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Category: Clowns, Music, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 27, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Comics, 1960s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 24, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, 1960s, Christmas
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 21, 2021 -
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Category: Shopping, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 21, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Music, Eggs, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 19, 2021 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology, Hotels, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 18, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Cafes, Coffeehouses, Teahouses, and Other Caffeine Culture, 1950s, 1960s
Reasoned verse some prose or rhyme
Lose themselves in other times
And waiting hopes cast silent spells
That speak in clouded clues
It cannot be a part of me
For now it's part of you
Sunshine, rag time, blowing in the breeze
Midnight looks right standing more at ease
Silhouettes and figures stay
Close to what he had to say
And one more time the faded dream
Is saddened by the news
It cannot be a part of me
For now it's a part of you
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 12, 2021 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Surrealism, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 09, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Parades and Festivals, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
on March 4, during a performance of La forza del destino with Renata Tebaldi as Leonora and Thomas Schippers conducting, Warren suddenly collapsed and died on stage. Eyewitnesses including Rudolf Bing reported that Warren had completed Don Carlo's Act III aria, which begins Morir, tremenda cosa ("to die, a momentous thing"), and was supposed to open a sealed wallet, examine the contents and cry out "È salvo, o gioia" (He is safe, oh joy), before launching into the vigorous cabaletta. While Bing reports that Warren simply went silent and fell face-forward to the floor,[3] others state that he started coughing and gasping, and that he cried out "Help me, help me!" before falling to the floor, remaining motionless. Roald Reitan, singing the Surgeon, was on stage with Warren at the time of his death, and attempted to render aid.[1]
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 05, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Music, Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, 1960s
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