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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 2004
Page
2
South Orange comedian Joe Piscopo urged breaking stereotypes of Italian Americans during a Seton Hall University panel. A attendee said prejudice against Italians remains tacitly accepted in popular culture, prompting discussion on media portrayals.
Former film star Michael J. Fox and hockey great Gilbert Perreault teamed up in Pat LaFontaine’s Champions in Courage charity game in Buffalo. The event for Buffalo Women and Children’s Hospital raised over $200,000 to fund a computer play room, as Fox, battling Parkinson's, marveled at skating with the French Connection.
Elton John, Joan Sutherland, John Williams, Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee received Kennedy Center Honors at a Sunday ceremony. Downey Jr drew laughs with a rambling tribute calling John “the other first lady.” The event honored lifetime contributions to American culture. The audience included Sen. Kerry, President and Mrs. Bush, Vice President Cheney, and his wife.
On December 6 1889 Jefferson Davis the only president of the Confederate States died in New Orleans. The day marks Congress moving to Philadelphia in 1790 and the Washington Monument completion in 1884. Other notes include Coolidges 1923 radio address and various historical events through 2004.
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 84 and singer Helen Corne lius is 63. Actors James Naughton 59 and JoBeth Williams 56 mark milestones alongside Tom Hulce 51 and Kin Shriner 51. Wil Shriner 51, Miles Chapin 50, Rick Buckler 49, Steven Wright 49, Bill Lloyd 49, Tish Hinojosa 49. Peter Buck 48. Janine Turner 42, Ben Watt 42. Ulf Ekberg 34. Colleen Haskell 28 and Lindsay Price 28 round out the list of birthday celebrants.
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