Donald O' Connor is dead

Author: MurphyPublished: Sep 28, 2003 at 10:46 pm 0 comments

This man was incredibly talented, and his "Make 'Em Laugh" routine in Singing in the the Rain will bring joy to the hearts of many for years to come.

Dancing can be such an expresson of joy and humanness, and I loved the way that O'Connor moved. He loved what he did; there is no way he could have learned the types of moves that he mastered without that love.

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Murphy Daley is a long-time BlogCritic. Murphy’s first book The Parable of Miriam the Camel Driver draws from her experience in corporate America to examine the bigger questions about balancing career and creativity. …

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