Posted inBeatles, The Epstein, Brian S (1934-67) Fans (Persons) Lennon, John Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music
A Lesson From John Lennon
The ecstasy and agony of an original Beatles fan.
Posted inArt Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Knowlton, Monique (1937-2024) Manhattan (NYC) Models (Professional) Nineteen Hundred Sixties Photography SoHo (Manhattan, NY) Vogue
Monique Knowlton, ’60s-Era Model and Provocative Gallerist, Dies at 87
A Vogue cover girl in the early 1960s, she later pivoted to contemporary art, opening a gallery where being “outrageous counts as a plus,” one critic wrote.
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Nineteen Hundred Fifties Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pop and Rock Music Television The Dean Martin Show (TV Program) The Entertainers (TV Program) Valente, Caterina (1931-2024)
Caterina Valente, Singer Who Was a Star on Two Continents, Dies at 93
Born in Paris to Italian parents and raised in Germany, she had her own show on television in the 1950s and was later a small-screen mainstay in the U.S.
Posted inBathing Suits and Swimwear Claxton, William Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Gernreich, Rudi Models (Professional) Moffitt, Peggy (1937-2024) Nineteen Hundred Sixties
Peggy Moffitt, 86, Dies; Defined ’60s Fashion With a Bathing Suit and a Bob
She became famous for posing in the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit. But she saw herself more as a performer than as a model.