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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 11:35 am
Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dies at 78 Company targeted growing number of women entering workforce in 1970s NEW YORK - Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles became a cornerstone of career women’s wardrobes in the 1970s and 1980s, has died, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78. The cause of her death on Tuesday was not immediately known. Claiborne, who retired from the day-to-day operations in 1989, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. in 1976 along with second husband Art Ortenberg and Leonard Boxer. Their goal was to create a collection of fashions aimed at the growing number of women entering the work force.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 11:53 am
Oh I used to love Liz Clairborne's stuff.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 12:39 pm
Kaykay, that is the longest announcement.. haven't see one that long yet.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 1:24 pm
sad... i loved her stuff too
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 1:37 pm
LC is the one brand of clothing that fits me perfectly. Sorry, about her passing, but it looks as if she left the business years ago.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 7:10 pm
I used to wear her things, too. I loved her career clothes.
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:10 pm
We sell a lot of her stuff at The Bay - clothes, bed and bath linens, jewellery etc
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 2:28 pm
Joel Siegel, movie critic, died of colon cancer. He was 63.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 2:43 pm
Link So sad.
I was just watching the news on ABC when they announced it and did a very nice tribute to him.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 3:00 pm
I agree. Very sad. It's like Siskel. Far too soon.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 3:05 pm
This is a wake-up call for all of you who haven't had a colonoscopy to get one soon. We buried my DH son at age 52 after his 6 year battle with that disease. He ignored his symptoms for over a year. What a tragic waste of a good life.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 5:23 pm
Same thing with my BF's dad, OG. He would've been 48 or so when he passed, BF was eight at the time. Such a simple procedure...
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 4:55 am
So sad... Siegel's smile was so uplifting. I saw his young son on 20/20 last nite and wow was he adorable.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 6:22 am
This news has saddened me and came as a bit of a shock. I knew he was fighting cancer and about the book, but in the last story they did about him, it seemed he might make it.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 6:27 pm
Beverly Sills has died. ETA: link Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78. It had been revealed just last month that Sills was gravely ill with inoperable lung cancer. Sills, who never smoked, died about 9 p.m. Monday at her Manhattan home with her family and doctor at her side, said her manager, Edgar Vincent. Beyond the music world, Sills gained fans worldwide with a style that matched her childhood nickname, Bubbles. The relaxed, red-haired diva appeared frequently on "The Tonight Show," "The Muppet Show" and in televised performances with her friend Carol Burnett. Together, they did a show from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera called "Sills and Burnett at the Met," singing rip-roaring duets with funny one-liners thrown in. Long after the public stopped hearing her sing in 1980, Sills' rich, infectious laughter filled the nation's living rooms as she hosted live TV broadcasts. As recently as last season, she conducted backstage interviews for the Metropolitan Opera's high-definition movie theater performances.[...]
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 7:01 pm
God speed..she was a great talent and lady.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 7:02 pm
RIP, she was a wonderful singer.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 02, 2007 - 10:36 pm

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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 3:11 am
Awesome lady! So down to earth. She reached so many that otherwise wouldn't have learned to appreciate opera.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 9:28 am
WESTPORT, Conn. - Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99. Zaret died at his home Monday, about a month shy of his 100th birthday, his son, Robert Zaret, said Tuesday. He penned words to many songs and advertising jingles but his biggest hit was "Unchained Melody," written in 1955 for a film called "Unchained." It brought Zaret and Alex North, the composer, an Academy Award nomination for best song. Zaret refused the producer's request to work the word "unchained" into the lyrics, instead writing to express the feelings of a lover who has "hungered for your touch a long, lonely time." The song was recorded by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Lena Horne, U2, Guy Lombardo, Vito & the Salutations and Joni Mitchell, who incorporated fragments into her song "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody." An instrumental version was a No. 1 hit in 1955 for Les Baxter, while a vocal version by Al Hibbler reached No. 3 the same year. But most baby boomers remember the song from the Righteous Brothers' version. The record, produced by Phil Spector, reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart in 1965, and was a hit again 25 years later when it was used on the soundtrack of the film "Ghost." In all, it was recorded more than 300 times, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which listed it in 1999 as one of the 25 most-performed musical works of the 20th century. Among other songs Zaret co-wrote were "My Sister and I," a hit in 1941 for Jimmy Dorsey; "So Long, for a While," the theme song for the radio and TV show "Your Hit Parade"; "Dedicated to You"; and the Andrews Sisters' novelty song "One Meat Ball." "He had some big, big hits," said Jim Steinblatt, an assistant vice president at ASCAP. In later years, Zaret had to fend off the claims by another man, electrical engineer William Stirrat, who said he wrote the "Unchained Melody" lyrics as a teenager in the 1930s and even legally changed his name to Hy Zaret. Robert Zaret and Steinblatt both said the dispute was resolved completely in favor of the real Zaret, who continued to receive all royalties. Steinblatt said Stirrat died in 2004.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 9:59 am
youtube - unchained melody - click and enjoy One Meatball - youtube - click and enjoy
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 12:29 pm
I urge you to go to youtube.com, type in Beverly Sills and watch her performance as a 7 year old. Unbelievable! (Perhaps one of you talented Clubhousers could post the link.)
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 12:35 pm
Beverly Sills at 7
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 12:37 pm
Beverly Sills singing at 7 years old on Youtube click and enjoy ...Anything for you OG. ETA ...Tish beat me to it.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 2:35 pm
Wow, she was an amazing talent even at that early age. I've always admired her. She just always seemed like a positive and upbeat person!
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