorasani: 1921– 104: Iranian author and ayatollah [104] Ted Knap: 1920–2023: 102: American journalist [105 ...
The gates on Toad Road, as they stand today. The Seven Gates of Hell is a modern urban legend regarding locations in York County, Pennsylvania. [1] Two versions of the legend exist, one involving a burnt insane asylum and the other an eccentric doctor.
Hugh Glass (c. 1783 – 1833) [1] [2] [3] was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer.He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.
Magee had four wives, three of whom he outlived. He fathered 7 children, the last at the purported age of 109. His father reportedly lived to 123, his mother to 122. [8] In a 1966 interview, he stated that he had never drunk alcohol, nor uttered a swear word, [9] although he smoked cigarettes for 108 years. [10]
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.