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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 2001
Page
24
The Furthur bus carries the casket after a memorial service at McDonald Theater in Eugene Oregon. More than a thousand mourners attend the service for Ken Kesey who died Saturday after liver cancer surgery. Kesey was 66 and wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Nation.
Workers at GM Electro Motive Division in London Ontario apply a flag decal to a Union Pacific locomotive. The flags, part of a new paint scheme for all AP locomotives, were unveiled on Wednesday.
Tony Robbins says he is not switching careers to act after his appearance in the Farrelly brothers film Shallow Hat. He notes he offered insight into the character’s motivation but does not plan to pursue acting, while Jack Black plays Hal who is brainwashed to see inner beauty in women.
Pioneer black actress and singer Etta Moten Barnett celebrated her 100th birthday in Chicago with a three foot high cheesecake. Harry Belafonte led guests in singing Happy Birthday.
Barnett blew out a single candle on her cake. She appeared in Gold Diggers of 1933 and Flying Down to Rio with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She starred in Porgy and Bess on Broadway in the 1930s and sang with Duke Ellington.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney was at JFK Airport on Sept. 11 and saw the hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center. He later witnessed the crash aftermath from a Concorde over New York, recalling the frightening sight of smoke.
Entertainment Weekly notes Heather Graham evolved from Boogie Nights to sexpot parts in Bowfinger Austin Powers and From Hell. She portrays an alley hopping prostitute opposite Johnny Depp, admitting initial hesitation over the From Hell script before praising the character.
Big Apple celebs film tourism spots to lure visitors back to the city. Billy Crystal in a turkey suit and Robert De Niro in Pilgrim gear star opposite, amid Macy’s Parade duties. Yogi Berra leads the Philharmonic in a humorous sketch. Mayor Giuliani closes with The New York miracle.
Judge Joseph Wapner turns 82, Ed Asner 72, Petula Clark 69, Sam Waterston 61. Frida from ABBA is 56, Beverly DAngelo 47, Kevin Eubanks 25, ODB of Wu Tang Clan 33, Jack Ingram 33, Virginie Ledoyen 25.
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