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He merged a unique arrangement of the song with the theme at acritical moment. The pairing shot the song to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and later renditions by Perry Como, Harry James and Liberace became hits. Two decades later, Lalo Schifrin made it into a disco arrangement. Duning also scored music for such TV shows as Naked (1958), (1959), (1964), (1965 Big (1965), Time (1966) and the original (1968 and 1969).

He had a prodigious career for which he received five Academy Award nominations for Sings (1949), Sad Songs for (1950), Here to and Eddie Duchin (1956). Robert Wise was born in Winchester on Sept. 10, 1914. His father was a meatpacker. The family moved to Connersville when Wise was very young.

He attended public school and wrote humor and sports columns for the school newspaper. His favorite pastime was going to movies. After graduation, he sought a career in journalism and attended Franklin College. Because of the Great Depression, he was unable to attend a second year of college. So in 1933, he moved to Hollywood where his brother helped him get a job at RKO Pictures in the shipping department.

Wise worked odd jobs and eventually moved up to film editing. His first solo ventures were the well-received and Favorite both in 1939. At RKO, he worked with Orson Welles on the cinematic classic (1941), which was nominated for an Academy Award for film editing. Wise later directed more than 40 films covering many genres. Some of them include: Day the Earth Stood (1951), (1953), Up There Likes (1956), Want to (1958), Silent, Run (1958), (1963), Sound of (1965), Sand (1966), Andromeda (1971) and Trek: The Motion (1979).

Wise directed Hollywood icons such as Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Steve McQueen, Anthony Hopkins, Julie Andrews, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, William Holden, Shirley McClaine and James Cagney. He won Academy Awards for best director and best picture for both Side (1961) and Sound of Past Continued from Page 3A Robert Wise George Dunning will change every two hours and their topics include cats in Egyptian culture, the science behind scuba diving, the similarities that unite snakes and humans, using colors like an artist, the connections between birds and dinosaurs, Roanoke Colony, free face painting and many more. also the one day a year that visitors can tour the behind-the-scenes research collections. For those who attend event, the museum is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The museum is continually updating its activities and exhibits to make them appealing to all ages.

Students are currently redesigning the Pleistocene exhibit. Museum staff also are offering breakout room experiences, with the next sessions on the evenings of March 10-11. Groups of eight have 60 minutes to crack the codes, find the clues and solve the puzzles to rescue the most complete giant beaver skeleton. The cost is $8 per person for individuals, or groups of four are $7 per person. To make a reservation, call (765) 983-1303 or visit earlham.edu/joseph- moore-museum.

Students make OWU list Local students appearing on the list at Ohio Wesleyan University include Pacia Purcell of Centerville, and Austin Hammaker of Lewisburg, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan University, a private liberal arts university, was founded in 1842. Located in Delaware, Ohio, it offers nearly 90 undergraduate majors. Millicent Martin Emery covers education and family life for the Palladium-Item. Notebook Continued from Page 3A LOS ANGELES Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as and while also cherishing his work in False and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series has died from complications due to surgery.

He was 61. Afamily representative issued a statement Sunday on the death but provided no further details. Paxton, a Fort Worth, Texas, native, appeared in dozens of movies and television shows and seemed to be around when history was made both on and off screen. As aboy, he was in the crowd that welcomed President John F. Kennedy in Texas on the morning of Nov.22, 1963, hours before Kennedy was killed in Dallas.

As a young man, he worked in the art department for B-movie king Roger Corman, who helped launch the careers of numerous actors and filmmakers. movie credits included some of the signature works of the past 40 years, from and to and Television fans knew him for his role as a polygamist, with three wives who expected the best from him, in the HBO series for which he received three Golden Globe nominations. Paxton was a bighearted, thoughtful and honorable his co-star Chloe Sevigny said in a statement. always had a smile on his face and could entertain any room with his wonderful stories of his many amazing years in Paxton was starring in the current CBS drama which premiered Feb.2. The network had not yet announced Sunday afternoon whether it would continue to air the completed episodes.

Paxton is survived by his wife of 30 years, Louise Newbury, and their two children. His first marriage, to Kelly Rowan, ended in divorce. His death added a sad note to Sunday Academy Awards ceremonies. Paxton was never nominated but appeared in several Oscar- winning movies and was beloved and respected throughout Hollywood and beyond. this Oscar Sunday, watch False or Simple to see this lovely leading man, at his friend Rob Lowe tweet- ed.

Paxton brought a reliably human dimension to big-budget action adventures and science fiction. He was, sci-fi fans like to point out, the only actor killed by a Predator, a Terminator and an Alien. But Paxton, famously genial and approachable, defined his career less by his marquee status than as a character actor whose regular Joes appeared across the likes of False Simple and a frustrated romantic he told the Associated Press in 2006. wanted to play the Bud part in in the I wanted to play Romeo the great, unrequited, tragic love stories. gotten to mix it up a bit with the ladies, but the romance has been asubplot, running from the tornado or whatever.

feel like a regionalist and a populist never fit in among the he said. think where the heart of American art Paxton often spoke warmly of his upbringing and how his father exposed him early to movies and the stage. His father, John Paxton, also shared his knack for being around famous people. A childhood neighbor was the artist Thomas Hart Benton. One of the busiest actors, Paxton once said the hardest part of his career the work itself but the time in between.

know all the time been in this business, which is a long, long time now, I go from having incredible days like shooting the part of Sam Houston, and then all of a sudden home, and out of work, and two in the afternoon; in my boxer shorts watching Turner Classic he told the AP in 2015. all I can tell you is thank God for Turner Classic Movies and Robert Bill Paxton dies after surgery Charismatic actor was known for work on LINDSEY BAHR ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHARD Bill Paxton arrives at the 2015 Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. A family representative says the prolific, charismatic actor has died from complications after surgery. LOS ANGELES Joseph Wapner, the retired Los Angeles judge who presided over with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, died Sunday at age 97. Son David Wapner told the Associated Press that his father died at home in his sleep.

Joseph Wapner was hospitalized a week ago with breathing problems and had been under home hospice care. on which Wapner decided real small-claims cases from 1981 to 1993, was one of the granddaddies of the syndicated reality shows of today. His affable, no-nonsense approach attracted many fans, putting in the top five in syndication at its peak. Before auditioning for the show, Wapner had spent more than 20 years on the bench in Los Angeles, first in Municipal Court and then in Superior Court. At one time he was presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, the largest court in the United States.

He retired as judge in November 1979, the day after his 60th birthday. on the show is Wapner told the AP in a 1986 interview. no script, no rehearsal, no retakes. Everything from beginning to end is like a real courtroom, and I personally consider each case as atrial. I even he said.

just decide from the bench; so obvious. The beautiful part is that Ihave carte cases were tried without lawyers by the rules of Small Claims Court, which has a damage limit of $1,500. Researchers for the producer, Ralph Edwards Productions, checked claims filed in Southern California for interesting cases. The plaintiff and defendant had to agree to have the case settled on the show and sign a binding arbitration agreement; the show paid for the settlements. In some metropolitan counties, the number of small claims cases more than tripled during the 1980s; some cited Wapner as a cause.

Johnny Carson invited Wapner to come on Tonight and settle adispute between himself and David Letterman. Carson wanted to do it as a skit, but Wapner said no and conducted it like a trial. The dispute was over an old truck that Letterman kept parked by his property in Malibu. Carson said it was an eyesore and had it hauled away. When Letterman got it back, the headlights had been broken.

awarded Letterman Wapner said. By the time Wapner left the show, in 1993, interest in the genre had cooled, but trials such as O.J. and the courtroom theatrics of revived the TV court starting in 1997. Wapner returned to show in 2000 to help celebrate its episode, judging the case of a man suing over a piece of sports memorabilia. He said he had seen snippets of Judge work but generally never watched such shows.

never watched he said. should I watch He also had a series on the Animal Planet cable channel called Animal Wapner was a Los Angeles native and received alaw degree from the University of Southern California. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Mickey, and by two sons, both of whom joined the legal profession. A daughter, Sarah, died in 2015. Wapner, star of dies Judge presided over successful TV show for 12 seasons ASSOCIATED PRESS NICK Retired Judge Joseph Wapner, left, congratulates son Judge Frederick N.

Wapner after he was enrobed as a Municipal Court judge in Los Angeles in 1989. Joseph Wapner, who presided over died Sunday at home..