Johnny Ginger still gettin' out there!

Robin Seymour and Johnny Ginger in 2006

Detroit television star entertains fans in Livonia

Detroit television icon Johnny Ginger was in his element earlier this week as he sang and joked his way through a free public performance at Marycrest Heights, a senior independent living center in Livonia.

He easily drew laughs, applause and eventually a standing ovation as he entertained with songs, a running gag, and jokes, bringing back memories of his wacky kids’ shows, Curtain Time Theater, which ran from 1958-60, and The Johnny Ginger Show, from 1960-68, both on WXYZ-TV Channel 7.

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Sanders Newest Bumpy Cake

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A LIFE REMEMBERED

ANNA GORDY GAYE

The funeral for music entrepreneur and Motown executive Anna Gordy Gaye was on Feb. 12 at Forest Lawn in Los Angeles. Gaye died Friday in L.A., age 92, of natural causes.

The former Detroiter is defined in headlines by her relationship to powerful men — her brother was Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., and her husband Marvin Gaye. But just like all of Gordy’s sisters, Anna was a memorable, entrepreneurial woman in her own right, integral in the founding of her brother’s Detroit company, and in the revolutionary “Motown sound.”

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A LIFE REMEMBERED

GARY GRIMSHAW

Poster artist and Minister of Art for the White Panther Party 

has died after a long illness at the age of 67.

 

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http://www.retrokimmer.com/2014/01/sad-newslegendary-poster-artist-gary.html

A NIGHT OF GRANDE LOVE 
A benefit was held to celebrate the life of iconic poster artist Gary Grimshaw

A LIFE REMEMBERED

WILLIAM A. MOSS

Detroit Artist

Bill Moss was born on Detroit, Michigan’s east side November 20, 1943 the youngest child of the late Joseph Allen Moss and Helen Dyer Moss. His daily commute to Detroit’s Cass Technical High School heightened his interest in the history and architecture of his home town. He graduated from Cass Technical in 1962 and continued his education at Wayne State University, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1966.

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KEVIN MAYER'S VERY OWN BOBLO

Kevin Mayer loves everything Boblo. So much so that he created his own miniature Boblo Island Amusement Park in his home. The detail is astonishing. You're sure to recognize many of the rides.