Did you know Betts co-wrote "Bougainvillea" with Don Johnson who started on Miami Vice?

Did you know that Forrest Richard Betts was also known as Dicki Betts?

Did you know that Betts was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band?

December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) 

Did you know that Betts was the writer and singer on the Allmans' hit single "Ramblin' Man"?

Did you know that Betts was ousted from the band in 2000 over a conflict regarding his continued drug and alcohol use?

 

Did you know that Betts Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson is the last living founding member of the Allman Brothers Band?

Did you know that Betts was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995^[?

Did you know that Betts and also won a best rock performance Grammy Award with the band for "Jessica" in 1996?

Did you know that Betts was ranked No. 58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003?

Betts in 1974

Did you know Betts co-wrote "Bougainvillea" with Don Johnson who started on Miami

Vice?

Did you know according to Betts, he went to went to arbitration with the band before they kicked him out of the band?

Did you know that Betts was married five times?

Did you know that Betts died from cancer and COPD at his home in Osprey, Florida, on April 18, 2024?

Did you know that Betts was 80 when he died? 

Dickey Betts died he was 80

Mandisa Lynn Hundley American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist died she was 47?

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Did you know that Mandisa album Overcomer won a grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category?

Did you know that Mandisa Lynn Hundley was  a American gospel and contemporary Christian recording

artist?

Did you know that Mandisa began her solo career as a contestant in the fifth season of American Idol finishing in ninth place.?

Did you know that Mandisa album Overcomer won a grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category?

Did you know that Mandisa became the fifth American Idol alumnus to win a Grammy?

Did you know that Mandisa attended Fisk University for vocal performance, where she was a member of the school's "Jubilee Singers"?

Did you know that Mandisa graduated from Fisk in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music? 

Did you know before her solo career, Mandisa worked for a short time as a recording session backup singer for artists such as Sandi Patty, Shania Twain, and Trisha Yearwood?

Did you know that Mandisa was eliminated from American Idol on April 5, 2006, and she finished in the top nine?

Did you know that Mandisa's first full-length album True Beauty was released on July 31, 2007?

Did you know that True Beauty debuted at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums charts, making it the first time a new female artist has debuted at No. 1 in the chart's 27-year history?

Did you know that Mandisa won the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Overcomer at the 56th Grammy Awards?

Did you know that Mandisa lived in Franklin, Tennesse?

Did you know that on April 18, 2024, Mandisa was found dead at her home in Franklin, Tennessee? 

Did you know that Mandisa was 47 when she died?

Mandisa Lynn Hundley American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist died she was 47?

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Did you know that Terry Carter won an Emmy Award in Los Angeles, for Best Series for Children and Youth, 1985, for K*I*D*S

 Did you know that Terry Carter was born John Everett DeCoste?

Did you know that Carter from 1965 to 1968 worked as a weekend newscaster for WBZ-TV in Boston,^[6] where he became an anchor-reporter?

Did you know that Terry Carter during his three-year stint, served as New England television's first black opening-night movie and theater critic.?

Did you know that Carter also starred as Dennis Weaver's partner, Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in the detective series McCloud for seven years?

Did you know that in 1975, Carter started a small Los Angeles corporation, Meta/4 Productions, Inc. for which he
produced and directed industrial and educational presentations on film and videotape for the federal government?

Did you know that Terry Carter produced and directed award-winning dramatic and documentary programs for presentation on PBS and distribution worldwide?

Did you know that Terry Carter died in New York City on April 23, 2024, at the age of 95?

Did you know that Terry Carter won an Emmy Award in Los Angeles, for Best Series for Children and Youth, 1985, for K*I*D*S?

Did you know that Terry Carter won an Award for Excellence, in the L. A. Film Review Board, 1977, for Child Abuse & Neglect Series?

Terry Carter was an accomplished American actor and filmmaker who left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry died he was 95

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Did you know that the Michael Pinder was the last surviving member of the Moody Blues’ original lineup?

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   Did you know that the Mellotron allowed Pinder to create a unique variations of string movements and play various instruments within the Moody Blues’ songs? 

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   Did you know that Pinder was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group The Moody Blues. Alongside Denny Laine, Graeme Edge, Ray Thomas, and Clint Warwick, he helped form the band in 1964?

3. Did you know that Pinder co-wrote all the original songs on the band’s debut album, The Magnificent Moodies, which also featured his lead vocal on a cover of James Brown’s "I Don’t Mind?

4. Did you know that Pinder played a crucial role in enlisting singer Justin Hayward as Denny Laine’s replacement, forming the Moody Blues’ “classic” lineup?

5. Did you know that the quintet (Pinder, Hayward, Lodge, Thomas, and Edge) recorded eight albums together, including the iconic Days of Future Passed and Nights in White Satin?

6. Did you know that the Michael Pinder was the last surviving member of the Moody Blues’
   
   
   original lineup?
7. Did you know that the Pinder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues in 2018? 
8. Did you know that the Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide, including 18 platinum and gold LPs?
9. Did you know that the Moody Blues produced 16 studio albums, six of which made the US Top 20 (with two reaching No. 1) and eight of which made the UK Top 20 (with three reaching No. 1)?
10. Did you know that Pinder’s music has remained relevant and impactful for over 50 years?

Michael Thomas Pinder: The Mellotron Maestro of the Moody Blues died he was 82.

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10 Mind blowing facts about the assassination attempts on then President Obama they never told you about!

1. Did you know that President Obama faced nearly four times as many threats as previous presidents, even before he took office? The Secret Service was very concerned about the surge in threats against the president-elect.
2. Did you know that some of the threats against Obama were so disturbing they could not be publicly repeated, including talk of lynching and shooting him?
3. Did you know that a group of white supremacists in Denver allegedly plotted to assassinate Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, but were arrested before they could carry out the attack?
4. Did you know that two other white supremacists, Paul Schlesselman and Daniel Cowart,
   
   
   planned a drive-by shooting against candidate Obama in 2008, but were also arrested before taking action?
5. Did you know that in November 2011, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired seven shots at the White House with a semi-automatic rifle, believing Obama was the Antichrist, causing $97,000 in damage before being arrested two years later?
6. Did you know that the Secret Service was initially unaware Ortega-Hernandez had actually hit the White House, and it took several days for a housekeeper to discover the broken glass on the Truman Balcony?
7. Did you know that a lawsuit by black Secret Service agents revealed disturbing racist behavior and jokes by top supervisors about how to get Jesse Jackson killed and make sexual comments about black agents?
8. Did you know that the Secret Service struggled to keep up with the surge in threats against Obama, lacking basic surveillance cameras and technology to track gunshots near the White House?
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   Did you know that Obama received 30 potential death threats per day on average, most of which were from pranksters or the mentally ill, but each one had to be investigated?
10. Did you know that despite the unprecedented number of threats, only five serious assassination attempts against Obama were ever publicly disclosed by authorities?

11. Did you know that there has been more assassination attemps made on  President Barack Obama than any other President?

    
    
    

    
    

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Did you know that Gene Barry won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1965 for his role as Capt. Amos Burke in the TV series "Burke's Law"?

1. Did you know that Gene Barry was born Eugene Klass in New York City, and he adopted

   

   his professional name in honor of his idol, John Barrymore?
2. Did you know that Barry exhibited early artistic skills with singing and playing the violin as a child, and later spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music on a singing scholarship?
3. Did you know that Barry made his Broadway debut in 1942 as Captain Paul Duval in the revival of Sigmund Romberg's "The New Moon"?
4. Did you know that Barry starred in the science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds" in 1953, and later made a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's 2005 remake of the film?
5. Did you know that Gene Barry won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1965 for his role as Capt. Amos Burke in the TV series "Burke's Law"?
6. Did you know that Barry played the debonair Western hero Bat Masterson in his own TV series from 1958 to 1961, and later reprised the role in the 1990s?
   
7. Did you know that Barry's role as Georges in the Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles" in 1983 earned him a Tony Award nomination?
8. Did you know that Barry was almost fired during the rehearsals for "La Cage aux Folles", but the director asked him to look into his co-star's eyes more to convey a greater sense of affection?
9. Did you know that Barry had a recurring role as the physical education teacher Gene Talbot in the sitcom "Our Miss Brooks" in 1955?
10. Did you know that Barry's wife of almost 60 years, Betty Claire Kalb, passed away in 2003, and he is survived by their two sons and one adopted daughter?

Gene Barry died he was 90

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