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S The Tuckers then sued Time and Newsweek magazines for libel, alleging they mischaracterized her dispute with the estate S Court Dismisses Tucker's Rap Suit LOS ANGELES (AP) â€â€? A federal judge threw out a $70 million lawsuit filed by an anti-gangsta rap crusader who claimed lawyers for two record labels tried to drive her to emotional and financial ruin Supreme Court refused to take the case last year Tucker and her husband earlier sued the estate of Tupac Shakur for $10 million for "loss of consortium" and other claims involving references to Tucker in songs on Shakur's album "All Eyez on Me That suit was also dismissed The Tuckers claimed that Death Row Records, rap label Interscope, five attorneys and two hired investigators then tried to destroy them financially by filing lawsuits alleging unfair business practices, racketeering and extortion A lawyer for Tucker said Wednesday's ruling by U A lawyer for Death Row Records declined comment According to her lawsuit, she met with executives from Time Warner and Death Row Records in 1995 to try to persuade them to clean up the language in gangsta rap The U C District Judge Robert Takasugi dismissing her lawsuit would be appealed DeLores Tucker and her husband sued in 1999, claiming she was the victim of malicious prosecution because of her campaign against gangsta rap " The rapper, who was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996, rhymed Tucker's name with an obscenity Olive Osmond is survived by her husband, nine children, 55 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren Family spokesman Ron Clark said she died of complications from a massive stroke she suffered more than two years ago From 1976-79, Donny and Marie Osmond hosted the television program "The Donny and Marie Show," which their older brothers helped produce Her condition began to deteriorate last week and family members were by her bedside They were later joined by Donny, Marie and Jimmy Osmond Their first two sons, Virl and Tom, developed degenerative hearing losses that affected their speech She was 79 The family toured internationally and made numerous recordings and TV appearances " She was born in 1925 to Thomas and Vera Ann Davis in Samaria, Idaho, where her father was a principal The next four sons, Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay, had no signs of hearing loss and began singing close four-part harmonies as children "She was surrounded by those who made her life worthwhile and complete," Clark said She later moved to Ogden, Utah, where she was a secretary at the Adjutant General Depot osmond â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Osmond site: http://www Donny and Marie Osmond's Mother Dies May 10, 7:03 AM EST Olive Osmond, the mother of Marie and Donny Osmond and other members of the performing family, died Sunday Both enjoyed music George sang and Olive played the saxophone, and they passed along their love of music to their children They performed as the Osmond Brothers, producing 34 gold and platinum records in the 1960s and 1970s com There she met George V Funeral services are pending "Many of her children were at her side She couldn't have passed with any greater love and peace than existed in that room Osmond, the soldier she married in 1944 Because Saudi Arabia bars female entertainers, he had to leave Marie Osmond and the Pointer Sisters behind in Bahrain God bless his soul He also worked as a caddy and developed a lifelong fondness for golf "I'm not retiring until they carry me away," he said ' He said, `I don't do that anymore Entertainer Bob Hope Dies at 100 Jul 28, 12:52 PM EST Bob Hope, ski jump-nosed master of the one-liner and favorite comedian of servicemen and presidents alike, has died, just two months after turning 100 A highly competitive golfer, he later shot in the 70s and sponsored the Bob Hope Golf Classic, one of the nation's biggest tournaments He was born Leslie Towns Hope on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England, the fifth of seven sons of a British stonemason and a Welsh singer of light opera Woody Allen called Hope "the most influential comedian for me Hope died late Sunday of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, with his family at his bedside, longtime publicist Ward Grant said Monday The boy helped out by selling newspapers and working in a shoe store, a drug store and a meat market After a few guest radio spots, Hope began working regularly on a Bromo Seltzer radio program "We extend our prayers to his family " For his part, Hope replied: "Only in Hollywood could a meatball make so much gravy They found themselves in the backwash of the 1907 depression He boxed for a time under the name Packy East â€â€? "I was on more canvases than Picasso" â€â€? and also tried a semester in college before devoting himself to show business " "It's hard for me to imagine a world without Bob Hope in it," Allen said Monday "Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him," Dick Van Dyke said Monday Paramount signed him for "The Big Broadcast of 1938," in which he introduced the song that became his trademark: "Thanks for the Memory For decades, he took his show on the road to bases around the world, boosting the morale of servicemen from World War II to the Gulf War In 1950, he entered television, and his successes continued The fabled intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street was renamed Bob Hope Square, and President Bush established the Bob Hope American Patriot Award Through he said he was afraid of flying, Hope traveled countless miles to entertain servicemen in field hospitals, jungles and aircraft carriers from France to Berlin to Vietnam to the Persian Gulf " His 1966 Vietnam Christmas show, when televised, was watched by an estimated 65 million people, the largest audience of his career He played his first camp show at California's March Field on May 6, 1941, seven months before Pearl Harbor Hope started playing to troops well before the United States entered World War II He suffered recurring eye problems, once remarking: "I've got a hemorrhage in the right eye now, and I used to have one in the left eye His more than 60-year association with the network was said to be a record During "Roberta," he met nightclub singer Dolores Reade and invited her to the show "He was very much at home in the TV studio or on stage live anywhere, that is where he really lived," comedian Phyllis Diller said Monday "For more than five decades, through four wars and years of peacekeeping missions, Bob Hope came to symbolize, for every man and woman in uniform, the idea that America cared for and supported its troops," said Edward A " Hope had a reputation as an ad-libber, but he kept a stable of writers and had filing cabinets full of jokes By 1930, he had reached vaudeville's pinnacle â€â€? The Palace â€â€? and in the '30s he played leading parts in such Broadway musicals as "Roberta," "Ziegfeld Follies" and "Red, Hot and Blue," with Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante In between, there were such pictures as "Cat and the Canary," "The Paleface," "Louisiana Purchase," "My Favorite Blonde," "That Certain Feeling," "I'll Take Sweden" and "Boy, Did I get a Wrong Number But his initially hawkish views on Vietnam opened a gap between the comedian and young Americans opposed to the war, who sometimes heckled him In recent years, his hearing eroded, although he refused to wear a hearing aid I'm a walking hemorrhage He quickly veered from song and dance to comedy patter, and his monologue routine was born He tried to enlist, but was told he could be of more use as an entertainer Hope earned a fortune, gave lavishly to charity and was showered with awards, so many that he had to rent a warehouse to store them No matter that the joke was old or flat; he was Bob Hope and he got laughs President Bush said "the nation lost a great citizen" with Hope's death " Until increasing frailty slowed him down, Hope repeatedly pledged never to quit entertaining He also appeared more than 20 times at the Academy Awards, first on radio and than on television, as presenter, cohost or host between 1939 and 1978 I've seen too many wars "You never tire of talking with your best friends " He was admired by his peers, and generations of younger comedians He never let a good joke die â€â€? if it got a laugh in Vietnam, it would get a laugh in Saudi Arabia I said, `Pardon me The Hopes emigrated to the United States when he was 4 and settled in Cleveland " Hope's 85-year-old nephew, Milton Hope, said Monday he hopes his uncle is remembered not just for his jokes, but also for donating his money and time to charities " When Hope went into one of his monologues, it was almost as though the world was conditioned to respond Crosby helped make Hope's nose famous as a "droop snoot" and a "ski run In the mid-'90s, Hope played charity dates around the nation, but he seemed to slow his schedule '" He poked fun gently, without malice, and made himself the butt of many jokes His Christmas tours became tradition He was always so completely prepared by his tremendous organization that he had put together Hope never had a regular straight man, but he worked often with crooner Crosby, first in radio, where they developed a routine of insulting each other merrily The nation's most-honored comedian, Hope was a star in every category open to him â€â€? vaudeville, radio, television and film, most notably a string of "Road" movies with longtime friend Bing Crosby In 1938, he was hired by Pepsodent to create his own show, and that led him to Hollywood They married in 1934 " Hope perfected the one-liner, peppering audiences with a fusillade of brief, topical gags "He can't believe that this is happening and that he's made it to his Big 100," son Kelly Hope said at the time " Soon he was teaming with Crosby in the seven "Road" pictures â€â€? "Road to Bali," "Road to Morocco," "Road to Zanzibar" and so on â€â€? playing best friends who lie, cheat and make fun of each other in comedic competition for glory and Dorothy Lamour " In 1990, he traveled to the Persian Gulf to entertain troops preparing for war with Iraq Hope changed his name to Bob when classmates ridiculed his English schoolboy name Later, Hope said he was "just praying they get an honorable peace so our guys don't have to fight " Hope's awards included scores of honorary degrees; special Oscars for humanitarianism and service to the film industry; the George Peabody Award; the National Conference of Christians and Jews Award; and the Medal of Freedom from President Johnson He received honorary knighthood from Britain in 1998 "Audiences are my best friends," he liked to say It was never nerve-racking Powell, president and CEO of the United Service Organizations Of course, that's all behind me now Even 40 years later, he could be counted on to pull in respectable ratings "I bumped into Gerald Ford the other day He headlined in so many war zones that he had a standard joke for the times he was interrupted by gunfire: "I wonder which one of my pictures they saw?" So often was Hope away entertaining, and so little did he see his wife, Dolores, and their four adopted children, that he once remarked, "When I get home these days, my kids think I've been booked on a personal appearance tour His golf scores and physical attributes, including his celebrated ski-jump nose, were frequent subjects: "I want to tell you, I was built like an athlete once â€â€? big chest, hard stomach " He made 53 films from 1938 to 1972 "And, you know what, it was never a chore for him He was the author or co-author of 10 books, including his 1990 autobiography, "Don't Shoot, It's Only Me " On his 100th birthday, he was too frail to take part in public celebrations, but was said to be alert and happy â€â€? and overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection What was billed as his last NBC special, "Laughing with the Presidents," focusing on his long friendships with many occupants of the White House, appeared in late 1996 "Bob Hope served our nation when he went to battlefields to entertain thousands of troops from different generations," the president said "All I can say is he sure made a lot of people happy," Milton Hope said from his home in Aurora, Ohio His traditional Christmas tours began in 1948, when he went to Berlin to entertain GIs involved in the airlift "And I'll have a few routines on the way to the big divot |
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