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He was Tuckers mate. One of the main characters.
Andre Watts - The first African-American classical pianist:
Born in Nuremberg, Germany, on June 20, 1946, to a Hungarian mother and a Black father who was in the U.S. Army, Watts moved with his family to Philadelphia.
“When I was young, I was in the peculiar position with my school chums of not being white and not being Black, either,” Watts told The Christian Science Monitor in 1982. “Somehow I didn’t fit in very well at all. My mom said two things, ‘If you really think that you have to play 125% to a white’s 100% for equal treatment, it’s too bad. But fighting will not alter it.’ And, ‘If someone is not nice to you, it doesn’t have to be automatically because of your color.’
He was nominated for five Grammy Awards and won Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist in 1964 for the Liszt concerto with Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. He was nominated for a 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Program and received a 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal from then-President Barack Obama.
Born in Nuremberg, Germany, on June 20, 1946, to a Hungarian mother and a Black father who was in the U.S. Army, Watts moved with his family to Philadelphia.
“When I was young, I was in the peculiar position with my school chums of not being white and not being Black, either,” Watts told The Christian Science Monitor in 1982. “Somehow I didn’t fit in very well at all. My mom said two things, ‘If you really think that you have to play 125% to a white’s 100% for equal treatment, it’s too bad. But fighting will not alter it.’ And, ‘If someone is not nice to you, it doesn’t have to be automatically because of your color.’
He was nominated for five Grammy Awards and won Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist in 1964 for the Liszt concerto with Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. He was nominated for a 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Program and received a 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal from then-President Barack Obama.
Jane Birkin
Singer and actress Jane Birkin dead at 76
The English-French star, who rose to fame alongside Serge Gainsbourg, has died in Paris, reports French media.
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Bloody long song. Remember so well as a kid. The French do have a sexy way about them.
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In know she was English
Ronan Keatings brother. Car crash.
Ronan Keating's brother dies in Mayo crash
Ciaran Keating, an older brother of singer Ronan, has died in a car crash in County Mayo.
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Josephine Chaplin, actor and daughter of Charlie Chaplin, dies aged 74 — The Guardian
Actor, who starred in films including 1971’s Canterbury Tales, died in Paris on 13 July, her family said
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Obituary: Ann Clwyd
The ex-Labour Cynon Valley MP famously staged a sit-in at a colliery in protest at closure plans.
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Vince Hill known for cover of Edelweiss from Sound of Music dies aged 89
EDELWEISS singer Vince Hill has died aged 89. In a statement, his family said he “passed peacefully” at home. Sharing the news on Vince’s Twitter account, they said: “Sadly …
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