Natalie Louise Maines was born on October 14, 1974, in Lubbock, Texas. Lloyd Maines, her father, was a country musician, and Tina May Maines, her mother, was a producer. Natalie went to Lubbock’s Nat Williams Elementary School. Natalie’s second-grade teacher would later recall a young Natalie telling her during a math lesson, “Teacher, I don’t need to learn this stuff—I’m going to be a star.”
While attending O. L. Slaton Junior High School, Maines was a cheerleader. Read More...
Music star, Olivia Newton-John once starred in the musical movie Grease in 1978, whose soundtrack is now one of the best-selling CDs of music ever released.
She is best known for her solo work, which includes the Grammy Award-winning single “I Honestly Love You” (1974), as well as the 1980s No. 1 Hot 100 single “Physical,” as well as her covers of “If Not for You” (1971), “Let Me Be There” (1973), “If You Love Me (Let Me Know)” (1974), “Have You Never Been Mellow” (1975), “Sam” (1977), “Hopelessly Devoted to You Read More...
Paul S. Amos, who co-founded Aflac with his brothers and helped build it into the largest seller of supplemental insurance, died July 2 in Columbus, Ga. He was 88.
A spokesman for Columbus-based Aflac confirmed the death but did not disclose the cause. Mr. Amos was chairman emeritus, and still visited the insurer daily after retiring in 2001.
Along with his brothers William and John, Paul Amos started American Family Life Insurance Co. Read More...
