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Hollywood Actress Natalie Wood drowns - This Day in History – Nov 29th
This Day in History – Nov 29th
Back in 1981, 43-year -old Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, known to the film industry as “Natalie Wood,” devastated her fans when it was announced that she had died due to a boating accident off Catalina Island, CA.
Ms. Wood is known for her work in memorable movies such as:
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- Miracle on 34th Street
- West Side Story
- Gypsy
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
According to history.com, “Neither Wagner nor Walken saw what happened to Wood that night, but it was believed she somehow slipped overboard while untying a dinghy attached to the boat. Her body was found in the early hours of the following morning. Brainstorm, Wood’s final film, was released in theaters in 1983.”
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Please note: In the last week Ms. Woods’ death is being re-investigated due to accounts of the boat’s captain and a new witness. Check out the links below for more info:
“Fly, Robin, Fly” takes Silver Convention to #1
Back in 1975, Munich Germany produced a female singing trio called, “The Silver Convention,” who danced and sang to a #1 pop hit in the U.S. called, “Fly, Robin, Fly.” This song was originally called “Run, Rabbit, Run,” but thankfully the title was changed to reflect a flying bird.
The interesting part about the Silver Convention’s singers is that the ladies singing the song had never recorded the original track.
According to history.com, “A pair of German music producers cut a record with hired studio musicians and release it under the name of a fictitious group. The record becomes an international dance hit, and suddenly the world wants to see the "artists" behind it—live and in person. So, people are hired to play the role who, though they had nothing to do with creating the hit, look good on stage and are skilled dancers. As "Fly, Robin, Fly" flew up the charts in the fall of 1975, booking requests for live appearances began building up, forcing Levay and Kunze to come up with a group to front their creation. Unable to come to terms with their original hired singers, Levay and Kunze hired Penny McLean, Linda Thompson and Ramona Wolf to become Silver Convention.”
All History facts provided from the link below:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/byrd-flies-over-south-pole?catId=6
