Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Animation Fun Facts for March 5, 2014 weds

CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER ANIMATION TEACHER CHRIS BUCK FOR HIS OSCAR WIN FOR FROZEN!

Birthdays: Henry III of England, Gionanni Batista Tiepolo, Explorer Le Sieur de Cadillac the founder of Detroit, Hector Villa-Lobos, Howard Pyle, William Oughtred 1574- inventor of the Slide Rule," Red Rosa" Luxemburg, Rex Harrison, Dean Stockwell is 77, Paolo Pasolini, Andy Gibb, Samantha Eggar, Andrej Wajda, Fred Williamson, Penn Gillette is 58, Eva Mendes is 39, Kevin Connolly is 39


1717- Giovanni Tiepolo joined the Guild of Saint Lawrence, the artists union in Rome.


1922- F.W. Murnau’s eerie film Nosferatu premiered in Berlin.



1982 - John Belushi died of drug overdose at Chateau Marmont hotel on Sunset Strip. He had done twenty heroin-cocaine speedballs in just 24 hours. A woman named Cathy Smith was charged with administering to him the fatal dose. Robin Williams was with him that night partying also but left early. Belushi was 31. Someone scrawled on Belushi’s tombstone:" You could have given us more laughs.....But  NNNOOOO!

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