Word: burtons
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...there to see her and talk to her before she became unconscious. Perhaps us children being there with her before she died gave us some peace. But I and my sisters and brothers still miss our Mum, and my eldest sister is 72 years old! Patrick Kwai-sum Poon, BURTON-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND...
...there to see her and talk to her before she became unconscious. Perhaps us children being there with her before she died gave us some peace. But I and my sisters and brothers still miss our Mum, and my eldest sister is 72 years old! Patrick Kwai-sum Poon, BURTON-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND...
...coin flip that decided whose name would come first when brothers-in-law Irvine Robbins and Burton Baskin combined their ice cream shops to found Baskin-Robbins, now a global chain with more than 5,800 franchises. Newly out of the military, Robbins opened his first store in Glendale, Calif., in 1945 with money that he'd saved from his Bar Mitzvah. Throughout his career, he was an adept salesman, never missing an opportunity; for the Beatles' 1964 arrival in the U.S., Robbins created the flavor Beatle Nut in just five days...
Question: What do some of the most famous child actors in the last 20 years have in common? The answer: drug addiction and Iris Burton.As I was looking through the New York Times online the other day, I happened upon the obituary of Iris Burton. The headline: “Iris Burton, Agent for Child Actors, Dies at 77.” Intrigued, I read on to find that on April 5, she passed away as one of the most successful child talent representatives of the modern era. Burton’s is a story with no shortage of strange...
...special assembly in the school hall on Wednesday morning, principal Murray Burton read out the names of the dead. The six students - three boys and three girls - were all 16 years old; teacher Tony McClean was 29. Addressing an audience that included students, parents and politicians, Burton struggled to explain the tragedy to the community: "I don't mind if you're angry," Burton said. "Be angry at God because He can handle that. But keep trusting...