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NEW YORK -- Elfrida von Nardroff, who won more money than anyone else on the 1950s television quiz show "Twenty-One" -- but who later pleaded guilty to lying to a grand jury in Manhattan about receiving questions and answers in advance -- died Nov. 11 in a hospice in Westhampton Beach, on Long Island. She was 96.

In 1958, she won more on “Twenty-One” than anyone else. But she became embroiled in a scandal that led to grand jury and congressional investigations.

Disney+ Oscar-winning 1963 movie Cleopatra is just one of more than 400 movies available on Disney+s new Star stream. Disney+ is about to get a whole lot bigger. From today, the Mouse House’s on-demand service is adding a whole new stream. Having sifted through the almost 450 movies and 155 TV series which will be available at launch, Stuff has come up with this list of 20 titles, most of which haven’t been previously available on a buffet-style service before. Supplied The original Pl...

Closing Thought–31Dec20 The last day of the year and as per my tradition I want to look back at the year this site has had….. I know very little about mine, IST, other than the amount of likes and visitors…..it was never really that important to me to know my standing in the world…that is just another headache I can avoid. I am not a blogger that spends more time checking my stats than actually trying to educate the reader on a wide array of topics. I admit that I check my WP stats a co...

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by...

Gallery: Recalling lives lost in 2020 Bernard McGhee Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 1of24 English actress Honor Blackman poses for photographers during a break from the filming in London. Blackman, 94, the potent British actress who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” died April 5. (AP Photo/Leonard Brown, File) Show MoreShow Less 2of24 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak de...

R.I.P. In 2020 WE know of all the “famous” people that died in 2020 like country singer Charlie Pride and RBG and Eddie Van Halen among others but there were others that were equally important and this post is just my way of acknowledging their passing…. Elizabeth Wurtzel, 52. Her blunt and painful confessions of her struggles with addiction and depression in the bestselling Prozac Nation made her a voice and a target for an anxious generation. Jan. 7. Sultan Qaboos bin Said, 79. He was...

Final goodbyes: Notable people the world lost in 2020 By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press From left, Ruth Bader Ginsburg served 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court; John Lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement. AP (AP) — In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness — RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van...

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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in first half of 2020 By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Jan. 26. Mark J. Terrill | AP In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped defin...