Dick Powell

Author Dominick Dunne dies at 83 in Manhattan 08/26/2009

Dominick Dunne Died 08/26/2009

Paul V. Coates -- Confidential File, June 11, 1959 06/11/2009

Matinee idol Dick Powell enjoyed a long and far-ranging career which brought him great success in music, film and television. Born in Mountain View, Arkansas on November 14, 1903, Powell regularly sang in both school and church choirs as a child, his soprano voice eventually becoming a tenor; at the same time, he also learned to play a number of instruments, including the saxophone, cornet and ...more