Despite the fact that the AAP warned that crib bumpers could pose a serious safety risk to infants as early as 2008, little has changed when it comes to what expectant parents can find in their local baby super storeâin part because baby bedding is big business.
Actor Bob Denver dies at 70. Actor Bob Denver, best known for his roles as Gilligan on Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) and Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963), died Friday at the age of 70. Denver gained popularity on Dobie Gillis, playing the title character's best friend, a beatnik.
THE LAST DAYS OF BUD ABBOTT. Awhile ago I posted a story on comedian Bud Abbott that was done in 1960. It was a year after his beloved partner Lou Costello passed away. Abbott was sad and dejected after feeling left out by the Hollywood scene that once embraced the team. Sadly, his final years got worse and worse. When Bud Abbott died on April 24, 1974 at the age of 78 he was a broke and defeated man. In 1961, Bud Abbott began performing with a new partner, Candy Candido to good reviews. But Abbott called it quits, remarking that No one could ever live up to Lou..