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The Hands That Healed Bradman GH on a forgotten man who changed history

On his substack, Gideon Haigh has written about Don Bradman's masseur - Ern Saunders - who also was the Richmond Football Club head trainer for over a decade.

(Was more than happy to provide some research for him)

Great read and some incredible images
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The Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go YouTube video by Tinto Retto

#RIP Pete Dello, 83
Wrote the worldwide 1968 hit "I Can't Let Maggie Go" for The Honeybus.
youtu.be/ih4zwp-0GeQ?...

#RIP Robert Carradine, 71.
One of the teenagers in the brilliant "The Cowboys," (1972), the head nerd Lewis Skolnick in "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984), a killer in Mean Streets (1973), the Vietnam veteran in "Coming Home" (1978), and the TV father of "Lizzie McGuire"

#RIP Bill Mazeroski, 89.
Entered immortality with his walk-off home run in Game 7 to win the 1960 World Series.

#RIP Carlo Cecchi, 86.
The Italian actor who portrayed Nicolò Bussotti the violin-maker who makes the title object - THE RED VIOLIN - out of grief.

Yvonne Lime Fedderson, Actress in ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf‘ and ‘The Rainmaker,’ Dies at 90 She also starred in ‘Dragstrip Riot’ and ‘High School Hellcats’ before co-founding Childhelp, the nonprofit organization dedicated to helping abused, neglected and at-risk kids.

#RIP Yvonne Lime Fedderson, 90.
She also starred in ‘Dragstrip Riot’ and ‘High School Hellcats’ before co-founding Childhelp, the nonprofit organization dedicated to helping abused, neglected and at-risk kids.
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Laura Adler, Emmy-Nominated Casting Director, Dies at 65 A daughter of the late actor Jerry Adler, she worked on shows including ‘Dream On’ and ‘Better Off Ted’ and served as a valued Casting Society administrator for a decade.

#RIP Laura Adler, 65
A daughter of the late actor Jerry Adler, she worked on shows including ‘Dream On’ and ‘Better Off Ted’ and served as a valued Casting Society administrator for a decade.
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Nessa Hyams, Casting Director and ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ Helmer, Dies at 84 She started out with Marion Dougherty, found actors for ‘What's Up, Doc?’ and ‘The Exorcist’ at Warner Bros. and was a high-ranking exec at Columbia Pictures.

#RIP Nessa Hyams, 84
She started out with Marion Dougherty, found actors for ‘What's Up, Doc?’ and ‘The Exorcist’ at Warner Bros. and was a high-ranking exec at Columbia Pictures.
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Bruce Bilson, Director on ‘Get Smart,’ ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ ‘Barney Miller’ and So Much More, Dies at 97 Rachel Bilson’s grandfather, an Emmy winner, was the first A.D. on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ and he helmed the last sitcom episode Lucille Ball ever did.

#RIP Bruce Bilson, 97
Rachel Bilson’s grandfather, an Emmy winner, was the first A.D. on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ and he helmed the last sitcom episode Lucille Ball ever did.
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David Siegel, Producer on the Three ‘Hangover’ Movies, Dies at 70 He also worked as a transportation coordinator and production manager, with credits ranging from ‘Broadcast News’ and ‘Dances With Wolves’ to ‘Air Force One’ and ‘The LEGO Movie.’

#RIP David Siegel, 70
Produced 3 'Hangover' films, also worked as a transportation coordinator and production manager, with credits ranging from ‘Broadcast News’ and ‘Dances With Wolves’ to ‘Air Force One’ and ‘The LEGO Movie.’
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Uncle Walt 1965 16mm YouTube video by Unckie NPC

"Uncle Walt" - the long lost 1965 short cartoon by Robert Swarthe has surfaced online !!

It last screened publicly in 1972.
Watch it before its taken down.
youtu.be/FyMylkx0KLo?...

T.K. Carter, ‘The Thing,’ ‘The Way Back’ and ‘Space Jam’ Actor, Dies at 69 Carter was known for also appearing in many TV shows, including 'Punky Brewster,' 'Just Our Luck' and 'Police Woman.'

#RIP T.K. Carter, 69.
The rollerskating chef in ‘The Thing,’ he played Mike Fulton on the first two seasons of NBC’s Punky Brewster, and in the 1996 original Space Jam movie, he voiced the character Monstar Nawt.
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Allan Alper, Musical Director and Film Composer, Dies at 78 A son of an MCA talent agent, he worked with the likes of Mitzi Gaynor, Florence Henderson, Charo and Debbie Reynolds during his career.

#RIP Allan Alper, 78
Musical director and film composer for Mitzi Gaynor, Florence Henderson, Jim Nabors, Charo and Debbie Reynolds.
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Mark J. Masek, Author of the Celebrity Cemetery Guidebook ‘Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,’ Dies at 68 With a great sense of history and “without spectacle,” he wrote about the gravesites of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Liberace, Al Jolson, Marlyn Monroe and many others.

#RIP Mark J. Masek, 68.
Author of the celebrity cemetery guidebook ‘Hollywood Remains to Be Seen.'
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Tom Cherones, Emmy-Winning ‘Seinfeld’ Director and Producer, Dies at 86 The Alabama native set the visual tone for the “show about nothing” during its first five seasons, then called the shots for ‘Ellen,’ ‘NewsRadio’ and other sitcoms.

RIP Tom Cherones, 86.
Emmy-Winning ‘Seinfeld’ Director and Producer who helmed 81 episodes including “The Chinese Restaurant,” “The Parking Garage” and “The Contest.”
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Sverre Anker Ousdal, who portrayed the detective in the original 'Insomnia' (1997) that is shot by his fellow officer, has died at 81.

Sidney Kibrick, Child Actor in the Our Gang Comedy Shorts, Dies at 97 He played the bad kid known as “Woim” — Butch’s sidekick — in the Hal Roach films before calling it a career when he was 15.

Sidney Kibrick, who portrayed the bad boy known as “Woim” in Our Gang comedy film shorts in the 1930s, has died, aged 97
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FLASH:
Béla Tarr, the Hungarian director of the 7-hour opus Sátántangó (1994), and 'The Turin Horse' (2011), has died aged 70.

2 years after the special effects wonder of Jurassic Park, we get Congo !

An ape drinking a martini on a plane, and smoking.

Con Pederson, CGI Pioneer and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Visual Effects Artist, Dies at 91 He and Douglas Trumbull went from creating a short film for the 1964 World’s Fair to working many exacting months on the Stanley Kubrick classic: The film "absolutely would not have happened without C...

Con Pederson, the last surviving visual effects artist on '2001: A Space Odyssey', has died at 91.
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Johnny Legend 1949-2026 One of the World's All-Time Greatest Anomalies Departs

#RIP Johnny Legend, 77
The Rockabilly musician who directed, wrote and produced 'My Breakfast with Blassie' starring Andy Kaufman and Freddie Blassie.

R.EM would name-drop it in 'Man on the Moon'.
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Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby, dies at 77 | CNN Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died. She was 77.

#RIP Diane Crump, 77
In 1969 she became the first female jockey to ride professionally in America.
The following year she broke down the barriers for the Kentucky Derby.
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Woman Behind the Viral ‘Beast Jesus’ Restoration, Cecilia Giménez, Dies at 94 | Artnet News Cecilia Giménez, the artist behind the viral Beast Jesus restoration, has died at 94. Her legacy lives on in memes, tourism, and pop culture.

#RIP Cecilia Gimenez, 94.
In 2012 she took it upon herself to restore a fresco depicting Christ, her botched work ultimately became a viral internet sensation
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Overly excited promo for the 1996 AFL Final Series.

The Tonight show with Johnny Carson S1E11 10/15/1962. The Little Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Ben Lyon YouTube video by Jacob Rich

Audio of a long-lost "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" episode has been found.
It's Season 1 Episode 11 fro October 15th 1962
youtu.be/SkKvQQwG5hI?...

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died | CNN Business Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has...

#RIP Peter Arnett, 91.
The NZ born reporter, who from a hotel room in the Al-Rashid Hotel reported to the world the Gulf War invasion - in an iconic broadcast on CNN
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HE MADE IT ! 🎇🎂

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY to DICK VAN DYKE

#RIP Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton, 95.
The Jamacian Trumpeter who can be heard on The Beatles "Got To Get You Into My Life "

#RIP Masato Harada, 76
Japanese director of "Chronicle of My Mother", he acted as Mr. Omura - the businessman who hires American soldiers to quell the Samurai rebellion, in THE LAST SAMURAI.

Mirror Cracked, for me mate