Margaret Cowan (F)
b. circa 1812, d. 31 August 1884, #438801
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     Margaret Cowan was born circa 1812 at Bledsoe County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith. Margaret Cowan died on 31 August 1884 at Wise County, Texas.

James Harvey Cowan (M)
b. circa 1816, d. 22 June 1866, #438802
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     James Harvey Cowan was born circa 1816 at Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He was the son of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith. James Harvey Cowan died on 22 June 1866 at Hunt County, Texas. He was buried at Shilo Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas.

Eli Cowan (M)
b. circa 1819, d. circa 1900, #438803
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     Eli Cowan was born circa 1819 at Franklin County, Alabama. He was the son of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith. Eli Cowan died circa 1900 at Boone County, Arkansas.

John Borden Cowan (M)
b. circa 1823, d. circa 1898, #438804
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     John Borden Cowan was born circa 1823 at Alabama. He was the son of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith. John Borden Cowan died circa 1898 at Newton County, Arkansas.

Stephen Cowan (M)
b. 7 March 1825, d. 11 October 1907, #438805
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     Stephen Cowan was born on 7 March 1825 at Tishomingo County, Mississippi. He was the son of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith. Stephen Cowan married Elizabeth Long, daughter of Solomon Long and Elizabeth Byford, on 7 February 1847 at Buzzards Point, Franklin County, Alabama. Stephen Cowan died on 11 October 1907 at Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, at age 82. He was buried at Brush Hill Cemetery, Pierce, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

Elizabeth Long (F)
b. 6 May 1828, d. 13 August 1908, #438806
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     Elizabeth Long was born on 6 May 1828 at Grainger County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Solomon Long and Elizabeth Byford. Elizabeth Long married Stephen Cowan, son of Samuel Cowan and Sarah Margaret Keith, on 7 February 1847 at Buzzards Point, Franklin County, Alabama. Elizabeth Long died on 13 August 1908 at Micawber, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, at age 80.

Solomon Long (M)
#438807

     Solomon Long married Elizabeth Byford.

Elizabeth Byford (F)
#438808

     Elizabeth Byford married Solomon Long.

Sarah Elizabeth Cowan (F)
b. 5 February 1851, #438809
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     Sarah Elizabeth Cowan was born on 5 February 1851 at Mississippi. She was the daughter of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Sarah Elizabeth Cowan died at Missouri.

Margaret Leann Cowan (F)
b. 29 March 1853, d. 22 March 1895, #438810
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     Margaret Leann Cowan was born on 29 March 1853 at Tishomingo County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Margaret Leann Cowan died on 22 March 1895 at Oklahoma at age 41.

William Reuben Cowan (M)
b. 24 February 1855, d. 26 December 1935, #438811
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     William Reuben Cowan was born on 24 February 1855 at Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. William Reuben Cowan died on 26 December 1935 at Mellette, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, at age 80.

Dr. James Martin Cowan (M)
b. 17 March 1857, d. 7 December 1911, #438812
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     Dr. James Martin Cowan was born on 17 March 1857 at Johnson County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Dr. James Martin Cowan married Sarah M. Willis on 2 October 1877 at Johnson County, Arkansas. Dr. James Martin Cowan died on 7 December 1911 at Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas, at age 54. He was buried at Lamar Cemetery, Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Thomas Jefferson Cowan (M)
b. 30 June 1859, d. 7 June 1941, #438813
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     Thomas Jefferson Cowan was born on 30 June 1859 at Boone County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Thomas Jefferson Cowan died on 7 June 1941 at Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, at age 81.

Stephen Jasper Cowan (M)
b. 14 March 1862 or 30 March 1862, d. 24 March 1933, #438814
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     Stephen Jasper Cowan was born on 14 March 1862 or 30 March 1862 at Johnson County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Stephen Jasper Cowan died on 24 March 1933 at Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

Martha Ellen Cowan (F)
b. 18 March 1866, d. 22 November 1937, #438815
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     Martha Ellen Cowan was born on 18 March 1866 at Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Martha Ellen Cowan died on 22 November 1937 at Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, at age 71.

Albert Tell Cowan (M)
b. 12 June 1868, d. 10 January 1916, #438816
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     Albert Tell Cowan was born on 12 June 1868 at Johnson County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Albert Tell Cowan died on 10 January 1916 at Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at age 47.

Mary Francis Cowan (F)
b. 23 December 1872, d. 1951, #438817
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     Mary Francis Cowan was born on 23 December 1872 at Powers, Johnson County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Mary Francis Cowan died in 1951 at Oklahoma.

Robert Franklin Cowan (M)
b. 23 December 1872, d. 8 October 1948, #438818
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     Robert Franklin Cowan was also known as Frank Cowan. Robert Franklin Cowan was born on 23 December 1872 at Powers, Johnson County, Arkansas. He was the son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long. Robert Franklin Cowan died on 8 October 1948 at Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at age 75.

Sarah M. Willis (F)
b. circa 1861, d. circa 1883, #438819

     Sarah M. Willis was born circa 1861. She married Dr. James Martin Cowan, son of Stephen Cowan and Elizabeth Long, on 2 October 1877 at Johnson County, Arkansas. Sarah M. Willis died circa 1883.

Susan Elizabeth Cowan (F)
b. 15 August 1875, d. 3 February 1954, #438820
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     Susan Elizabeth Cowan was born on 15 August 1875 at Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dr. James Martin Cowan and Sarah M. Willis. Susan Elizabeth Cowan died on 3 February 1954 at San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, at age 78.

W. Arthur Cowan (M)
b. 1882, #438821
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     W. Arthur Cowan was born in 1882. He was the son of Dr. James Martin Cowan and Sarah M. Willis. W. Arthur Cowan married Julia Cullen on 9 May 1903 at Johnson County, Arkansas.

Julia Cullen (F)
#438822

     Julia Cullen married W. Arthur Cowan, son of Dr. James Martin Cowan and Sarah M. Willis, on 9 May 1903 at Johnson County, Arkansas.

Mildren Frances Cowan (F)
b. 12 February 1905, #438823
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     Mildren Frances Cowan was born on 12 February 1905 at Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas. She is the daughter of W. Arthur Cowan and Julia Cullen. Mildren Frances Cowan married John Virgil Turner in 1920.

John Virgil Turner (M)
#438824

     John Virgil Turner married Mildren Frances Cowan, daughter of W. Arthur Cowan and Julia Cullen, in 1920.

Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner (F)
b. 8 February 1921, d. 29 June 1995, #438825
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     Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner was also known as Lana Turner. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner was born on 8 February 1921 at Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. She was the daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Artie Shaw on 13 February 1940. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Artie Shaw were divorced on 12 September 1940. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Josef Stephen Crane on 17 July 1942. The marriage of Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Josef Stephen Crane was annulled on 4 February 1943. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Josef Stephen Crane were remarried on 14 March 1943. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Josef Stephen Crane were divorced on 21 August 1944. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Henry J. Topping Jr. on 26 April 1948. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Henry J. Topping Jr. were divorced on 12 December 1952. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Lex Barker on 8 September 1953. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Lex Barker were divorced on 22 July 1957. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Fred May on 27 November 1960. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Fred May were divorced on 15 October 1962. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Robert Eaton on 22 June 1965. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Robert Eaton were divorced on 1 April 1969. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner married Ronald Peller on 9 May 1969. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Ronald Peller were divorced on 26 January 1972. Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner died on 29 June 1995 at Century City, Los Angeles County, California, at age 74.

"The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me." -Lana Turner, Lana, The Lady, The Legend, The Truth

Lana Turner was no stranger to outstanding hardship. She was born Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner on February 8, 1921 to John and Mildred Turner in Wallace, Idaho. Lana's uneventful birth in itself was relief-her grandmother had died in childbirth due to Rh factor complications-and there was a possibility the condition had been passed to Mildred. Though her mother was spared, Lana would later discover she had inherited the disorder. Science afforded her a daughter, Cheryl, whom doctors saved with a total blood transfusion shortly after birth, but Lana's dreams for a large family were dashed.

Lana fondly recalled nights, after dinner, spent dancing and listening to records with her parents. In later years, she attributed her love for music and dance to those evenings. Her father, who spent his days working in the mines, was also an excellent card player. His skills helped to support the family through rough times. However, after a big win at a card game one night, he was robbed and murdered. Lana was heartbroken, and later learned he'd bragged about using the money to buy his daughter a tricycle-a gift she'd been begging him for.

Lana loved going to the movies. Every weekday she would save a nickel of her lunch money to put toward the twenty-five cent Saturday matinee. Her appreciation for the elaborate costumes of actresses Kay Frances and Norma Shearer carried over into her own career, and earned her a reputation for wearing some of the most beautiful costumes in film history. In fact, if she hadn't gone into movies, Lana always said she would have become a fashion designer.

In search of greater job opportunities, Lana and her mother moved out to California. One school day, shortly after their arrival, fifteen-year-old Lana went for a Coke. Despite the legend, she wasn't at Schwab's Drugstore, but The Top Hat Café, a shop across the street from Hollywood High. When W.R. Wilkerson, publisher of the Hollywood Reporter, happened to be quenching his thirst at the same time, he caught sight of Lana. He introduced himself, gave her his card and asked her to call newly operating talent agent Zeppo Marx. This, in addition to a letter Wilkerson personally wrote, helped team her with director Mervyn LeRoy.

Leroy felt her nickname, Judy, was too plain. Julia Jean was also vetoed, so the two had a brainstorming session. LeRoy suggested Leonore, but it didn't seem to fit. "What about-Lana?" she suggested. She spelled it for LeRoy and waited while he said it several times and then finally nodded. "That's it," Leroy told her. "You're Lana Turner."

Lana could relate to the role of schoolgirl Mary Clay in They Won't Forget, and found it easy to play. Though the part was relatively small, when the film was released she was immediately noticed. The Hollywood Reporter noted, "Short on playing time is the role of the murdered school girl. But as played by Lana Turner it is worthy of more than passing note. This young lady has vivid beauty, personality and charm." After the film, Lana found herself tagged as "The Sweater Girl," thanks to a tight blue wool sweater she wore in the film.

Despite the praise, Lana still didn't think she would become an actress. "I made my first movie without ever considering that my walk-on would be anything more than a one-time job," she said. "If I could have foreseen everything that was going to happen to me, all the headlines my life would make, all the people who would pass through my days, I wouldn't have believed a syllable of it!" But LeRoy cast her in his next film, The Great Garrick, and when it was finished he loaned her to Samuel Goldwyn for The Adventures of Marco Polo. During the filming of Marco Polo, Goldwyn insisted that Lana's eyebrows be shaved off and replaced with straight, fake black ones. They never grew back, and from then on she had to either paste or draw her eyebrows.

When LeRoy left Warner Bros for MGM, he took Lana with him. Her salary doubled from $50 to $100 a week. Lana was ecstatic. The first thing she did was buy a house for she and her mother to live in. From that point on, Lana's fame and salary continued to increase. After a year with MGM, it rose to $250, and, by the time she was twenty, Lana was earning $1,500 a week. She enjoyed the fresh atmosphere at MGM, and would often spend time with other young Hollywood newcomers. "We had youth, we had beauty, we had money, we had doors open to us," she recalled. If someone recognized her while they were out, she would laugh and say, "Oh, no, no. I've been told I look like her."

When the United States entered WWII, Lana spent time traveling with railroad tours that sold war bonds. She wrote her own speeches and promised "a sweet kiss" to any man who purchased a bond worth $50,000 or more. "And I kept that promise-hundreds of times," she said. "I'm told I increased the defense budget by several million dollars."

New contract negotiations with MGM in 1945 netted Lana $4,000 a week. In addition, the studio finally obtained a censor-approved script for The Postman Always Rings Twice. She was ecstatic. "Finally the part I had been hoping for did come my way." Lana obtained the part, and Postman's author, James M. Cain, was delighted that she would be playing Cora. It was a perfect fit. Even today, some of her scenes as the adulterous femme fatale are considered among the most seductive and sensuous ever made.

In 1948 Lana filmed The Three Musketeers, her first Technicolor picture. Cast as Lady de Winter, she especially enjoyed the test of playing opposite Vincent Price's Cardinal Richelieu. "I studied him, and it challenged me, and I began to try things I never knew I could do," she said. "I found my own little touches-a certain sly look, the flap of a glove, a tilt of the head." She was allowed to improvise and create moments that weren't originally in the script. The artistic freedom and exquisite costumes made it one of her favorite performances. "Turner was covered with jewels and costumed exquisitely," recalled on review. "The drama of her first appearance on screen is heightened by the effect of having her sit in a darkened carriage... When Turner finally does lean slowly forward into the light-and the Technicolor-audiences are not jerked out of their mood and back to earth. She is unreal. A proper goddess."

Lana's already celebrated career was furthered when she co-starred with Kirk Douglas in The Bad and The Beautiful. The film went on to win 5 Academy Awards, including best screenplay and best costumes. "It is superb theater, one of the greatest moments of despair shown in cinematic terms, and a prime example of the coordination of actress, director and cameraman which can create a perfect visual moment of dramatic poetry on the screen." Unfortunately, it was also during this time that she began receiving telephone calls and flowers from a man named John Steele.

Steele's romantic gifts and surprises eventually swept Lana off her feet. When she found out he was actually dangerous mob associate Johnny Stompanato, the two had dated for several months. Lana fought to end the relationship and regain a normal life, but Stompanato became abusive, vowing she would never leave him and live. During one such violent argument, daughter Cheryl walked in and feared Stompanato would kill her mother. In an effort to protect Lana, she attacked and fatally stabbed him with a kitchen knife. The death was ruled a justifiable homicide, and Cheryl was not incarcerated.

Despite her recent Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Peyton Place, Lana was aware that "the happening," as she would later refer to it, could very well cripple her career. She fought back, dealt with reporter's head on and accepted the lead role of Lora Meredith in Imitation of Life. Lana gambled both her career and finances the film. She accepted a meager salary and instead agreed to work for half the profits. Lana's innate and learned acting ability, combined with pent up emotions from the tumultuous year, resulted in one of the finest performances of her career. Movie theaters reported that, during the closing scene, "even strong men are crying."

When Lana turned fifty she tackled yet another challenge-the theater. Though apprehensive, Lana couldn't pass up the role of Ann Stanley, a glamorous forty-year-old divorcee, in Forty Carats. As usual, the show and Lana, were a hit. Forty Carats played in numerous cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago and Baltimore. "Ironically," she said, "live theater, the medium I had so dreaded, became the new backbone of my working life."

On October 25, 1981 the National Film Society presented Lana with an Artistry in Cinema award. Also busy with a reoccurring role as Jacqueline Perrault on TV's Falcon's Crest, she found herself immersed in almost all entertainment facets.

Lana's active lifestyle continued until 1995. On June 29th, with Cheryl by her side, Lana Turner yielded to throat cancer. Her remains were cremated and given to her daughter.

Artie Shaw (M)
b. 23 May 1910, d. 30 December 2004, #438826

     Artie Shaw was also known as Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. Artie Shaw was born on 23 May 1910 at New York City, New York County, New York. He married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 13 February 1940. Artie Shaw and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 12 September 1940. Artie Shaw was Jazz clarinetist, composer and bandleader. He died on 30 December 2004 at Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, at age 94.

Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York City – December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time. Jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, he is also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings.

Early life
Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City, Shaw grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where his natural introversion was deepened by local antisemitism according to Shaw's autobiography. Shaw began learning the saxophone when he was 13 years old, and by the age of 16, he switched to the clarinet and left home to tour with a band. Returning to New York, he became a session musician through the early 1930s. From 1925 until 1936, Shaw performed with a variety of bands and orchestras, including those of Johnny Caverello and Austin Wylie. In 1929 and 1930 he played with Irving Aaronson's Commanders, where he was exposed to symphonic music which he would later incorporate into his arrangements.

Shaw first gained critical acclaim with his "Interlude in B-flat" at a swing concert at the Imperial Theater in New York in 1935. During the Swing Era, Shaw's big band was popular with hits like "Begin the Beguine" (1938), "Stardust" (with a legendary trumpet solo by Billy Butterfield), "Back Bay Shuffle", "Moonglow", "Rosalie", "Frenesi" and "Summit Ridge Drive". He was an innovator in the big band idiom, using unusual instrumentation; "Interlude in B-flat", where he was backed with only a rhythm section and a string quartet, was one of the earliest examples of what would be later dubbed third stream.

In addition to hiring Buddy Rich, he signed Billie Holiday as his band's vocalist in 1938, becoming the first white bandleader to hire a full-time black female singer. However, after recording "Any Old Time" she left the band due to hostility from audiences in the South, as well as from music company executives who wanted a more mainstream singer. His band became enormously successful, and his playing was eventually recognized as equal to that of Benny Goodman: Longtime Duke Ellington clarinetist Barney Bigard cited Shaw as his favorite clarinet player. In response to Goodman's nickname, the "King of Swing", Shaw's fans dubbed him the "King of the Clarinet". Shaw, however, felt the titles were reversed. "Benny Goodman played clarinet. I played music," he said.

Artie Shaw and his band playing "Everything's Jumping" from Second Chorus (1940)Shaw did in fact prize innovation and exploration in music more highly than popular success and formulaic dance music, despite a string of hits which sold more than 100 million records. He fused jazz with classical music by adding strings to his arrangements, experimented with bebop, and formed "chamber jazz" groups which utilized such novel sounds as harpsichords or Afro-Cuban music.

The long series of musical groups Shaw formed included such talents as Helen Forrest, Mel Tormé, Ray Conniff, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, Barney Kessel and Tal Farlow. He composed the morose "Nightmare", with its Hassidic nuances, for his personal theme, rather than more approachable songs. In a televised interview of the 1970s, Shaw derided the often "asinine" songs that bands were compelled to play night after night. "'Begin the Beguine' is a pretty nice tune," he contended, "but not when you have to play it 500 nights in succession."[citation needed]

Pacific overtures
During World War II, Shaw enlisted in the United States Navy and later formed a band, which served in the Pacific theater (similar to Glenn Miller's wartime band in Europe). After 18 months playing for Navy personnel (sometimes as many as four concerts a day in battle zones, including Guadalcanal), Shaw returned to the U.S. in a state of physical exhaustion, receiving a medical discharge. In the late 1940s, Shaw performed classical music at Carnegie Hall and with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein.

Like Benny Goodman and other leaders of big bands, Shaw fashioned a small group from within the band. He named it the Gramercy Five after his home telephone exchange. The quintet's sound was set apart by band pianist Johnny Guarneri playing a harpsichord on the quintet recordings and Al Hendrickson playing an electric guitar. In time, the quintet would prove another of Shaw's breaking of racial boundaries, when trumpeter Roy Eldridge became part of the group, succeeding Billy Butterfield. The Gramercy Five's biggest hit was "Summit Ridge Drive" (Shaw's California address at the time). A CD of The Complete Gramercy Five sessions was released in 1990.

Throughout his career Shaw would take sabbaticals, quitting the music business. His first interregnum, at the height of his success, was met with disbelief by booking agents. They predicted that Shaw would not only be abandoning a million-dollar enterprise, but that nightclub and theater owners would sue him for breach of contract. Shaw's offhanded response was, "Tell 'em I'm insane. A nice, young American boy walking away from a million dollars, wouldn't you call that insane?"

In 1954, Shaw stopped playing the clarinet, citing his own perfectionism, which, he later said, would have killed him. He explained to a reporter, "In the world we live in, compulsive perfectionists finish last. You have to be Lawrence Welk, or, on another level, Irving Berlin, and write the same kind of music over and over again. I'm not able to do that." He spent the rest of the 1950s living in Europe.

In 1981, he organized a new Artie Shaw Band with clarinetist Dick Johnson as bandleader and soloist. Shaw himself would guest conduct from time to time, ending his self-imposed retirement.

After Canadian filmmaker Brigitte Berman interviewed Shaw, Hoagy Carmichael, Doc Cheatham and others for her documentary film Bix: Ain't None of Them Play LIke Him Yet (1981) about Bix Beiderbecke, she went on to create an Academy Award-winning documentary, Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985), featuring her interviews with Shaw, Buddy Rich, Mel Tormé, Helen Forrest and others. Later in 2003, along with members of his original bands and other music professionals, Shaw was extensively interviewed by Russell Davies for the BBC Television documentary, Artie Shaw — Quest for Perfection, which became his last major interview.
\In 1991, Artie Shaw's band library and manuscript collection was donated to the University of Arizona. In 2004, he was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Personal life
A self-proclaimed "very difficult man," Shaw was married eight times: Jane Cairns (1932); Margaret Allen (1934-37); Lana Turner (1940); Betty Kern (1941-43), daughter of songwriter Jerome Kern; Ava Gardner (1945-46); Forever Amber author Kathleen Winsor (1946-48); Doris Dowling (1952-56) and Evelyn Keyes (1957-85). He had one son by Kern and another, Jonathan Shaw (Tattooist), who owned Manhattan's oldest tattoo parlour with Dowling. He often disparaged his wives publicly; when asked why he never saw his children, he replied, "I didn't get along with the mothers, so why should I get along with the kids?" It became a national joke to have been "married as many times as Artie Shaw."

In 1946, Shaw was present at a meeting of the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. Olivia de Havilland and Ronald Reagan, part of a core group of actors and artists who were trying to sway the organization away from communism, presented an anti-communist declaration which, if signed, was to run in newspapers. There was bedlam as many rose to champion the communist cause, and Artie Shaw began praising the democratic standards of the Soviet constitution.[1] In 1953, Shaw was brought up before the House Un-American Activities Committee for his leftist activities. The committee was investigating a peace activist organization, the World Peace Congress, which it considered a communist front.

He was a precision marksman, ranking fourth in the United States in 1962, as well as an expert fly fisherman. In his later years, Shaw lived and wrote in the Newbury Park section of Thousand Oaks, California. Shaw had long suffered from adult onset diabetes and finally died of complications of the disease at age 94. In 2005, Shaw's eighth wife, Evelyn Keyes, sued Shaw's estate, claiming that she was entitled to one-half of Shaw's estate pursuant to a contract to make a will between them. In July 2006, a Ventura, California jury unanimously held that Keyes was entitled to almost one-half of Shaw's estate, or $1,420,000.[2]

Radio rhythms

Artie Shaw performing his "Concerto for Clarinet" in 1940Shaw did many big band remotes, and he was often heard from the Blue Room of New York's Hotel Lincoln. It was the location of his only regular radio series as headliner. Sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes, Shaw broadcast on CBS from November 20, 1938 until November 14, 1939.

At the height of his popularity, Shaw reportedly earned $60,000 per week. For a comparison, George Burns and Gracie Allen, were each making US $5,000 per week during the year (1940-41) the Artie Shaw Orchestra provided the music for their radio show. He also acted on the show as a love interest for Gracie Allen and the sarcastic bandleader who had trouble with South American guitarist Señor Lee, who could not fully grasp English.

Films, TV and fiction
Shaw made several musical shorts in 1939 for Vitaphone and Paramount Pictures, and he portrayed himself in the Fred Astaire film Second Chorus (1940), which featured Shaw and his orchestra playing "Concerto for Clarinet." The film brought him two Oscar nominations, for Best Score and Best Song ("Love of My Life"). He collaborated on the song "If It's You" for the Marx Brothers' film, The Big Store (1941). In 1950, he was a mystery guest on What's My Line?, and during the 1970s he made appearances on The Mike Douglas Show and The Tonight Show.

Many of his recordings have been used in motion pictures. His recording of "Stardust" was used in its entirety in the closing credits of the film "The Man Who Fell to Earth". Also, Martin Scorsese used the Shaw theme song, "Nightmare" in his Academy Award winning film, "The Aviator".

He credited his time in the Navy as a period of renewed introspection. He entered psychoanalysis and began to pursue a writing career. His autobiography, The Trouble With Cinderella: An Outline of Identity was published in 1952 (with later reprint editions in 1992 and 2001). Revealing downbeat elements of the music business, Shaw explained that "the trouble with Cinderella" is "nobody ever lives happily ever after." He turned to semi-autobiographical fiction with the three short novels in I Love You, I Hate You, Drop Dead! (1965, reprinted in 1997), which prompted Terry Southern's comment: "Here is a deeply probing examination of the American marital scene. I flipped over it!" Shaw's short stories, including "Snow White in Harlem," were collected in The Best of Intentions and Other Stories (1989). He worked for years on his autobiographical novel The Education of Albie Snow, but it remains unpublished. Currently, through Curtis International Associates, the Artie Shaw Orchestra is still active.

Josef Stephen Crane (M)
b. 7 February 1916, d. 6 February 1985, #438827

     Josef Stephen Crane was also known as Joseph Stephen Crane. Josef Stephen Crane was born on 7 February 1916 at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
Josef Stephen Crane appeared on the census of 23 February 1920 at with his parents, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. He married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 17 July 1942. The marriage of Josef Stephen Crane and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner was annulled on 4 February 1943. Josef Stephen Crane and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were remarried on 14 March 1943. Josef Stephen Crane began military service on 8 April 1943 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; 4 years college
divorced, without dependents. He and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 21 August 1944. Josef Stephen Crane was actor-restaurateur. He died on 6 February 1985 at Pauma Valley, San Diego County, California, at age 68.

Henry J. Topping Jr. (M)
#438828

     Henry J. Topping Jr. married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 26 April 1948. Henry J. Topping Jr. and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 12 December 1952. A tin plate millionarie, owner of Yankee Stadium.

Lex Barker (M)
b. 8 May 1919, d. 11 May 1973, #438829

     Lex Barker was also known as Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr.. Lex Barker was born on 8 May 1919 at Rye, Westchester County, New York. He married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 8 September 1953. Lex Barker and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 22 July 1957. Lex Barker died on 11 May 1973 at New York City, New York County, New York, at age 54. Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.

Biography
Born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York, he was the second child of a wealthy building contractor [1] (U.S. Census records list him as a stockbroker [2]) and his wife Mariann [3] (U.S. Census records show her name as Marion [4]). Barker's family reportedly was in the direct lineage of Roger Williams, co-founder of the Rhode Island colony, and of Sir Henry Crichlow, governor-general of Barbados. The Barker household was extensive, with scores of servants, nurses, butlers, and chauffeurs. Young Barker attended the Fessenden School and graduated from the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy. He played oboe in the school orchestra and football on the playing field. He attended Princeton University for a time, but dropped out in order to join a theatrical stock company, much to the chagrin of his family.

Barker made it to Broadway once, in a small role in a short run of Shakepeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1938.[5] He also had a small role in Orson Welles's disastrous Five Kings, which met with so many problems in Boston and Philadelphia that it never made it into New York.[6] Barker reportedly was spotted by scouts from Twentieth Century Fox and offered a film contract in 1939, but could not convince his parents to sign it (he was underage). Disowned by his family for his choice of an acting career, he worked in a steel mill and studied engineering at night. In February, 1941, nearly a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Barker left his fledgling acting career and enlisted in the U.S. Army. The 6'3", 208-pound soldier rose to the rank of major during the war.[7] He reportedly was wounded in action (in the head and leg) fighting in Sicily.

Back in the U.S., Barker recuperated at an Arkansas military hospital, then upon his discharge from service, traveled to Los Angeles. Within a short time, he landed a small role in his first film, "Doll Face", released in 1945. A string of small roles followed, the best of which was as Emmett Dalton in the Western Return of the Bad Men in 1948. The next year, Barker found the role that would bring him fame.

In Tarzan's Magic Fountain, Barker became the tenth official Tarzan of the movies. His handsome and intelligent appearance, as well as his athletic, now 6'4" frame, helped make him popular in the role Johnny Weissmuller had made his own for sixteen years. Barker made only five Tarzan films, but he remains one of the actors best known for the role.

His stardom as Tarzan led him to a variety of heroic roles in other films, primarily Westerns, and one interesting (and quite non-heroic) part in a World War II film, Away All Boats (1956).

In 1957, as he found it harder to find work in American films, Barker moved to Europe (he spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and some German), where he found popularity and starred in over forty European films, including two movies based on the novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari (1862-1911). In Italy he also had a short but compelling role as Anita Ekberg's fiancé in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.

It was in Germany where he would have his greatest success. There he starred in two movies based on the Doctor Mabuse-stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang), in the movies Frauenarzt Dr. Sibelius and Fruehstueck im Doppelbett, and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May (1842-1912), playing such well-known May characters as Old Shatterhand, Kara Ben Nemsi, and Dr. Sternau.

In 1966 Barker was awarded the "Bambi Award" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany, where he was a major, very popular, star. He even recorded a single, in German, with Martin Böttcher, the composer of some of the soundtracks of the Karl May movies: Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir (I'll be on the way to you tomorrow) and Mädchen in Samt und Seide (Girl in silk and velvet). He returned to the U.S. occasionally and made a handful of guest appearances on American television episodes. But Europe, and especially Germany, was his professional home for the remainder of his life.

He married five times:

Constanze Thurlow (1942 - 1950) (divorced)
Arlene Dahl (1951 - 1952) (divorced)
Lana Turner (8 September 1953 - July 22, 1957) (divorced)
Irene Labhardt (1957 - 1962) (marriage ended at her death)
Maria del Carmen "Tita" Cervera (1965 - 1972) (divorce not valid, marriage ended with his death), who later became the fifth and final wife of billionaire Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
From his first marriage, with Constanze Thurlow, he had two children, daughter Lynn (born 1943) and son Alexander, called Zan, (born 1947).

Barker's third wife was actress Lana Turner. According to detailed allegations in a book by her daughter Cheryl Crane, written fifteen years after Barker's death, Turner ordered Barker out of their home one night at gunpoint after Cheryl, 13, accused him of molesting her over a long period of time. Divorce followed quickly, though no charges were filed and the couple's 1957 divorce record does not allude to the allegation.[8]

Barker died three days after his 54th birthday, in 1973, of a heart attack while walking down a street in New York City on his way to meet his fiancée, actress Karen Kondazian. The funeral was in New York. He was cremated and the ashes were taken by his last wife to Spain.

Christopher Barker, the actor's son with fourth wife Irene Labhardt, also became an actor and a singer, primarily in Germany. He made only a few films, but recorded many CDs. In the 1990s, he played his father's old role of Old Shatterhand, on the open-air stage in Bad Segeberg (Germany). Later he worked as estate agent.

Fred May (M)
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     Fred May married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 27 November 1960. Fred May and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 15 October 1962. Fred May was a rancher.

Robert Eaton (M)
#438831

     Robert Eaton married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 22 June 1965. Robert Eaton and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 1 April 1969. Robert Eaton was a businessman in 1970.

Ronald Peller (M)
#438832

     Ronald Peller was also known as Ronald Dante. He married Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, daughter of John Virgil Turner and Mildren Frances Cowan, on 9 May 1969. Ronald Peller and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner were divorced on 26 January 1972. Ronald Peller was a night club hypnotist.

Cheryl Crane (F)
b. 25 July 1943, #438833
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     Cheryl Crane was born on 25 July 1943 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. She is the daughter of Josef Stephen Crane and Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner. Cheryl Crane was a real estate agent in November 2005 at Palm Springs, Riverside County, California.

Murderer, real estate agent. Cheryl Crane is the daughter of Hollywood legend Lana Turner and actor-restaurateur Josef Stephen Crane. The couple married in 1942 before discovering that Crane’s divorce from his previous wife had not yet been finalized. They wed again in 1943, but the marriage only lasted a year. Cheryl was the only child of Lana Turner and had a troubled upbringing surrounded by her mother’s numerous romantic liaisons, including seven husbands. Lana Turner’s fourth husband, actor Lex Barker, sexually abused Cheryl, and her mother divorced him in 1957.

Shortly after her divorce from Barker, Turner became involved with Johnny Stompanato, a Los Angeles hoodlum with gangster ties. Despite violent arguments and physical abuse, Turner stayed with him. On April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Cheryl Crane stabbed Stompanato after overhearing him threaten to kill her mother. The wound punctured his kidney and aorta and killed him almost immediately. A judge ruled that the incident constituted justifiable homicide, and Cheryl was sent to live at a home for problem girls. She escaped in 1960 to live with her maternal grandmother.

Several years later, Cheryl Crane revealed she was a lesbian. She works in real estate and lives with her longtime partner Jocelyn “Josh” LeRoy in Palm Springs, California. Her autobiography, Detour: a Hollywood Story, was published in 1988.
In 2008.

William Bird Keith (M)
b. 14 November 1803, d. 8 April 1860, #438836
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     William Bird Keith was born on 14 November 1803 at Bedford, Bedford County, Tennessee. He was the son of William Keith and Polly Ann Crane. William Bird Keith died on 8 April 1860 at Maysville, Benton County, Arkansas, at age 56.

Elizabeth Isabella Keith (F)
b. 12 November 1812, #438837
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     Elizabeth Isabella Keith was also known as Betsey Keith. Elizabeth Isabella Keith was born on 12 November 1812 at Tennessee. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Elizabeth Isabella Keith married John Hood Marshall circa 1827. In the census on 29 November 1850 Elizabeth Isabella Keith was named Isabella Keith.
Elizabeth Isabella Keith and John Hood Marshall appeared on the census of 29 November 1850 at Marion County, Arkansas; real estate value 800.00.

Nancy Keith (F)
b. circa 1814, #438838
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     Nancy Keith was born circa 1814. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Nancy Keith died at Fannin County, Texas.

Abijah Birden Keith (M)
b. 24 January 1817, d. 10 April 1889, #438839
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     Abijah Birden Keith was born on 24 January 1817 at Alabama. He was the son of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Abijah Birden Keith died on 10 April 1889 at Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, at age 72.

Rhoda Keith (F)
b. 1819, d. before 1880, #438840
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     Rhoda Keith was born in 1819 at Alabama. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Rhoda Keith died before 1880.

Mary Ruth Keith (F)
b. 23 February 1821, d. 14 September 1912, #438841
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     Mary Ruth Keith was also known as Polly Keith. Mary Ruth Keith was born on 23 February 1821 at McNairy County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Mary Ruth Keith died on 14 September 1912 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at age 91.

John Jackson Keith (M)
b. 4 May 1823, d. 14 April 1907, #438842
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     John Jackson Keith was born on 4 May 1823 at Tennessee. He was the son of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. John Jackson Keith died on 14 April 1907 at Cottonwood, Eastland County, Texas, at age 83.

Cyrena Keith (F)
b. 18 December 1824, d. 11 September 1879, #438843
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     Cyrena Keith was also known as Sina Keith. Cyrena Keith was born on 18 December 1824 at McNairy, McNairy County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Cyrena Keith died on 11 September 1879 at Hunt County, Texas, at age 54.

Green Wood Keith (M)
b. circa 1828, #438844
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     Green Wood Keith was born circa 1828 at Missouri. He was the son of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Green Wood Keith died at Hunt County, Texas.

George Washington Keith (M)
b. 8 December 1830, d. 15 May 1877, #438845
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     George Washington Keith was born on 8 December 1830. He was the son of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. George Washington Keith died on 15 May 1877 at Erath County, Texas, at age 46.

Margaret Jane Keith (F)
b. 28 June 1832, #438846
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     Margaret Jane Keith was also known as Peggy Keith. Margaret Jane Keith was born on 28 June 1832 at Missouri. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane.

Rebecca Martha Keith (F)
b. 25 September 1835, d. 12 May 1878, #438847
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     Rebecca Martha Keith was also known as Becky Keith. Rebecca Martha Keith was born on 25 September 1835 at Alabama. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Rebecca Martha Keith died on 12 May 1878 at Brown County, Texas, at age 42.

Matilda Elizabeth Keith (F)
b. circa 1837, d. 1880, #438848
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     Matilda Elizabeth Keith was also known as Tilda Keith. Matilda Elizabeth Keith was born circa 1837 at Arkansas. She was the daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane. Matilda Elizabeth Keith died in 1880 at Texas.

John Hood Marshall (M)
b. 1806, d. 1870, #438849

     John Hood Marshall was born in 1806 at Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Isabella Keith, daughter of John Birden Keith and Polly Ann Crane, circa 1827. John Hood Marshall was shown in the census on 29 November 1850 as a farmer.
John Hood Marshall and Elizabeth Isabella Keith appeared on the census of 29 November 1850 at Marion County, Arkansas; real estate value 800.00. John Hood Marshall died in 1870.

Emily Maranda Marshall (F)
b. circa 1830, #438850
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     Emily Maranda Marshall was also known as Milly Marshall. Emily Maranda Marshall was born circa 1830 at Arkansas. She was the daughter of John Hood Marshall and Elizabeth Isabella Keith.