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McCain exits ‘The View’ Actor Bowen, sister help injured woman MOAB, Utah, Aug 9, (AP): A woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock after stopping to rest in Utah’s Arches National Park woke up to hear a fa- miliar voice and wondered if she might be watch- ing television. Minnie John of Oradell, New Jersey, then ques- tioned whether she might know the woman who was with the doctor helping her, or if she was fa- mous, according to a post on Facebook. “Her sister the doctor asked me to guess and I told her I just hit my head, I can’t remember. She said smiling ‘’ and I said of course!,” John recounted about how she fi nally recognized Julie Bowen from her role on the long- running comedy series. In her Aug. 3 post, John said she had been on a “buck- et list” trip to Arches and hiking to see Delicate Arch, a four-story sandstone arch perched on the rim of a deep red rock canyon, for an hour and a half when she could not go any farther. She told her husband and son to go ahead Bowen as she rested along the trail, her head in her hands. Julie Bowen and her sister told her that their guide had seen her fall face forward on a rock, with her glasses breaking her fall, she said. They cleaned her up and gave her electrolytes as Julie In this April 22, 2010 fi le photo, actress Jane Withers arrives at the premiere of the newly restored feature fi lm ‘A Star Is Born’ in . Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-offi ce champion, died Saturday, Aug. 7, Bowen assured her she was going to be OK, John 2021. She was 95. (AP) said. They used her phone to call her son and some people selfl essly ran ahead to fi nd him, about 20 minutes ahead, to let them know what had hap- pened, John said. Obituaries John said she fractured her nose and received fi ve stitches later at the hospital. She expressed gratitude to God for sending people to help her. “Daredevil or dumb as can be, I still consider Bob Ringwald, jazz ambassador, died this trek up the mountain as one of my proudest achievements in my life. Sometimes you need to take those chances in life to live to experience heights and depths,” she wrote. Former child star Withers dies at 95 ❑ ❑ ❑ Meghan McCain made a low-key departure LOS ANGELES, Aug 9, (AP): Jane from “The View” after four years on Friday, jok- Withers, the former child actor who be- ing that she wanted to apologize to show producer deviled Shirley Temple on the screen , TV veteran actor Brian Teta “for making his blood pressure rise as and went on to star in a series of B mov- ies that made her a box-offi ce champion, much as I did.” has died, her daughter said. She was 95. Her mother, Cindy McCain, and Arizona Sen. Withers, also known as “Josephine of ‘,’ dies aged 70 Kyrsten Sinema appeared as guests for the fare- the Plumber” from TV commercials well. in the 1960s and ’70s, died Saturday, NEW YORK, Aug 9, (AP): Markie died at age 65 in McCain was hired to offer the conservative her daughter Kendall Errair said. With- Post, who played the public de- 2018. In July, Charles Robinson, viewpoint on a talk show where she was outnum- ers was one of the last remaining stars fender in the “Night who played the clerk Mac died at bered politically, a role she took to with gusto. She from the 1930s and 1940s, the height Court” and was a regular presence 75. NBC is currently developing a frequently got into onscreen tiffs with co-hosts Joy of studio dominance. on television for four decades, has sequel to the series. Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. After a series of minor roles as a child died. She was 70. Post had two daughters with her Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin second husband, TV producer and Yet was smooth sailing for her fi nale. McCain Actress Markie Post arrives at the actress, Withers was cast by Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1934 “Bright Eyes,” Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday writer Michael A. Ross. In a state- said at one point that “I feel like I died and this is Spike TV ‘Guys Choice’ award show in Los Angeles after a years-long ment, the family said “our pride is in a memorial.” in Los Angeles, Friday, May 30, 2008. as the nemesis of lovable Temple, then battle with cancer. who she was in addition to acting; a She perked up for a taped message from former Markie Post, who played the public Hollywood’s most popular star. Post was a longtime television person who made elaborate cakes House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said “the show defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night “I had to play the meanest, creepi- regular who appeared in shows for friends, sewed curtains for fi rst will not be as lively without you.” McCain hooted, Court” and was a regular presence on est little girl that God ever put on this from “” to “Scrubs.” But she apartments and showed us how to television for four decades, has died. planet,” Withers recalled in 2000. “I was best known for her seven-sea- be kind, loving and forgiving in an “my boyfriend!” She was 70. (AP) ran over Shirley with a tricycle, and a McCain got married and had a baby daughter, son run on NBC’s “Night Court,” the often harsh world.” baby buggy. And I thought, ‘Oh dear, Manhattan municipal court sitcom Post started in television behind Liberty, during her time on “The View,” and, with everybody’s going to hate me for- that ran from 1984 to 1992 and the camera, working on the pro- a regular return of the cast to its New York studio ever because I was so creepy mean to starred Harry Anderson as Judge duction crew of the game shows nearing, said she didn’t want to commute from her Variety Shirley Temple!‘ ” Harry T. Stone. “Double Dare” and “.” Washington-area home. Post became a full-time cast Her fi rst series regular role was in Her mother said she’s looking forward to seeing Perfect member of “Night Court” in season the Lee Majors action adventure more of her, and her granddaughter. : The Baltimore Symphony It didn’t turn out that way. Critics three as Christine Sullivan, a sin- series “The Fall Guy,” in which she “I’m glad she chose a little bit of family over so Orchestra has fi red its principal fl utist, claimed that she stole the picture from cere and strong-willed woman who played Terri Michaels from 1982 to much work at this time,” Cindy McCain said. months after distancing itself from her so- Shirley. Children wrote fan letters served as a constant foil to Dan 1985. cial media posts that questioned the safety admiring what she did to Shirley “be- Fielding, ’s wom- Post’s other credits include play- ABC has not said who will replace Meghan Mc- anizing, narcissistic prosecutor. ing Cameron Diaz’s mother in Cain in the show’s “conservative” chair. of the coronavirus vaccines, the effi cacy cause she’s so perfect.” of face masks and the outcome of the 2020 Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck fi gured With comic rebuttal, Post’s Chris- “There’s Something About Mary”; Also: presidential election. there was room for another child ac- tine defl ected Fielding’s lechery Elliot Reid’s mother on “Scrubs”; The orchestra offered only the broadest throughout the series’ run. Though and appearances in the shows LOS ANGELES: Tom Brady and Larry Fitzgerald tress at the studio, and she was signed an unrealized romance between “,” “The A-Team” outline of their decision to dismiss Emily to a contract. She played the anti- are branching out, even as training camps have Skala, but their statement suggests there Christine and Harry was often and “.” While receiv- Shirley, a bright, talky, mischief-prone teased, “Night Court” ended with ing chemotherapy treatments, Post opened and the 2021 season beckons. were multiple violations of multiple poli- girl with wide eyes, chubby cheeks and The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback cies. Leaked workplace emails from Skala Fielding realizing the public defend- acted in the Lifetime movie “Christ- straight black hair that contrasted with er was the love of his life. mas Reservations” and guest and star wide receiver will host “Let’s Go!” a week- also had come under scrutiny. Shirley’s blonde curly top. ly SiriusXM Radio show. They will join Jim Gray BSO President and CEO Peter Kjome Several of Post’s “Night Court” starred on the ABC series “The said the musician was fi red under the For four years, Fox ground out three co-stars have died in recent years. Kids Are Alright.” in discussing what’s going on in the NFL, including, or four Withers fi lms annually at budg- naturally, the latest with Brady’s Tampa Bay Buc- progressive discipline policy agreed to with the Musicians’ Association of Metropolitan ets far lower than the Temple specials. caneers and Fitzgerald’s Arizona Cardinals. Baltimore. Among the titles: “Ginger,” “Paddy character was “too smart-alecky, too promoted jazz in for more The one-hour show will air every Monday at “Ms Skala has had discipline imposed O’Day,” “Little Miss Nobody,” “Wild brash,” but she thought “any lady than half a century, has died, according 6 p.m. EDT starting Sept. 6 on SiriusXM’s Mad upon her over these past few months for and Wooly” and “Arizona Wildcat.” who was going to become a plumber” to his daughter, the actor and musician Dog Sports Radio (channel 82). It will replay every violating several policies; unfortunately, she Even though B pictures were aimed would take pride in her work and care Molly Ringwald. He was 80. Monday night on SiriusXM NFL Radio (channel has repeated the conduct for which she had for the bottom half of double bills, a about her customers. Ringwald, known to friends and fans 88). After “Let’s Go!” is broadcast each week, it been previously disciplined, and dismissal theater owners poll named Withers one Fame started early for Jane Withers. as Bob, died Aug. 3, Molly Ringwald will become available as individual podcasts on was the necessary and appropriate reaction to of the top money-making stars in 1936 Born April 12, 1926, in , she wrote in an obituary Saturday for the the SXM App, Pandora and Stitcher. this behavior,” the BSO statement said. and 1937. had appeared as Dixie’s Dainty Dew- Sacramento Bee. No cause was given. “Tom and Larry are generational talents, two of The fi ring comes roughly six months While the Temple fi lms were made drop on local radio by the age of 3. Born in Roseville, California with after the orchestra publicly rebuked her on Fox’s modern Westwood lot, With- Her mother had greater ambitions, vision problems, Ringwald went blind the best to ever play the game,” said Steve Cohen, for controversial social media posts. She’d ers made hers at the old studio on Sun- and she persuaded her husband to at an early age. He began taking piano senior vice president of sports programming and been suspended from work duties and was set Boulevard in Hollywood. move the family to Hollywood. lessons at 5 and started his fi rst band podcasts for SiriusXM. “We couldn’t be more ex- notifi ed by phone that she had lost her “I wasn’t allowed to shoot in West- Jane played bit roles in movies and at 13. cited to have them on their own SiriusXM show, job. The 33-year-veteran of Baltimore’s wood until Shirley left the studio,” she supplied voices for the Willie Whop- “Four years later, at the age of 17, he talking directly to our listeners.” symphony has consulted with lawyers and said. per and the Looney Tunes cartoons. was able to grow enough of a beard to Brady appeared on a town hall for SiriusXM this is exploring her options. Withers proved less of a draw as a Her experience with W.C. Fields in be able to pass for an adult to play in summer on which he spoke not only about his NFL When asked about her social media posts teenager, and her career dwindled. “It’s a Gift” (1934) belies the legend — nightclubs as a professional musician, spreading misinformation about the safety of an occupation he held for the next six career but his goals beyond football. Now, during the coronavirus vaccine, she said: “I did all As an adult she appeared in a few encouraged by Fields himself — that the his 22nd NFL season, he will make weekly appear- of this basically because I wanted to protect fi lms and on television. comedian hated children. Fields chose decades,” his daughter wrote. ances. the orchestras of the country. I wanted as Her biggest prominence came from her for a scene in which she played hop- At fi rst drawn to modern jazz, the Fitzgerald has yet to commit to playing an 18th few people, as few musicians, to be lost.” portraying “Josephine” in TV commer- scotch in front of his store, frustrating music of Louis Armstrong instilled season for the Cardinals. But the star wide receiver In a phone interview with The As- cials for Comet cleanser for 12 years. his exit. He coached her and afterward in Ringwald a lifelong passion for the is eager to team up with Brady, even if only in the sociated Press, she also suggested work “Oh, the money is nice, all right,” she praised her professionalism. performance and preservation of tradi- media. relationships between her and “younger told the in 1963. “I When she won her fi rst starring role, tional jazz. “While we never had the chance to play togeth- members” of the BSO had worsened over got fi ve fi gures for eight of those com- he sent her two large bouquets and a By the 1970s, Ringwald was playing the last year. She asserted that younger mercials, and I’m doing four more.” note saying, “I know you’re going to piano at clubs seven nights a week. er, to be radio teammates with the G.O.A.T, Tom colleagues had spread “false allegations” The main advantage, she said, was knock them dead in `Ginger’ and you’re He co-organized the fi rst Sacramen- Brady, is as good as it gets,” Fitzgerald said. against her and expressed being uncomfort- that unlike the Broadway offers she going to have a fantastic career.” to Jazz Festival in 1974, and his band The program will include the 43-year-old Brady able being on stage with her. She believes was getting, the job didn’t interfere headlined the event, which became an — yes 43 — talking about not only his playing the BSO should have rebuked them. with her home life in Hollywood. Also: annual city tradition. In 2012, Ring- days in New England and Tampa, but his off-fi eld “They (the BSO) cowered in the face of She said in a later Times interview SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Robert wald was honored by the festival as endeavors that include his lifestyle brand that de- strong emotional reactions and they ena- that she felt the original Josephine Ringwald, the pianist who played and “The Emperor of Jazz.” livers personalized, comprehensive programming bled the emotional reactions to dominate in deep-force muscle pliability work, hydration, the workplace,” she said nutrition, functional strength and conditioning, and One incident that she believes led to her dismissal occurred July 23, when she went cognitive health. to Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to hand in a free speech expert at Vanderbilt University, one. I think employers have to be very careful Brady has a long history not only in the NFL but tax form. She declined to wear mask and said a quick review of the basic facts sug- about whether and how they police employ- with SiriusXM. had not had a COVID-19 test as is required gest that the BSO fl utist likely had a record ees’ speech, particularly outside of work. But “Our relationship with Tom goes back to the by BSO. She attempted to open the door of noncompliance with company practices. it’s not strictly a First Amendment question,” early days of satellite radio when he was one of to hand her form to a security guard. Skala He said the First Amendment generally Hans said in an email. our fi rst spokesmen,” said Scott Greenstein, Siri- said symphony offi cials interpreted this applies to the government, not private enti- In February, symphony offi cials issued usXM president and chief content offi cer. The net- as violating the terms of the suspension ties, and businesses have a great amount of a statement saying they did not “condone work launched in 2001. “To now have both Tom barring her from the building. She asserted leeway in their decisions. or support” the views expressed in Skala’s that the BSO violated her constitutional “Of course, there might be an issue about social media posts and added that her state- and Larry on our air, talking to our listeners on a rights, including freedom of speech, and whether, as she claims, that record was scant ments did not “refl ect our core values or weekly basis is tremendously exciting.” “committed several crimes against me.” or manufactured. But that’s much more of a code of conduct grounded in humanity and Gautam Hans, a technology law and employment law question than a free speech Kjome Skala respect.” (AP)