Thursday Reads

 Video of the day:

Over 650K flags have been placed on The National Mall to commemorate Americans lives lost to COVID….an installation by @inamericaflags @sbfirstenberg pic.twitter.com/8nA6PMpEvP

— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) September 16, 2021

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Obituary:  Actress Jane Powell, 92, known for roles in musicals such as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, has died.  She reportedly died of natural causes.

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Powell, born Suzanne Lorraine Bruce, first began performing at five, singing on the radio in Portland, Oregon, and as a teenager landed a contract with MGM. At 21, she starred in 1950's Royal Wedding, dancing on screen with Fred Astaire. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ended up being a surprise hit in 1954, with Powell saying in a 2000 interview that "the studio didn't think it was going to do anything. MGM thought that Brigadoon was going to be the big moneymaker that year. It didn't turn out that way. We were the ones that went to the Radio City Music Hall, which was always such a coup."

She was married five times, the last to Dickie Moore, and had one daughter. _____