Cease And Desist. DEFINITION of 'Cease And Desist'. Cease and desist is an order given by a government administrative agency or the courts to stop any suspicious or illegal activities. Falling under the Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978, a cease and desist order places an injunction on a company or person, prohibiting the activities that are deemed suspect.
Rosey Grier is 83 years old. To be more precise (and nerdy), the current age as of right now is 30299 days or (even more geeky) 727176 hours. That's a lot of hours!
In February 1976, just before another #1 hit with Love Hangover, she was stunned when her singing partner and friend, Florence Ballard, died after complications from a combination of alcohol abuse and long-term depression, which led to cardiac arrest. Ballard was only 32 years old and Ross was devastated by the loss. After recovering from Ballard's death, Ross went on to focus on her singing career and continued having more #1 songs, including Upside Down. The following year she performed the theme song from Endless Love (1981), which was composed by Lionel Richie.