In the over three decades he hosted the children's TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," Fred Rogers conveyed virtue and kindness with his signature zippered cardigans and puppet friends.
Next month, the U.S. Postal Service will immortalize Rogers, who died of cancer in 2003, alongside cultural and political icons such as Elvis, Big Bird and former presidents, when it introduces a Forever postage stamp with his portrait.
He will be depicted wearing — no surprise here — a sweater, and posing with a puppet, King Friday XIII. Every year, the Postal Service receives about 40,000 suggestions for people or topics to feature on its stamps. The stamp featuring Rogers will have a print run of about 15 million. It will be unveiled on March 23 at WQED, the Pittsburgh studio where his show was filmed, the Postal Service announced.
Robert Plant gets a whole lotta love
Robert Plant was famished after kicking off his U.S. tour with the Sensational Space Shifters in Raleigh, N.C., but the kitchen was closed when the Led Zeppelin frontman took his backing band to Garland, a top eatery in town. The restaurant's owners showed them a whole lotta love anyway, feeding them free of charge. Plant and his band were welcomed by Garland's owners — James Beard Award-nominated chef Cheetie Kumar and her husband, Paul Siler, who also have a band together. Kumar whipped up several small plates, including warm hummus, fried cauliflower and a beet and persimmon salad. In return, the band invited the couple to Sunday's Charlotte show.
Lawsuit: The late actor Bill Paxton's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the surgeon who operated on Paxton, who died Feb. 25, 2017, at 61. Paxton's family contends that the surgeon, Dr. Ali Khoynezhad, performed an improper procedure that led to the death of the actor, whose cause of death was listed as a stroke, suffered 11 days after he underwent heart surgery. The family contends that the doctor's actions, and the inaction of Cedars-Sinai, caused Paxton to suffer the complications that resulted in his death.
concert news: Justin Timberlake tacked on a second night at the X — Sept. 29 — as part of his Man of the Woods Tour, after tickets to his previously announced Sept. 28 date were swiftly bought up Monday morning. Tickets for the newly announced gig go on sale next Monday.
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