there have been a slew of them. But there are a lot of them getting up there in age.
Laurie --- Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Man is this going to go on record as the year of > celeb deaths? > > > Greg Hopper > > "Why is it that when we talk to God we're said > to be praying, but when God talks to us > we're schizophrenic?" > - Lily Tomlin - > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charles > To: Charles > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 6:20 AM > Subject: [Sndbox] David Holt, 76, dies > > > David Holt, 76, dies > > LOS ANGELES -- David Holt, a former child actor > best known for roles like the bratty Sidney Sawyer > in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," has died in > California. He was 76. Holt, who also played > Elizabeth Taylor's older brother in "Courage of > Lassie" and later had a career as a jazz musician > and songwriter, died Saturday of congestive heart > failure at his home in San Juan Capistrano, the Los > Angeles Times reported Friday. Born in Jacksonville, > Fla., on Aug. 14, 1927, Holt was a 5-year-old dance > school student in 1933 when an audition was arranged > for him with humorist Will Rogers. Afterward, Rogers > told Holt and his mother that if they were ever in > Hollywood to look him up and he would get the boy > into pictures. After that promise, Holt's father > quit his job with the Ford Motor Co. and the family > drove west. But when they arrived in Hollywood, > Rogers refused to see them. The 6-year-old David and > his mother made the rounds of casting calls in the > same car with the mothers of two other fledgling > young performers: Shirley Temple and Jane Withers. > Various roles followed, including in 1938 his most > famous, Sidney Sawyer in "The Adventures of Tom > Sawyer". > > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ===== And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
