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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 2004

Page

7

Lee Lacocca backs $1 million for disease cure tests

Former auto executive Lee Lacocca funds a three year testing program at Massachusetts General Hospital with a $1 million pledge. The effort aims at a disease affecting about 2 million Americans and up to 18 million worldwide, with type 1 diabetes risking blindness and limb loss in severe cases.

Lee Lacocca Boston Massachusetts General Hospital Iacocea United States

Sigourney Weaver Rules Out Fear Factor Challenge

Sigourney Weaver says she would not be a good reality TV contestant and would refuse eating cockroaches. The Village star, 54, told People magazine she values toughness but would avoid such stunts.

Associated Press Sigourney Weaver People Magazine

Fonzie Surprises in New Season Release

The sitcom Happy Days returns with its first season on DVD revealing Henry Winkler as Fonzie and a shift from star Ron Howard as a 1950s teen. The actor’s biker persona surprised Marshall and fans, as a cooler, quieter Fonzie steals attention.

Garry Henry Winkler Ron Howard

Schreiber Narrates Ground Zero Baseball Documentary Screening

HBO announced a free public screening at Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan at sundown Tuesday for the film Nine Innings From Ground Zero narrated by Liev Schreiber. The documentary, about the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, will air again on September 14 on HBO.

Liev Schreiber Bryant Park Midtown Manhattan HBO

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Released From Hospital

Eunice Kennedy Shriver who was hospitalized for hypothermia after a sailing trip has been released. She is the fifth Kennedy child and mother of Maria Shriver. Shriver founded the Special Olympics and is married to Sargent Shriver.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Associated Press Shriver Rose and Joseph Kennedy Maria Shriver California Arnold Schwarzenegger John F. Kennedy Sargent Shriver Peace Corps

Today’s birthday list for notable film figures

Actress Shelley Winters and Madeleine Stowe share today amid a roster of film and TV stars. Roman Polanski, Robert Redford, Patrick Swayze, Denis Leary, Christian Slater, and Edward Norton also celebrate birthdays.

Shelley Winters Roman Polan Robert Redford Patrick Swayze Denis Leary Madeleine Stowe Christian Slater Edward Norton

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