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- Emile Meyer was born on 18 August 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Paths of Glory (1957), Shane (1953) and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). He died on 19 March 1987 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.
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Guss Williams was born on 20 May 1961 in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Predator 2 (1990) and Battleship (2012). He died on 26 September 2017 in Covington, Georgia, USA.- Walker Percy was born on 28 May 1916 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was a writer, known for The Second Coming, The Moviegoer and Lancelot. He died on 10 May 1990 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.
- Sidney Noel Rideau was born in New Orleans on 25 December 1929. Sid graduated from Alcee Fortier High School. During the Korean War, he served 8 years, honorably, in the U.S. Navy Reserve. From the 1950s, Sid's professional name is fondly remembered as Sid Noel, the host of WWL radio's morning Dawnbusters program, which replaced the original Dawnbusters live studio orchestra, hosted by Henry Dupre. Earlier, while attending Loyola University in communications studies, Sid's creative faculty was already on display. As master of ceremonies of the music department's Campus Capers, he led the college's charity entertainment group that visited hospitals and nursing homes throughout the region. In 1957, Loyola University acquired the license for Channel 4 Television station (WWL-TV). In January, 1959, with his identity kept secret, Sid created and became the mad but hilarious scientist Dr. Momus Alexander Morgus the Magnificent, whose quixotic, scientific experiments caused a sensation as host of WWL-TV's Saturday night movies. The character's popularity was overwhelming, and continued on and off various television stations, countrywide, for over half a century. Throughout the years, Sid generously used the popularity of the Morgus character to raise funds for local charities, civic causes, and WYES-TV auctions. In between, he had other projects that kept him busy in New York, Detroit and New Orleans. He wrote, produced and hosted over 500 television programs, 180 in syndication. Beyond radio and television, Sid was a storyteller. He patented and manufactured what may be the first "fable-telling" attraction called The Story Castle. From telephones attached, children listened to The Castle's audio stories that spread joy and bits of moral education in shopping malls throughout the United States, and in Canada. Privately, Sid enjoyed being home with family and restoring various houses throughout the years. In the early 1990s, Sid turned his interest toward the growing violence and disciplinary problems in schools throughout the country and at a time, character education became an initiative with educators. As S. Noel Rideau, he authored and published a K-5 reading program titled Uncle Noel's Fun Fables, which got parents involved in reading with their children. The program was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Sid also made school visits with his live presentation Storytelling for Character. In 1993, he was invited into the newly organized Character Education Partnership, Inc. in Washington, D.C. In addition, he was a lifetime member of The Storytelling Network. At the beginning of the 21st century, he began developing, on the Internet, a K-12, "ethics for kids" reading program as a free supplementary resource for schools. The 52 original stories titled "Fables to Grow On" were incorporated into what became the Internet Story Club of America, Inc. Co-founded and hosted by The New Orleans Public Library, it became an independent, 501c(3) non-profit charity. Sadly, he passed away on 27 August 2020.
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Bill Whitworth was born on 19 September 1926 in Marietta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for In the Heat of the Night (1988), Same River Twice (1996) and Ghost Town: The Movie (2007). He was married to Christine Whitworth. He died on 1 February 2019 in Covington, Georgia, USA.- Music Department
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Legendary Canadian folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Stan Rogers began his professional career in 1969 and quickly became a fixture on the Canadian folk club and festival circuit. In the 1970s, he performed frequently on CBC Radio and appeared on the Canadian television variety series "John Allan Cameron".
His first album, Fogarty's Cove, was recorded in 1976. He later went on to establish with his brother, musician Garnet Rogers, Fogarty's Cove Music label.
Rogers' songs spoke for the ordinary lives that reflect the diversity of the Canadian experience. He gave voice to those who work closest to the land and the sea as well as to the dispossessed and the disaffected. The universal themes of his songs were honor, loyalty and hope. His terms of reference and his images were evocatively specific and his sense of Canadian history equally poetic and heroic.
Of Rogers' titles, nearly 100 in total, the best-known are 'Barrett's Privateers,' 'Make and Break Harbour,' 'The Mary Ellen Carter,' 'Northwest Passage' and the love song 'Forty-Five Years'. His songs have been recorded by more than 25 other artists and groups including Peter Paul and Mary, Raffi, Eric Bogle, the Battlefield Band, John Allan Cameron, Margaret Christl, Mary O'Hara and the Tannahill Weavers.
Rogers began attract international attention and made his US debut in 1978 and subsequently appeared widely there in folk clubs and at festivals. Tragically, he was killed in 1983 in a fire aboard an Air Canada DC-9 at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. At the time, he was en route home from an appearance at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas.
The Stan Rogers Folk Festival was founded in 1997 and named in his honor. It is held annually in Canso, Nova Scotia and has featured such acts as Bruce Cockburn, Ron Sexsmith, Jimmy Rankin, The Barra McNeils, The Irish Descendants and Eric Bogle.
Rogers is widely considered to be the greatest Canadian folk singer of all time.- Composer
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Songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Breezin' Along With the Breeze", "You Go To My Head," "That Lucky Old Sun"), and composer who left high school to enter the printing trade and soon became a "song plugger" for the music industry. He worked for the New York Times and other newspapers. After a bout with alcoholism and the loss of his wife, he returned to his native Kentucky. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his chief musical collaborators included Henry I. Marshall, Henry H. Tobias, Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias, Richard A. Whiting, Rudy Vallee, Lee David, Larry Shay, Byron Gay, Seymour Simons, Peter De Rose, Victor Young, Neil Moret, "Little" Jack Little, Pete Wendling, Egbert Van Alstyne, and J. Fred Coots. His other popular-song compositions include "The Old Master Painter," "Drifting and Dreaming," "Honey," "The Sleepy Town Express," "Our Old Home Team," "Don't Forget," "God's Country" (Freedom Foundation Award), "You Happened to Me," "Tin Pan Parade," "The Wedding of Jack and Jill," "Right or Wrong," "By the Sycamore Tree," "Beautiful Love," "Until Tomorrow", "Come Home," "There's Honey on the Moon Tonight," "Song of the Navy," "Seeing You Again Did Me No Good," "Our Silver Anniversary," and "This Holy Love".- Actor
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Eddie Peabody was born on 19 February 1902 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for His College Chums (1929), The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) and Rainbow's End (1938). He died on 7 November 1970 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.- Hank Stram was born on 3 January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Coach (1989), AFL on ABC (1960) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He was married to Phyllis Marie Pesha. He died on 4 July 2005 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.
- Mary Ellen Tanner was born on 9 November 1946 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 3 May 2014 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.
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Gary Brouillette was born on 28 November 1950 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Gary is known for Now You See Me (2013), 2 Guns (2013) and Treme (2010). Gary died on 28 April 2024 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.- George Remus was born on 13 November 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 20 January 1952 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.
- Actress
Rickey Newell was born on 31 August 1904 in Germany. She was an actress. She was married to Vincent Newman. She died on 20 February 1992 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.- Actor
William Capitan was born on 14 October 1914 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 28 June 1978 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.- George Sperti was born on 17 January 1900 in Covington, Kentucky, USA. He died on 29 April 1991 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.
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Sally Birdsong was born on 18 July 1920 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA. She was an actress, known for The Toy (1982), La stanza delle parole (1989) and Lush (2000). She was married to Frank Birdsong. She died on 29 January 2012 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.- Joe Grzenda was born on 8 June 1937 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 12 July 2019 in Covington Township, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Kelvin Moore was born on 26 August 1957 in Leroy, Alabama, USA. He was married to Patricia Sims Brown. He died on 9 November 2014 in Covington, Georgia, USA.
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Cathy LaFrance was born on 25 August 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Cathy was a costume designer, known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Ray (2004) and Five Fingers (2006). Cathy died on 27 December 2023 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.- Joseph Boschert was born on 14 March 1936 in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA. He died on 21 April 2010 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.
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Ann Wadlington was born on 24 June 1941. She is known for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Nashville (1975) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). She died on 29 May 1993 in Covington, Georgia, USA.- Henry Bourgeois was born on 1 September 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Mildred Darbie. He died on 14 November 2009 in Covington, Louisiana, USA.
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John Henry Kreitler was born on 6 February 1948 in Tillamook, Oregon, USA. He was a composer, known for Passions (1999), Material Girls (2006) and Melrose Place (1992). He was married to Patsy Meyer. He died on 28 January 2024 in Covington, Kentucky, USA.