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...United Nations Kofi Annan—this is only a sampling of recent speakers at Harvard’s Afternoon Exercises during Commencement. Owing to this nearly unbroken string of top politicians and economists invited to speak at Harvard’s annual graduation ceremony, the recent announcement of actor John A. Lithgow ’67 as this year’s speaker has caught some by surprise...
Although Lithgow does not fit the politician/economist mold for Commencement speakers, he is hardly undistinguished. The actor is a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, one of two main governing bodies of the University. Closer to home, each year John Lithgow returns to the College as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Arts First weekend. As an actor, Lithgow has won a Tony, two Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and an American Comedy Award, not to mention myriad nominations, including one for an Oscar for his role in the 1983 movie...
...wasted appearance, had circulated for days. Rock Hudson, it was said, was suffering from liver cancer and slipping in and out of a coma at the American Hospital in the Paris suburb of Neuilly. Reality was more shocking than rumor. At the hospital last week, a spokeswoman for the actor bluntly announced, "Mr. Rock Hudson has acquired immune deficiency syndrome...
DIED. Joseph C. ("Mickey") Shaughnessy, 64, comic actor whose instantly identifiable mug betokened deftly played stereotypes, usually a sailor, a thug or an Irishman, in 40 movies, including From Here to Eternity (1953), Jailhouse Rock and Don 't Go Near the Water (both 1957); of lung cancer; in Cape May Court House...
...growing number of women in the predominantly male sport. Celebrities, including Bo Derek, Stefanie Powers and Sam Shepard, are mounting up as well. Danger is little deterrent. In Hawaii a month ago, a player was killed in a mishap involving Alex Cord of TV's Airwolf, but the actor remains hooked. "Once you have the spell cast over you, you become the slave of a grand passion that lasts forever," says Cord reverently. "It encompasses different skills. You have to be able to ride like a Comanche and think like a chess player...