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hairhertz 
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Posted on: Jul. 10 2007,11:10 pm |
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I am all for making Ross' home a national site, city site, state site or anything else that gives it recognition. Unlike Eddie Cochran's place, it is still standing. Let's get it marked before someone tears it down. The ribbon cutting will bring national exposure to the city. A positive thing. 
But I am still sad that Rosemary Clooney's star power has faded.  
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Jul. 11 2007,4:52 pm |
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Here is another land mark that should be considered
His fame has faded as Allbert Lea has let it fade.
From the FCHM Web Page
RICHARD CARLSON May not be as well known, as a star "but he was born in Albert Lea, MN on April 29th, 1912 to Henry and Mabel Du Toit Carlson and lived at 525 Park Avenue. He is said to have inherited his good looks from his mother. He is the youngest of four children with 2 sisters and 1 brother. While living in Albert Lea, Richard's father, a lawyer, was president of the local school board, and a member of the local Elks Lodge 813 and of the Albert Lea Lodge #66.
In 1921. his family moved to the Twin Cities and while he was a senior in high school he wrote, directed, and appeared in the class play, The Masquerade which caused a school sensation. At the University of Minnesota, he went into dramatics, as an actor, writer, and director. After Graduation, he accepted a post as an English instructor at the university.
In 1938, he moved to Hollywood. His film debut was "The Young at Heart" with Janet Gaynor. He is probably best know for the TV series I Led Three Lives and McKenzie's Raiders. He wrote for magazines and scripts for TV. Richard has a star for Television on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He passed away in 1977 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Encino, California, leaving a wife and 2 children.
Biography
Richard Carlson received his M.A. at the University of Minnesota and taught there briefly before working in the theater as an actor, director, and writer. He appeared on Broadway, then was brought to Hollywood in 1938 by David O. Selznick, who hired him as a writer assigned to work on the film The Young at Heart; Janet Gaynor, the film's star, urged that he appear in the movie, which became his debut. After that, he had lead and costarring roles in many films of the '30s, '40s, and '50s. Typecast early in his career as a diffident juvenile, he had trouble breaking out of the mold and landing more mature roles; he tended to appear in monster flicks and B-movies in the '50s. He turned to directing in that decade, beginning with Riders to the Stars (1954), which he also wrote and in which he acted. Besides acting and directing, he also became a magazine writer and wrote scripts for TV. Carlson starred in the TV series I Led Three Lives and McKenzie's Raiders and appeared in episodes of numerous others.
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samsdad
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Posted on: Jul. 20 2007,7:39 am |
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Marion's home was 509 high st. Now up for sale.
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bianca
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Posted on: Jul. 20 2007,7:53 am |
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Too bad we couldn't get George Clooney(Rosemary Clooney's nephew) to come visit or be part of some town celebration, can you imagine the people that would bring in?  
How could anyone forget Rosemary Clooney, she had a great voice? I think before she died she was doing "Bounty, the quicker picker upper" commercials for those who don't remember her for her other talents.
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Jul. 20 2007,8:46 am |
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How much $$$ would a sign cost? But maybe, on the other hand, the neighborhood wouldn't welcome the added traffic created by the sign?
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