Did you know that ActorJerry Van Dyke, from ‘Coach’ Died he was 86?

Jerry Van Dyke star of “Coach” with  Travis. Credit PR Newsfoto

Did you know that actor Jerry Van Dyke, from ‘Coach’ Died he was 86?

Did you know that Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian and  was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.^[1]?

^{(July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018)}

Did you know that Van Dyke made his television acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with several guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother Stacey?

Did you know that later in his career from 1989 to 1997, Van Dyke portrayed Luther Van Dam in Coach?^[1]

Coach (1989) Season 1 Episode 1 Video by Emilie Hetrick

Did you know that Jerry Van Dyke, who after decades in show business finally emerged from the shadow of his older brother, Dick, with an Emmy-nominated role in the long-running ABC sitcom “Coach,”?

Did you know that Van Dyke’s television career was intertwined with his brother’s?

Did you know tha Van Dyke earliest TV appearances was in 1962 in a two-part episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” as Stacey Petrie, the would-be comedian brother of Dick’s character, Rob Petrie?

Did you know that Van Dyke was a boisterous performer who supported himself with a banjo-and-comedy stage act when television or film roles were few?

Did you know that  Van Dyke was invited on talk shows, like “Late Show With David Letterman,” and was nominated for four Emmys for supporting actor for playing Van Dam, but he never won any.

He told USA Today in 1990 that he was thrilled to get some recognition after his meandering career.

“Everybody talks about me making a comeback,” he said. “I say: ‘Comeback from what? This is as good as it’s ever been.’”

Jerry Van Dyke, left, with  brother, Dick, in an episode of the “The Middle” in 2015

Did you know that Van Dyke was a little more than five years younger than Dick Van Dyke his older bother?

Did you know that  by the end of the 1960s, Mr. Van Dyke’s television career had tapered off. He supported himself with his stage act at Playboy Clubs, in Las Vegas and on cruise ships?

Did you know that Van Dyke also appeared on shows like “Love, American Style,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and, not surprisingly, “The New Dick Van Dyke Show?”

Did you  know that after “Coach,” Van Dyke appeared in sitcoms like “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope.” The Van Dyke brothers kept playing siblings together into old age, including on the ABC sitcom “The Middle” in 2015?

Did you know that in 1993, jVan Dyke with over three decades after his first guest appearance on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” returned his brother’s favor when Dick had a nonspeaking, walk-on part in a Christmas episode of “Coach?”

Did you know that Van Dyke was married twice and had three children with first wife Carol, daughters Jerri Lynn and Kelly Jean and son Ronald?^[5]

Did you know that Kelly Jean Van Dyke, Van Dyke  daughter committed suicide in 1991, following struggles with substance abuse?^[13]

Did you know that Jerry and wife Shirley resided together on their 800-acre ranch near Hot Springs, Arkansas?^[9]

Did you know that Van Dyke was an avid poker player and announced a number of poker tournaments for ESPN in the late 1990s and early 2000s?^[2] 

Did you know that Van Dyke was also a four-string banjo player with several performances on The Dick Van Dyke Show to his credit^[3]

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Did you know that 20-Year-Old Olivia Nova? Porn Star Found Dead in Las Vegas

Did you know that Adult film actress Olivia Nova was found dead in Las Vegas on January 6, 2018?

Did you know that Nova, the actress, originally from Minnesota, was only 20 years old?

Did you know that thisrks the third death of an adult film actress in two months?

Did you know that Nova, launched her career in March 2017, was considered a rising star in the adult film industry?

Did you know that before entering the porn industry, Nova was a child model; she booked her first job at the age of 12?

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Star Trek child actor Jon Paul Steuer died he was 33

Did you know that Jon Paul Steuer was an American actor and musician, best known for being the first actor to play AlexanderRozhenko in Star Trek: The Next Generation and for being the first actor to regularly portray Quentin Kelly on the ABC show Grace Under Firedied he was 33?

Did you know that Syeuer was also well known for playing Johnny "Viper" Vennaro in the 1994 children's comedy film Little Giants?

Did you know that Steuer for several years was as a musician, Steuer entered the food service business and owned his own restaurant in Portland, Oregon?

 (March 27, 1984 – January 1, 2018)  

Did you know that Steuer In 2003,^[4] and several other local musicians formed the glam punk band Kill
City Thrillers.?

 Did you know that Steuer performed as lead singer for the band under the name Jonny P. Jewels.?

Did you know that Steuer, known now as Jonny P. Jewels, died on January 1, 2018, he was 33?

 

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Did you know that Sue Grafton: Alphabet crime author died she was 77?

Sue Taylor Grafton  was an American author of detective novels died she was 77? . She is best "A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Prior to success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies.

(April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017)

Grafton's "B" Is for Burglar and "C" Is for Corpse won the first two Anthony Awards for Best Novel (1986 & 1987), which are selected by the attendees of the annual Bouchercon Convention, ever awarded.^[17][18] She has won the Anthony Best Novel Award once more (1991 for "G" Is for Gumshoe) and has been the recipient of three Shamus Awards.^[18][19] Additionally in 1987 Grafton's short story, "The Parker Shotgun", won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story.^[18]
On June 13, 2000, Sue Grafton was the recipient of the 2000 YWCA of Lexington Smith-Breckinridge Distinguished Woman of Achievement Award.^[20]
In 2004, she received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, which is given to "a California writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence." In 2008, Grafton was awarded the Cartier Dagger by the British Crime Writers' Association, honoring a lifetime's achievement in the field. Grafton received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2009.^[21] In 2013, she was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award.^[22]
In 2014, she was a Guest of Honor at Left Coast Crime.^[23] She was also nominated for a 2014 Shamus Award in the category of Best Hardcover Novel, which she had won three times previously.^[24]

She married her third husband, Steven F. Humphrey, in 1978.^[7] They lived in Santa Barbara, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, as Humphrey taught at universities in both cities.^[12] In 2000, the couple bought and later restored Lincliff, a 28-acre (11 ha) Louisville estate once owned by hardware baron William Richardson Belknap.^[3][25]
Grafton died on December 28, 2017, after a two-year battle with cancer.^[15][26][7]






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Did you know that Rose Marie from The Dick Van Dyke Show died was 94?

Did you know that Rose Marie from The Dick Van Dyke Show died was 94?

Did you know thatThe Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960?\

Rose Marie's was a pistol as comedy writer Sally Rogers on

Did you know that Rose Marie reemerged in 2017 as a voice in the #MeToo movement?

Did you know that Rose Marie, who died in Van Nuys, California, .and one of the last of a generation of entertainers whose career spanned vaudeville, radio, movies, Broadway, television, and social media?

Did you know that Marie career lasted nine decades and she was a show-business prodigy?

 Did you know that she was Born Rose Marie Mazzetta on August 15, 1923, she won a talent contest at the age of three; as a prize, NBC gave her her own radio show and a seven-year contract?

 Did you know that Rose Marie made her screen debut in the 1929 short Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder?

Did you know that Marie most memorable film role was as a featured attraction belting out “My Bluebird’s Singing the Blues” in the 1933 W.C. Fields comedy International House?

Did you know that Rose Marie is best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Sally Rogers, an unmarried career woman who held her own with fellow comedy writers Rob Petrie (Van Dyke) and Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam, whom Marie had known since she was 11 and had recommended for the role)?

Did you know that the The Dick Van Dyke Show ran for five seasons?

Did you know that the signature bow Sally wore in her hair was later donated to the Smithsonian Institution?

Did you know that Marie was married to musician Bobby Guy, who died from a bloodstream infection in 1964 at the age of 48?

Did you know that Marie and Guy had been married 18 years, and had a daughter, Georgiana?

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Did you know that colorectal cancer, which is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S?

Did you know that  a Colonoscopy is a procedure that involves the insertion of a flexible tube (colonoscope) into the rectum and around to the top of the colon. It is done while patients are asleep.?

 

Did you know that the Colonscopy is the only tool we have available that allows: 1) direct visualization of the lining of the colon (mucosa), 2) biopsy or sampling of the mucosa, and 3) removal of polyps or growths within the colon?

Did you know that the Colonscopy gives us the opportunity to diagnose different diseases, such as colitis, by visualizing specific abnormalities and taking biopsies?

 

Did you know that nearly one in every 20 adult Americans will develop colon cancer in his or her lifetime?

 

 Did you know that research has confirmed that the single best prevention for colon cancer is the early detection and removal of all colon polyps. And the best method for detection and removal is a colonoscopy?

Did you know that the Colonoscopy plays an important role in preventing colorectal cancer because precancerous polyps can be detected and removed during the same exam when they are discovered.?

 

Did you know that Colorectal cancer, often referred to as colon cancer, develops in the colon or the rectum (known as the large bowel or large intestine)?

 

Did you know that the colon and rectum are parts of the digestive system, which is also called the gastrointestinal (GI) tract?

 

Dod you know that thee digestive system processes food for energy and eliminates solid waste?

 

Did you know that Colorectal cancer usually develops slowly over many years. Most colorectal cancer begins as a noncancerous (benign) adenoma or polyp (abnormal growth) that develops on the lining of the colon or rectum?

 

Did you know that Polyps can be removed to significantly reduce cancer risk?

 

 Did you know that Colonoscopy is considered the gold standard of colorectal cancer screening methods for its ability to view the entire colon and both detect and remove polyps during the same procedure?

  Did you know that the instrument, called a colonoscope, has its own lens and light source and it allows your doctor to view images on a video monitor?

 

Did you know that colorectal cancer, which is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S?

 

Did you know that Annually, approximately 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. and nearly 50,000 people die from the disease?

 

 Did you know that it is estimated that increased awareness and screening would save at least 30,000 lives each year?

Did you know that beginning at age 50, both men and women at average risk for developing colorectal cancer should have a colonoscopy every 10 years?

 

Did you know that people with risk factors or family history of colorectal cancer should talk with a gastroenterologist about screening sooner and find out how often they need to be screened?

 

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Did you know that longtime Atlanta TV news anchor Amanda Davis dies after massive stroke?

Did you know that Veteran TV journalist Amanda Davis died Wednesday after suffering a "massive spontaneous stroke," ?

Did you know that CBS46 reported that Davis medical episode occurred Tuesday while Davis was waiting for a flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport?

Did you know that Davis Tweeted last week that her "pops" had passed away and the funeral was to be held Wednesday?

Did you know that the Emmy-award winning journalist previously spent 26 years at FOX5 Atlanta?

Did you know that in 2013,Davis retired from the FOX affiliate after a very public DUI arrest., she talked openly about her struggles with alcohol and depression following her third DUI arrest?

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