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Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown; April 6, 1929 [3] – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson Welles' 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil.
Flatt, a traditionalist, did not like these changes, and the group broke up in 1969. [2] Following the breakup, Lester Flatt founded the Nashville Grass and Scruggs led the Earl Scruggs Revue. Flatt died of heart failure in Nashville, Tennessee, May 11, 1979 at the age of 64. [3] Scruggs died from natural causes on March 28, 2012 in a Nashville ...
Lester's hometown of Sparta, Tennessee, held a bluegrass festival in his honor for a number of years, before being discontinued a few years prior to the death of the traditional host, resident Everette Paul England; Lester Flatt Memorial Bluegrass Day remains part of the annual Liberty Square Celebration held in Sparta. [8]
After Flatt and Scruggs, Curly took a break from the music business until 1973, when Lester Flatt asked him to be a part of his group, the Nashville Grass Band. Upon Lester Flatt's death in 1979, Seckler became the leader of the Nashville Grass band and continued playing with the band. Seckler held this position until his retirement in 1994 ...
Tad Kimura (Frank Michael Liu), martial arts film star; mysteriously collapsed and died on a movie set – Quincy, M.E. Mima Kirigoe (voiced by Junko Iwao and Ruby Marlowe) leaves her J-pop idol group to become a full-time actress - Perfect Blue; Kira Klay (Shannyn Sossamon), fictional actress in Dirt who died in the first episode of the series ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Over the years, as with most bluegrass bands, the Nashville Grass saw numerous changes in personnel, including the addition of contemporary country music star Marty Stuart, who started with Flatt at the age of 13. [1] Lester Flatt continued to record and perform with the Nashville Grass until his death in 1979; at that time, Curly Seckler ...
He is currently on death row in San Quentin. According to authorities, Suff's killings go back to the 1970s and 1980s, when Los Angeles was known as the serial killer capital of America.