Archive - Jan 2007

Buy from Amazon.com: Sidney Sheldon Books

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer who won awards in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.

Death of Sidney Sheldon:
Sheldon died from complications arising from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California
Sidney Sheldon was 89 years old at the age of his death.

He was cremated and buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

He struggled with bipolar disorder for years; he contemplated suicide at 17 (talked out of it by his father who discovered him), as detailed in his autobiography published in 2005, The Other Side of Me.

Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 – January 19, 2007) was a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was most widely known as a founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas & the Papas.

Dennis Doherty's Death:
Denny Doherty died on January 19, 2007 at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, from kidney failure following surgery on an abdominal aneurysm.

Jeff Healey is the blind singer (& Guitar player) from the 80's movie Road House starring Patrick Swayze. 

Jeff Healey is not just a movie character.  A movie creator saw a blind singer singing and playing guitar at a club in Canada.  He was hired to be himself for the movie.

Of course, he became very popular after Road House.  Jeff Healey made about 9 albums since then.

He lost his eyes when he was one year old due to cancer.  Jeff Healey was born on 1966.

Besinds vocals and guitar, he also plays trumpet and clarinet.