Today marks what would have been the 97th birthday of Johh F. Kennedy had he not been assassinated. But he was assassinated, and an entire nation went into mourning. During this sad time, there was one person everyone watched — one person who, in addition to setting the standard for how to grieve with …
Earlier this week we celebrated the birthday of Burt Bacharach: songwriter extraordinaire, ivory tickler and bona fide charmer who’s still swingin’ at 86! His first-ever job was accompanist for sizzling femme fatale Marlene Dietrich – who, in her autobiography, fessed up to falling head over heels for him during the four years they performed together. …