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February 16, 2012
Russell Arms Actor who started on 'Your Hit Parade' Russell Arms, 92, a singer and actor who was a regular vocalist on the popular TV musical program "Your Hit Parade" from 1952 to 1957, died Monday at his home in Hamilton, Ill., where he had retired with his wife, Mary Lynne. The Lamporte-St. Clair Funeral Home in Hamilton confirmed his death but did not give the cause. Along with other regular cast members Gisele MacKenzie, Snooky Lanson and Dorothy Collins, Arms performed what were billed as the seven most popular songs in the country every Saturday night on the NBC show.
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CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 16, 2012
Russell Arms Actor who started on 'Your Hit Parade' Russell Arms, 92, a singer and actor who was a regular vocalist on the popular TV musical program "Your Hit Parade" from 1952 to 1957, died Monday at his home in Hamilton, Ill., where he had retired with his wife, Mary Lynne. The Lamporte-St. Clair Funeral Home in Hamilton confirmed his death but did not give the cause. Along with other regular cast members Gisele MacKenzie, Snooky Lanson and Dorothy Collins, Arms performed what were billed as the seven most popular songs in the country every Saturday night on the NBC show.
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WORLD
August 6, 2003 | From Reuters
A top aide to British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized Tuesday for comparing the dead Iraq weapons inspector at the center of his government's worst political crisis to a fictional fantasist. The suicide of scientist David Kelly days after he appeared in front of a parliamentary panel investigating whether the case for war in Iraq was exaggerated has turned into a test of the government's credibility.
NEWS
March 2, 2008
Salton Sea: An article in the Feb. 24 California section about efforts to restore parts of the Salton Sea omitted the reporter's name. David Kelly was the author.
WORLD
July 20, 2003 | Janet Stobart and Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writers
The biological weapons expert whose death fanned a political crisis over British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq committed suicide by slashing his left wrist, authorities said Saturday. Police said they found no signs of foul play in the death of David Kelly, an advisor to the Defense Ministry and former weapons inspector for the United Nations in Iraq. His body was found Friday on a rural path near Oxford.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 18, 1998 | JOHN CLARK, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Seated in a Manhattan hotel lobby, actors Ian Bannen and David Kelly look like a pair of aging vaudevillians. Kelly, who is very thin, is wearing a gray jacket and vest, a burgundy bow tie and a shirt with wide pink stripes. Bannen, who is portly, is wearing a black and red striped jacket, a pink tie and dark blue trousers. A boater on his head would not look out of place.
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May 8, 1991 | ERIC MALNIC and RICH CONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
In dramatic testimony Tuesday, an air traffic controller accepted blame for February's fatal runway collision in Los Angeles and the co-pilot of one plane told how his pilot died in the flaming wreckage. It was the first public appearance by 38-year-old controller Robin Lee Wascher since the accident and the first time she acknowledged publicly that her mistake led to the crash.
NEWS
March 2, 2008
Salton Sea: An article in the Feb. 24 California section about efforts to restore parts of the Salton Sea omitted the reporter's name. David Kelly was the author.
SPORTS
October 7, 1995 | MARIO ARCE
Highland 36, Tehachapi 6--Norris Theus returned the opening kickoff for a 72-yard touchdown to lead Highland (3-2) at Antelope Valley High. David Kelly completed 10 of 11 for 179 yards and three touchdowns. Jacob Paisano led the Bulldog defense with three sacks.
WORLD
July 21, 2003 | From Times Wire Reports
The British Broadcasting Corp. said that David Kelly, a Ministry of Defense scientist whose suicide intensified a fierce debate over whether the government inflated claims about Iraqi weapons, was its main source for the story that inflamed the dispute. "Having now informed Dr. Kelly's family, we can confirm that Dr. Kelly was the principal source" for a radio piece in which Andrew Gilligan reported that the government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq, the network said.
ENTERTAINMENT
September 24, 2003 | Robert Lloyd, Times Staff Writer
Since it illuminates a problem common to almost all new TV series, it's worth noting that the first episode of David E. Kelly's "The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire," premiering tonight on CBS, is actually a slightly retooled version of what was originally intended to be the second episode: The pilot has been scrapped as contrary to the series' unfolding direction.
WORLD
September 2, 2003 | From Associated Press
Weapons expert David Kelly felt betrayed by his bosses at Britain's Ministry of Defense after being caught up in a political storm over the government's case for war in Iraq, his widow testified Monday. Janice Kelly said that in the days before her husband's apparent suicide, he was distressed about being identified as the possible source of a British Broadcasting Corp.
WORLD
August 6, 2003 | From Reuters
A top aide to British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized Tuesday for comparing the dead Iraq weapons inspector at the center of his government's worst political crisis to a fictional fantasist. The suicide of scientist David Kelly days after he appeared in front of a parliamentary panel investigating whether the case for war in Iraq was exaggerated has turned into a test of the government's credibility.
WORLD
July 21, 2003 | From Times Wire Reports
The British Broadcasting Corp. said that David Kelly, a Ministry of Defense scientist whose suicide intensified a fierce debate over whether the government inflated claims about Iraqi weapons, was its main source for the story that inflamed the dispute. "Having now informed Dr. Kelly's family, we can confirm that Dr. Kelly was the principal source" for a radio piece in which Andrew Gilligan reported that the government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq, the network said.
WORLD
July 20, 2003 | Janet Stobart and Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writers
The biological weapons expert whose death fanned a political crisis over British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq committed suicide by slashing his left wrist, authorities said Saturday. Police said they found no signs of foul play in the death of David Kelly, an advisor to the Defense Ministry and former weapons inspector for the United Nations in Iraq. His body was found Friday on a rural path near Oxford.
WORLD
July 19, 2003 | Janet Stobart and Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writers
Police in central England found a corpse Friday believed to be a missing Ministry of Defense scientist who was a reluctant figure in an uproar over allegations that the British government exaggerated evidence of Iraq's arsenal to justify going to war. Police said the body matched the description of David Kelly, an eminent microbiologist and former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's family had reported the night before that he had gone out for a walk, despite a rainstorm, and didn't return.
WORLD
July 19, 2003 | Janet Stobart and Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writers
Police in central England found a corpse Friday believed to be a missing Ministry of Defense scientist who was a reluctant figure in an uproar over allegations that the British government exaggerated evidence of Iraq's arsenal to justify going to war. Police said the body matched the description of David Kelly, an eminent microbiologist and former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's family had reported the night before that he had gone out for a walk, despite a rainstorm, and didn't return.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 20, 2000 | ELAINE GALE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
David Lawrence Kelly, an Irvine businessman and former president of the Orange County Round Table, has died. The former Irvine planning commissioner was 52. Kelly was stopped at an intersection Tuesday morning while driving his son to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana when he suffered a heart attack, said his wife, Barbara Kelly. "He was peaceful and generous and had a great sense of humor," she said.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 18, 1998 | JOHN CLARK, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Seated in a Manhattan hotel lobby, actors Ian Bannen and David Kelly look like a pair of aging vaudevillians. Kelly, who is very thin, is wearing a gray jacket and vest, a burgundy bow tie and a shirt with wide pink stripes. Bannen, who is portly, is wearing a black and red striped jacket, a pink tie and dark blue trousers. A boater on his head would not look out of place.
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