Post by Frank Beacham

Nov. 30: Musician Josh White Jr. is 81 years old today; Terrence Malick, film director, is 78 years old; David Mamet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director, is 74 years old; American photographer Gordon Parks was born 109 years ago; Piedmont bluesman Brownie McGhee was born 106 years ago; American Bandstand’s Dick Clark was born 92 years ago; Abbie Hoffman, political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), was born 85 years ago; Allan Sherman, comedy writer and television producer, was born 97 years ago; and Samuel Clemens, later known as Mark Twain, was born in Missouri, on this day in 1835 — 186 years ago. www.beachamjournal.com