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OFFBEAT: Swimming movie star Esther Williams dead at age 91

OFFBEAT: Swimming movie star Esther Williams dead at age 91

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

ADVANCE PLANNING: Role models for a longer-than-anticipated life

ADVANCE PLANNING: Role models for a longer-than-anticipated life

A few years ago, I thought I had found a useful role model in Frank Lloyd Wright. Broke and a social pariah who had alienated all of the few friends he ever had, at the age of 70-something he wrote an autobiography about how great he was. He started a school for architects and proceeded to b…

LAST RESORT: The value of role models

A few years ago, I thought I had found a useful role model in Frank Lloyd Wright. Broke and a social pariah who had alienated all of the few friends he ever had, at the age of 70-something he wrote an autobiography about how great he was. He started a school for architects and proceeded to b…

Jane Russell Bra Advertisement

Jane Russell Bra Advertisement

Actress Jane Russell took on the role of spokeswoman for Playtex Bras, in both TV commercials and print advertising campaigns in the 1970s.

Jane Russell with Reader

Jane Russell with Reader

Actress Jane Russell is shown backstage at the Drury Lane Dinner Theater in Evergreen Park, Ill. in the late 1960s with Times reader Bernard Chiluski of Whiting.

OFFBEAT: Readers make sure Jane Russell ad reference is exact and correct in column tribute

OFFBEAT: Readers make sure Jane Russell ad reference is exact and correct in column tribute

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Jane Russell and Phil

Jane Russell and Phil

Times Columnist Philip Potempa with actress Jane Russell in February 2007 in Los Angeles.

OFFBEAT: Movie star Jane Russell, dead at age 89, missed for many reasons

OFFBEAT: Movie star Jane Russell, dead at age 89, missed for many reasons

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

A BRIGHT STAR

A FILM LEGEND - - Actress Jane Russell adds another year, turning 89, today June 21, 2010. (Times File Photo)

Today's Celebrity Birthdays for Monday, June 21, 2010

Today's Celebrity Birthdays for Monday, June 21, 2010

The daily list of who's who notable names adding another year on June 21, 2010.