He had been suffering from breathing difficulties. Moore was lead vocalist on Drifters hits such as "Under the Boardwalk" and "Saturday Night at the Movies" in the 1960s and 1970s. Johnny Moore,64, veteran singer with the Drifters soul group, died yesterday on his way to a hospital in London, his agent said. She appeared in 10 of director John Ford's movies, including "The Searchers," "The Face on the Barroom Floor" and "Wagon Master." She also was a regular on the television series "Highway Patrol" and "I Led Three Lives." Her career began with the Thomas Edison Studio in 1914 before she signed with Universal in 1916. Cornelius appeared in more than 50 films, including "Stand Up and Cheer" with Shirley Temple, "Dante's Inferno" with Spencer Tracy and "The Keys of the Kingdom" with Gregory Peck. Ruth Clifford Cornelius,98, whose acting career began with silent films and later extended into big-screen "talkies" such as "Dante's Inferno" and "The Keys of the Kingdom," died Nov. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he and 200 other Marines in North China were taken prisoner by Imperial troops. General Puller wrote: "In the days of wooden ships, Lee would have been an ironman."ĭuring World War II, Colonel Lee served as a chief gunner with the "Horse Marines" mounted infantry in China. He fought rebel bandits alongside General Puller, who coined his nickname after recommending him for a Medal of Valor. From 1927 to 1932, Colonel Lee served with the Marine Expeditionary Force in Nicaragua.
In 1918, when he was 17, he enlisted and sailed to France to fight at the end of World War I. He also was awarded three Purple Hearts and two Medals of Valor.
He earned three Navy Crosses - more than any Marine in history except legendary Lt.
He was a prisoner of war for nearly four years during World War II. "Ironman" Lee,98, one of the most decorated Marines in history, died of cancer Sunday in Fredericksburg, Va.Ĭolonel Lee was a World War I veteran who also fought in the Nicaraguan "Banana Wars" of the late 1920s and early '30s.
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