Wednesday, June 24, 2020

REMEMBERING THE GREAT JACKIE GLEASON, HIS CROTON CONNECTION AND MUCH MORE

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

On June 24, 1987 Jackie Gleason succumbed to colon cancer after a three month battle.

Remembering Jackie Gleason--frequent local visitor to "Honey's" and more....

--1958 newspaper article on his famous "round house", courtesy of THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY; click on the link http://bit.ly/1mb7zLz PLUS A LINK BACK TO PHOTOS OF HIS FAMOUS ROUND CORTLANDT HOME http://bit.ly/1zELKl5

--FROM PEOPLE MAGAZINE: A FOND GOOD BYE TO THE GREAT ONE http://archive.people.com/people/archive/jpgs/19870713/19870713-750-102.jpg

--NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR, THE HUSTLER http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001276/awards

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