My Little Margie News

Change is good, one often hears. Or that old joke, "I'm a Republican, I'm opposed to change." This was the year we were to see "Change You can Believe In" ushered in.

Wow, what a crazy summer so far! Where do I begin? Well, let's start with a thief.

F or Pete's sake, I'm gone a week and everyone on Earth dies. I exaggerate, but, yikes, we lose the King of Pop and a Charlie's Angel, plus Oscar winner Karl Malden , 97; My Little Margie star Gale Storm, 87; singer-actor Harve Presnell , 75; Mollie Sugden , 86; Jan Rubes , 89; comedian Fred Travalena, 66; Shi Pei Pu , 70; TV pitchman Billy Mays , ...

With all the celebrity deaths lately - and we have certainly had a bumper crop - two seem to be sticking in my consciousness longer than the others: Billy Mays and Gale Storm.

The death notice box has been busy the past couple of weeks, in fact, so busy that it's hard to keep up.

They're falling like flies out in TV and Movieland, and pretty soon you won't be able to switch on a given channel without a Looking Back On... special.

Quite a few celebrities passed away within a short period of time toward the end of June.

It was a tough week for celebrities. Farrah Fawcett died, followed swiftly by Michael Jackson, Gale Storm, and Mr.

Overlooked in the recent wave of untimely celebrity deaths is the passing of Gale Storm.

June 29: Gale Storm, the actress who starred in the 1950s sitcom "My Little Margie," died Monday at the age of 87; and television talk show staple Fred Travalena, one of the great masters of imitation died of cancer.

Gale Storm, 87, an actress and pop singer whose chirpy, upbeat charm made her a leading television star on two 1950s sitcoms, "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," died Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, Calif.

These aren't the big-name stars like Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett, or even the more-recent "celebrity" status of TV pitchman Billy Mays, but comedian and celebrity impressionist Fred Travalena and Gale Storm , a TV sitcom pioneer from Texas who starred in"My Little Margie" in the 1950s, have both died.

It did not take long for Thursday night's town clerk debate to devolve into an angry session of professional and personal attacks.

Fifties actress and singer dies at 87. Gale Storm, star of such '50s shows as 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show,' died of natural causes on Saturday at age 87.

It did not take long for Thursday night's town clerk debate to devolve into an angry session of professional and personal attacks.

Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.