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Died. Edward Everett Horton, 84, persimmon-faced comedian who starred on stage, screen, radio and TV for more than 60 years; of cancer; in Encino, Calif. With an apologetic stoop, a wry grin and timely double- (sometimes triple) take, Horton made his comic way through almost 3,000 stage revivals of Springtime for Henry and more than 100 movies, including several with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?). Why so often the supporting roles? Said Horton: "I do the scavenger parts no one else wants and I get well paid...
...According to Johnny Horton, what British ship did the Bismarck sink...
...Name two big hits by Johnny Horton...
...winning him a more tolerant audience. This is especially true among poets sharing his faith in the word as "object." It is also true among academic critics like Columbia's John Unterecker, whose Voyager is the second serious study of Crane's life to appear since Philip Horton's adventurous Hart Crane: The Life of an American Poet...
...committee that has been formed to aid the convicted teenagers argues that execution is unjustified in view of the offenders' youth and the fact that they had thrown themselves on the mercy of the court. The Rev. Frank Horton, a Negro minister who heads the committee, asks: "Would three white youths have received the same punishment...