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R.I.P. Veronique Peck

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday August 18, 2012 @ 3:17pm PDTTags: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Gregory Peck, Obituary

Veronique Passani Peck, the widow of actor Gregory Peck and longtime arts patron, died Friday of heart failure at her Los Angeles home. She was 80. Born in Paris, the French journalist met the actor when she interviewed him for the newspaper France Soir. She moved to the U.S. at 23 and married the movie star. Their marriage lasted 48 years until his death in 2003. Veronique Peck helped create the Inner City Cultural Center in South Los Angeles, was a founder of the Los Angeles Music Center, and a longtime fundraiser for the Los Angeles Public Library.

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Trayvon Martin Case Arrest Ignites Academy’s ‘Mockingbird’ 50th Anniversary Screening

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 4:57pm PDTTags: George Zimmerman, Gregory Peck, TO Kill A Mockingbird, Trayvon Martin, Universal
Pete Hammond

“What are the chances that this day in Florida George Zimmerman would be arrested? What are  the chances that we sit in Beverly Hills on this day to see To Kill A Mockingbird,  and these kinds of tensions still exist … Read More »

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AFI to Screen ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ At The White House Thursday Night

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: AFI, Gregory Peck, President Obama, TO Kill A Mockingbird, White House
Pete Hammond

The 50th Anniversary celebration of the Academy Award winning 1962 classic, To Kill A Mockingbird just got a very high profile addition with the American Film Institute’s announcement today that the film will be screened tomorrow night, April 5,  at the White … Read More »

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