Remembering Powers Boothe, Michael Parks, Yale Lary, Curt Lowens

Powers Boothe was the Texas actor who gave a riveting performance and won an Emmy for his portrayal of the Reverend Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). He also had notable roles in the movie Southern Comfort (1981) and the television movie Deadwood (2004-2006). Michel Parks was the young actor who starred in the motorcycle television drama Then Came Bronson (1969), for which he also sang the title song, “Long, Lonesome Highway.” Yale Lary was a stalwart of the Detroit Lions teams of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s as a Hall of Fame safety and one of the best punters in NFL history. Curt Lowens was a Holocaust survivor, who heroically saved 150 Jewish children during World War II and later went on to become a Hollywood actor.