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Ed Sullivan The Talking Head

November 1999

February 9, 2024 by 1 Comment

"It's gonna be a really big shoo..." He had his own unique way of pronouncing the word, but every Sunday at 8 p.m., over 30 million Americans turned their TV dials to The Ed Sullivan Show and watched him become part of history. From 1948 to 1971, Sullivan hand-picked the greatest names — known and unknown alike — in music, comedy, stage and screen to perform live. … [Read more...] about Ed Sullivan The Talking Head

Jim Dwyer Storyteller

October 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment

By Irish America staff A trio of New York journalists Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill and Jim Dwyer, profoundly changed the way newspaper columns are written. Where once columns were either think pieces or puffery of the rich and powerful, Breslin, Hamill and Dwyer pioneered a “man on the street on the side of the little guy” style that transformed modern journalism. To New … [Read more...] about Jim Dwyer Storyteller

Remembering Grace Kelly

September 17, 2020 by 2 Comments

"Because I am pessimistic, I always expect the worst. When it doesn't happen, I have a nice surprise." She was known for her icy cool blond poise and her ladylike charm, and when she marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, it was seen the world over as a fairytale match — the prince had found his beautiful princess. Born in Philadelphia to Margaret and John Kelly on … [Read more...] about Remembering Grace Kelly

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July 28, 1769

Sir Hudson Lowe, an Anglo-Irish soldier, was born on this day in his mother’s native city of Galway in 1769. Hudson’s father, John Lowe, was an army surgeon, so much of his childhood was spent in various garrison towns; particularly in the West Indies. In 1787, he entered his father’s regiment. Lowe is best known for his time as Governor of the colony of St. Helena and as the “gaoler” for Napoleon Bonaparte.

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