Friday, August 17, 2007

Vivian Vance died today – 28 years ago

U.S. actress Vivian Vance was born as Vivian Roberta Jones on July 26, 1909 in Cherryvale, Kansas. In case you didn’t know, she was famous for playing the “Ethel Mertz” character on “I Love Lucy”. She said, “When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz." [No doubt.]... Ms. Vance died in 1979 in Belvedere, California.

U.S. actor Ed Gardner was born on June 29, 1901 in Astoria, New York. He said, “Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants." [Amen. Amen! Aaaaaamen!!]... Mr. Gardner died in 1963 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born on March 27, 1886 in Aachen, Germany. He said, “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space." [You would expect the practitioner to think so highly of oneself.]... Mr. van der Rohe died in 1969 in Chicago, Illinois.

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