Peter Allen dies at 48 of AIDS related illness in San Diego
Australian entertainer Peter Allen known for hits like I Honestly Love You and Arthur's Theme dies from AIDS related illness in San Diego at age 48. He was discovered by Judy Garland and briefly married to Liza Minnelli. His song credits include work for Olivia Newton John Melissa Manchester Frank Sinatra Rita Coolidge and Christopher Cross and he won an Academy Award for Arthur's Theme.
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Judy Garland
Liza Minnelli
Allen
San Diego
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Olivia Newton-John
Rita Coolidge
Arthur
Glenn Ford Back Home After Month in Hospital
Actor Glenn Ford 76 was hospitalized May 14 for irregular heartbeat and blood clots in the lungs. He developed pneumonia May 28, was released May 31 from St John’s Hospital. Production on Africa Skies will start as planned with his segment filmed later.
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St. John’s Hospital and Health Center
Ford
Africa
Dick Guttman
Guttman
Seles to be listed as Sarasota native at Wimbledon
Monica Seles will be listed as from Sarasota Florida rather than Yugoslavia at Wimbledon. WTA senior tour director Georgina Clark said Seles wanted to avoid political controversy and prefer to be identified by the country she has lived in since 1986. Seles is the world No. 1 player and top seed, an ethnic Hungarian from Novi Sad in Yugoslavia. She has resided in Florida.
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Sarasota
Fla
Georgina Clark
Women’s Tennis Association
Seles
Clark
Novi Sad
Yugoslav Republic of Serbia
Florida
Stiers Promotes Arts On 15 City Tour With Symphony
Actor David Ogden Stiers conducted the Grand Rapids Symphony in DeVos Hall as part of a national 15 concert arts tour. He joked about his tuxedo slimming effect while the fundraiser benefited musicians’ pension funds.
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David Ogden Stiers
Grand Rapids, Mich
Stiers
Charles Winchester
Paul McCartney at 50 A nostalgic milestone with mixed resonance
The piece notes Paul McCartney's 50th birthday as nostalgic but not momentous. It contrasts with Elvis and Lennon anniversaries, observes limited tributes from Capitol Records and Cavern Club, and captures sentiment from fans like Jeff Murphy on aging Beatle legends.
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Paul McCartney
Imagine
McCartney
Capitol Records
Liverpool
Cavern Club
John Lennon
Tony Berry
Jeff Murphy
Shoes
Lincoln textile executive convicted of fraud
A 47-year-old former Lincolnton textile executive, Ronald Ray Harris, was found guilty by a federal jury on two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. He allegedly falsified invoices to Barclays Commercial Corporation to obtain over 500 900 dollars between 1989 and 1990. He previously pleaded guilty in Charlotte but investigators later found Swiss bank transfers. Prosecutors expect sentencing by Judge Graham Mullen, with a potential 20 year maximum.
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Lincolnton
U.S. District Court
Ronald Ray Harris
Harris
Harris & Harris Associates
Barclays Commercial Corporation
Charlotte
Torney
Bill Brafford
Brafford
U.S
Graham Mullen
Criminal Federal Court
AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Charlotte Merchandise Mart
A portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is on view at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart on Independence Boulevard through the weekend. About 1,000 panels of the original 15,000 are shown from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free with donations accepted. Several panels honor local residents who died of AIDS and will be dedicated at a 5 p.m. ceremony Sunday.
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Independence Boulevard
Charlotte
Merchandise Mart
Deadheads Arrested At Grateful Dead Concert in Charlotte
Police arrested 74 people on the first night of the Grateful Dead run at the Charlotte Coliseum. Officers identified 54 Dead Heads among those charged with drug offenses, seizing marijuana, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and nitrous oxide. One 18 year old from New York was treated for a drug overdose at Mercy South Hospital.
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Charlotte Coliseum
New York
Mercy South Hospital
Charlotte
Sword Wielding Robber Strikes At City Grocery
A 38 year old man was injured and a 42 year old clerk terrorized when a masked sword man robbed N and R Grocery on West Morehead Street about 11 30 p m Wednesday. The suspect demanded cash, struck a customer in the back with a sabre, and fled with about $50.
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N&r
West Morehead Street
Man coerced off pay phone by man with Uzi on South Hoskins
A 38 year old Charlotte man, Thomas Odell Moore, said a man approached him on a South Hoskins Road pay phone Wednesday night and demanded he hang up. Moore refused briefly before the suspect produced an Uzi type weapon, forced him to drop the phone and flee. No shots were fired.
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Uzigun
Charlotte
Thomas Odell Moore
South Hoskins Road
Moore
Teen gang shoots robbery victim in northwest Charlotte
Five youths confronted Leroy Miller on Tinsley Street demanding money. When he fled, gunfire struck Miller in the back and legs. He was listed in serious but stable condition at Carolinas Medical Center.
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Charlotte
Leroy Miller
Tinsley Street
Miller
Carolinas Medical Center
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