February 7th, 2017 
CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Before Dice, Kinison and Clay there was Corey. The comedian had been sick and in the hospital but sent home ‘feeling better’ just two days before he died Monday evening. His last meal was comprised of ice cream and egg drop soup which somehow seems so fitting for a man with such a surreal brand of comedy.
“Sometimes, I forget what I’m talking about in the middle of a word,” Corey said at his 100th birthday party.
February 7th, 2017 CEO 
By Jerry Pearce
We take a brief moment here at “The Sinatra File” to make honorable mention of two milestones in the Sinatra recording canon, both of which, at the beginning of this month, celebrate fifty years since their creation. It was early in the year of 1967 and Frank Sinatra was shuffling through the doors of United Western Recorders in Los Angeles with his production crew in tow. In the matter of a few short days spanning the end of January and the beginning of February, some landmark moments were captured on tape, one of which would propel the name Sinatra back to the top of the record charts.
February 6th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
For over fifty years, Ed and Lorraine Warren were considered America’s preeminent experts on the subject of spirits and demonology. The Warren’s had repeatedly been called in to control some of the most profane outbreaks of diabolical phenomena in the country. Cases where even priests become demon possessed. Cases where people are physically attacked. Cases where unworldly entities manifest and then preside. Cases where time is violated and the physical environment is completely rearranged. Cases where spirits don’t just haunt a house, they visibly tear it apart.
February 3rd, 2017 CEO 
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
Photo copyrighted by The Berkwitt Family
“I detest bad manners. If people are polite, I am. They shouldn’t try to get away with not being polite to me.”— Francis Albert Sinatra
May 14th, 2017, will mark the 19th anniversary of the passing of Music Icon Francis Albert Sinatra at the age of 82. As an avid fan who grew up to the sounds and stories of Sinatra from my late Father, Alvin Berkwitt, who collected his albums, worked rooms that he played at the Fountainbleau Hotel on Miami Beach, and watched all of his movies, I didn’t learn to really appreciate what Frank did for the world. It would hit me on my 22nd year on Planet Earth back in 1990, while stationed in Italy, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.
February 3rd, 2017 CEO February 1st, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
The actor was best known for playing FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso on the HBO series from 1999 until 2004. He also starred in 1990’s gangster movie Goodfellas as Johnny Dio, and appeared on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002.
Aside from his acting career, Pellegrino was a successful restaurateur. He co owned Rao’s, a celebrity loved Italian restaurant first established in 1896 by Pellegrino’s great uncle Charles Rao.
January 31st, 2017 CEO January 31st, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
John Wetton, the bassist and singer for Asia, as well as a former member of King Crimson , has died at the age of 67 after a battle with cancer.
Wetton first hit the scene in 1972 when he joined the King Crimson lineup, sticking with the group over a two year span that included the records Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red. Upon Crimson’s disbandment, he served stints with Roxy Music and Uriah Heep before co-founding U.K. with Yes veteran Bill Bruford and embarking on a solo career.
January 31st, 2017 CEO 
By Jerry Pearce
In a previous installment of this column, “The Sinatra File” took an extended look at the making of one of Frank Sinatra’s landmark album releases, “Trilogy.” Reaching stores in 1979, the three-record set not only contained some of the finest later product recorded by the legendary singer, but also capped a unique period of studio work that began six years previously with the production and release of two close-knit albums.
In this author’s opinion, “You Will Be My Music” is one of the most underrated songs in all of Frank Sinatra’s career. Composed by noted songwriter Joe Raposo, the song lyrics hold the distinction of being the first notes sung by the Chairman of the Board to a listening public when Sinatra returned to the public eye after a two-year absence with a NBC television special (Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra) in November 1973.
January 29th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Actor John Hurt, the British actor who gained Oscar nominations for his roles in “Midnight Express” and “The Elephant Man,” has died at the age of 77, publicist Charles McDonald said Friday. Known for playing tormented characters, Hurt’s most memorable scene could arguably be when he died on screen in the 1979 space film “Alien” when a creature exploded from his chest in the spacecraft’s mess hall. “The Screening Room” ranked it among its Top 10 favorite movie deaths.
January 29th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
The Emmy winning actress starred opposite Raymond Burr on the long running legal drama. Barbara Hale, who played the diligent secretary Della Street opposite Raymond Burr on the legendary courtroom drama Perry Mason for nine seasons and 30 telefilms, has died. She was 94. “We’ve all been so lucky to have her for so long, she was gracious and kind and silly and always fun to be with. A wonderful actress and smart businesswoman, she was most of all a treasure as a friend and mother!” Said her son, William Katt of his late mother.
January 28th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Ingredients:
• 2 ounces Co-Jack cheese, shredded (1/2 cup)
• 1 green onion with top
• 4 (6-7 inch) flour tortillas
January 27th, 2017 CEO 
Mike Connors, who starred as a hard-hitting private eye on the long-running television series “Mannix,” has died. He was 91.
The actor died surrounded by family Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital from complications of leukemia that had been diagnosed a week earlier, said his son-in-law, Mike Condon.
January 27th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Ingredients:
• 2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup (250 mL) sugar
• 1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
• 1 cup (250 mL) mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
January 26th, 2017 CEO 
The horrific scene was witnessed by his artist wife of 25 years. Butch Trucks suffered a gunshot wound to the head and died Tuesday in his waterfront condo in West Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 69. A woman caller who is unidentified on the transcript but described as ‘hysterical’ dialed 911 at 6:02 p.m.
The dispatcher noted his wife Melinda witnessed Trucks pulling the trigger. Although he was breathing when police arrive, Trucks expired seconds later.
January 26th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Ingredients:
1 lb (450 g) chicken tenders
• ¼ tsp (1 mL) each salt and black pepper
• 2 green onions
• 1 medium carrot, peeled
• 1 cup (250 mL) red seedless grapes
January 25th, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
TV icon Mary Tyler Moore died on Wednesday after being hospitalized in Connecticut, her rep confirmed. “Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile,” her rep Mara Buxbaum said.
January 23rd, 2017 CEO 
By Kristi O’Toole
Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper announced plans for a joint American tour on Monday. Their summer jaunt starts in Hollywood, Florida on July 6th and wraps up a little more than a month later in Houston, Texas. The stars plan to reveal more details about their shows during interviews this week.
