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I Was Just Thinking: Hollywood Rugged Leading Man To Bresee’s

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Robert Taylor died nearly half a century ago. Nonetheless his memory is still alive in the minds of so many people. This column illustrates how the mature Taylor is remembered.  Permission to use requested. November 8, 2010 “Big Chuck” D’Imperio … Continue reading

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Robert Taylor died on June 8, 1969–43 years ago today

At 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 8, 1969 Robert Taylor passed away in the arms of his wife, Ursula Thiess Taylor. A lifelong smoker, he had incurable lung cancer.  After nine months of intense suffering after an operation on his … Continue reading

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The Detectives

When I was 15, a new program started on TV called “The Detectives.”  My mother was interested because it starred someone she had liked when she (and he) was young–Robert Taylor.  So the two of us went up to my … Continue reading

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