Posted on 09/18/2006 7:50:16 PM PDT by Borges
He certainly still looked good for his age. My prayers for the comfort of his family.
An in-law who knew Mickey Hargitay claims that he told everyone to pronounce his name "Haggerty".
I was in the ER at Charity Hospital of NO the night they brought the three children in after the wreck. It was very very sad.
What kind of a dunce would tear down the house and savage the beautiful gardens and pool? I know. Money man.
Yup. To build mini-mansions on the 10 acres he bought (including 2 other houses). I almost despise Humperdink for selling it to a developer. He had to know what the guy was going to do.
Of course he knew. Damn.
No I hadn't, but now I have. Thanks.
Thanks for the link.
I knew a co-worker many years ago who was decapitated in a similar accident. We bumped into each other in the grocery store and chatted and the next morning I found out he was killed on his way home. He was a cheerful, well-liked guy and he died at a very young age. Haven't thought of him in years.
You're welcome. :)
it sounds Armenian. Big Armenian community in the LA area.
Just goes to show that no amount of money confers taste. And that's coming from someone who's seen Graceland.
It is an urban legend, and a false one. Mansfield's wig was thrown clear of the crash, and someone -- either in person or seeing the photos of the crash site, I don't recall -- thought it was still attached to her head.
Actually, I misremembered. She was not decapitated, but did suffer severe head trauma. Snopes.com says "scalped" would be the more accurate term.
(A note on the term urban legend: It does not always equate to "false." Some are completely true, and many more have a nugget of truth but become less and less accurate as they're passed around, like any form of folklore.)
There were elements of the Mansfield house that were lovely.
Prettier and a better actress, though I admit that I'm biased on both counts by generational differences. I'm a big Law & Order fan, and Mariska's certainly part of the reason, not just because she's easy on the eyes. She's also shown a lot of range in the run of the show.
Btw, when those interior pics were taken, Englebert Humperdink owned it. It was his furniture etc.
I'm sure, and I was too harsh based on a few old and grainy photos. Every era has its design atrocities -- I'd hate to be judged forever by what I wore and hung on the walls in the 1970s.
That said, Graceland is still appalling.
Then, never mind.
And to elaborate on what I said in the last post, it isn't fair to be too harsh on whoever picked the pieces. We don't know if the owner/decorator chose entirely garish stuff, or if the photographer focused on those because he didn't know better.
It's in the really curvy part of Sunset Blvd just about a mile east of Brentwood but not as far as UCLA. I went to school at Marymount right close by. The house is white now.
I work in Brentwood and usually take the freeway home. Next time I take surface streets I'll look for a cross street ... but, as you know, they are far and few between.
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