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Reagan's appointed ambassador to Mexico dies
Fox News 2/9/18 ^
Posted on 04/15/2018 4:12:56 PM PDT by patriot08
John Gavin, the movie star who graced the big screen in Psycho, Imitation of Life" and Thoroughly Modern Millie has died at age 86, Fox News confirmed Friday.
The tall, strikingly handsome entertainer had led a decades-long career in Hollywood. He won a Golden Globe for 1958s A Time to Love and a Time to Die, appeared alongside blonde bombshell Lana Turner in 1959s Imitation of Life and starred as Julius Caesar in 1960s Spartacus with Kirk Douglas, among others.
He famously played Janet Leigh's divorced lover Sam Loomis in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho.
The Hollywood Reporter claimed Gavin was signed on to play James Bond in 1971s Diamonds Are Forever before Sean Connery reclaimed the role of the suave superspy.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Gavin as Mexico's ambassador in 1981, a country he already had ties with.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ambassador; chat; moviestar; reagan; who
Didn't see where Reagan's ambassador to Mexico's death had been posted...thought it newsworthy
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:12:56 PM PDT
by
patriot08
To: patriot08
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:14:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: patriot08
I think Thoroughly Modern Millie, was really good (and funny). Mary Tyler Moore at her prime.
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:15:48 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: dfwgator
Oh, sorry. I looked- didn’t find it
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:16:21 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: patriot08
Fine actor and even better Patriot. Extremely rare these days.
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:16:36 PM PDT
by
wmileo
To: patriot08
Didn’t this happen a few months ago?
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:17:49 PM PDT
by
murron
To: yarddog; All
I liked him in 'Midnight Lace' with Doris Day.
'Midnight Lace' was one of the few dramas that Doris was in. Her movies were mostly all 'romantic comedies'. She was very good in this one. (Nobody can out-cry Doris Day)
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:22:48 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: murron
Jan 9, I think.
I kept looking for it to be posted..missed it somehow.
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:25:20 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: patriot08
And nobody endorses road rollers like Doris either!
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:33:09 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: All
He was one handsome man- I'll say that for him.They just don't make male movie stars like that anymore. Brad Pitt? Johnny Dep? Yuk
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:44:03 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: xp38
That can’t be for real..can it?
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:45:35 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: xp38
Doris is up in her 90's now. I'll cry when she leaves us. She is truly an American icon...a treasure.
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posted on
04/15/2018 4:49:59 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: All
Doris Day and John Gavin in 'Midnight Lace'
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:04:10 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: patriot08
I saw it on the internet some years ago. I think it’s real. Looks to be related to the movie in the ad. There are some wacky things that have happened out there in the 1950s. :)
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posted on
04/15/2018 5:19:19 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: xp38
Ok. Thanks. (now I’ve seen everything) :D
;0
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posted on
04/15/2018 11:19:35 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
To: patriot08
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posted on
04/15/2018 11:22:28 PM PDT
by
patriot08
( 5th generation Texan- girl type. Check out my Texas page! (in my bio))
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