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...actress and breathy pop phenom whose 1955 song Cry Me a River sold more than a million copies; in Los Angeles. Honed in nightclubs, London's hushed, smoked-out voice made hits of Around Midnight and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Encouraged to sing by second husband Bobby Troup, writer of Route 66, London released more than 30 albums. In 1972 her first husband, Jack Webb, hired London and Troup to appear as nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early on TV's Emergency...
...Another story tells how a man who ate with his toes created the club. Not quite. In fact, a group of young artists and like-minded Gilded Age Bostonian gentlemen would often meet together to dine at some of the restaurants in the Park Street area. One day a troup of vaudville freaks shoved their way through the entrance of the restaurant and demanded service. The “armless wonder” ate from his plate with his toes. The founding Taverners were appalled. One man, an Italian teacher, proposed that they find their own room. The group liked...
DIED. BOBBY TROUP, 80, sharp-witted actor and musician who wrote the classic 1946 road tune (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66; in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Among the artists who recorded Troup's songs--including The Girl Can't Help It and Baby, Baby All the Time--were Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Manhattan Transfer. In the '70s, Troup was better known as Dr. Joe Early on the TV drama Emergency...
...what proof is there that androstenedione pills are safe or effective? None. In fact, this summer General Nutrition Centers, a national chain of health-food stores, ordered its franchisees not to sell the supplement. "We're not yet satisfied with the safety of this product," says John Troup, vice president for scientific affairs at the chain's corporate parent. "We don't know its effect on the liver, cardiovascular system or secondary sexual characteristics...
...therein lies the self-medicator's quintessentially American creed: I can do it better. As usual, the boomers lead the way; 35-to-54-year-olds, Troup reports, consume more vitamins and supplements than any other group. From Flintstones vitamins to marijuana to echinacea. Back to the garden, indeed...