Norman Mailer is dead at age 84.
I’m kind of embarrassed. I’ve never read any of his stuff.
Category: Obituaries
Al Oerter Dead at 71
When I first heard his name on the radio, I was thinking that maybe he was trying out for the Olympic team again, but 4 time Olympic discus champion (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968) Al Oerter has died of heart failure.
Never followed discus, or track and field much, but for some reason, it bums me out.
Best Little Whorehouse Reporter Dies
I actually saw him a number of times when I lived in Sealy, TX. Most of Marvin Zindler’s stuff seemed to be about consumer fraud when I saw him.
He was good natured about the slams against him in the musical, saying that he was alleging payoffs to the local constabulary (it’s a Whorehouse, that’s what they do) and mob ties (really don’t know).
Don Herbert, ‘Mr. Wizard’ to Science Buffs, Dies at 89 – New York Times
He was before my time, but he will be missed.
Don Herbert, ‘Mr. Wizard’ to Science Buffs, Dies at 89
RICHARD GOLDSTEINPublished: June 13, 2007
Don Herbert, who unlocked the wonders of science for youngsters of the 1950s and ’60s as television’s Mr. Wizard, died yesterday at his home in the Bell Canyon section of Los Angeles. He was 89.
Don Herbert, around 1955.
The cause was bone cancer, his son-in-law Tom Nikosey told The Associated Press in confirming the death.
Mr. Herbert held no advanced degree in science, he used household items in his TV lab, and his assistants were boys and girls. But he became an influential showman-science teacher on his half-hour “Watch Mr. Wizard” programs, which ran on NBC from 1951 to 1965.
Millions of youngsters may have been captivated by Howdy Doody and the Lone Ranger, but many were also conducting science experiments at home, emulating Mr. Wizard.
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