Methanol Uses. While the U.S. government formerly mandated the addition of methanol to gasoline in the form of MTBE, an additive that boosted octane, such use has been reduced since the late 1990s following federal recognition of MTBE's high potential for contaminating groundwater (see References 8).
He also remained financially solvent with his line of skin products and tanning salons. In 1995, George Hamilton hopped on the talk-show bandwagon, co-starring with his former wife Alana (who'd remarried rocker Rod Stewart) on a not-bad syndicated daily TV chatfest.
Actor Ralph Waite, best known for playing John Walton Sr-Papa Walton-in the long-running TV show The Waltons, has died at the age of 85. Ralph was a good honest actor and a good honest man, said Michael Learned, who played his on-screen wife Olivia. He was my spiritual husband. We loved each other for over 40 years.