RECOVERING URICH WINDING UP CANCER TREATMENT.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Six months after he was diagnosed with a rare form of joint cancer, Robert Urich Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also starred in numerous other television series over the years including: S.W. is ``finally ready to go out and have a nice life, knowing I've done everything I can do.'' He completes two final sessions of chemotherapy next week, then will have ``five days of blood testing - and then my hair will start growing back and my life will be getting back to normal.'' Even now, he says, ``I'm swimming, my wife and I walk together every day. But I don't have the stamina I once had.'' Remarkably, through all the months of chemotherapy, he's continued to work. He's formed a software company that provides security for computers, has done several TV projects - and on Sunday tapes his first segment of the Disney ``Vital Signs'' program for ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. on which he will serve as host. He says of the latter, reality-based medical drama series, ``It's perfect for me. I'd like to do more shows like it. I only have to work about a day a week and have time to do other things.'' Urich says that other cancer victims have told him during his ordeal that ``it was one of the better things that happened to them. Now I get it. It's brought me and my wife closer. I appreciate each and every day.'' He does add that he will have to have a CAT scan CAT scan (kăt) [computerized axial tomography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also called CT scan. every three months and says, ``I'll probably have to live with that for a long time.'' Who loves ya, baby? Aw, shucks shuck n. 1. a. A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn. b. The shell of an oyster or clam. 2. Informal Something worthless. . We're almost blushing over the plethora of Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. promotional items that have poured in the last week or so. Candy kisses and (ooh-la-la!) black silk men's boxer shorts boxer shorts pl.n. Men's full-cut undershorts. boxer shorts or boxers Noun, pl men's underpants shaped like shorts but with a front opening boxer shorts box with red hearts from Fox TV to promote the network's romantic ``Melrose Place'' and ``Beverly Hills, 90210'' episodes. A long-stemmed chocolate rose from Universal Pictures touting Bette Midler's April 4 opening ``That Old Feeling'' film. A bottle of Frank Sinatra Korbel champagne. (C'mon, Frank. Like you'd ever be caught drinking $10.99-a-bottle pink champagne!) And then there was the box from Rhino Records, eye-catchingly marked ``Open immediately! Promo onion enclosed.'' The contents weren't edible, but audible - the three-CD ``Songs From the Heart'' collection of romantic r&b, ``power ballads'' and country tunes. Isn't love grand? Young doctor in love ``ER's'' Noah Wyle is going to make someone pretty happy this Valentine's Day. Wyle was seen decorating a plate at a local Color Me Mine do-it-yourself ceramics studio the other day. He painted ``Happy Valentine's'' on top of the plate, ``I Love You'' on the bottom, and in the center: a big heart with the name Tracy in it. From the inside looking out When viewers see Michael Caine playing F.W. de Klerk in Showtime's riveting ``Mandela and de Klerk'' movie Sunday, little will they know the discomfort the actor went through for the role. Caine's physical transformation into the former South African leader nearly included shaving his head. ``His doctor couldn't guarantee the hair would grow back, and that scared the hell out of him,'' reports Joe Sargent, who directed the drama that also stars Sidney Poitier. ``Still, he was willing to do it. But we ended up putting a skullcap skull·cap n. See calvaria. skullcap, n Latin names: Scutellaria laterifolia, Scutellaria baicalensis; on him.'' The baldness appliance took three hours a day to put on and was constantly being rearranged and reglued between takes ``because of the heat, sweating and whatnot what·not n. 1. A minor or unspecified object or article. 2. A set of light, open shelves for ornaments. pron. . Luckily, it worked out fine,'' says Sargent, ``and he's so good in the role, you forget he actually looks nothing like de Klerk.'' Out and about Shooting this week is an episode of ``Roseanne'' that will introduce us to Roseanne Connor's mother's lover - her lesbian lover. Baby, it's cold outside It's a good thing the cast members of NBC's ``Asteroid'' miniseries had all those asteroids This is a list of numbered minor planets, nearly all of them asteroids, in sequential order. As of late September 2007 there are 164,612 numbered minor planets, and many more not yet numbered. Most asteroids are ordinary and not particularly noteworthy. to keep running from, or they'd have ended up with frostbite frostbite (chilblains), injury to the tissue caused by exposure to cold, usually affecting the extremities of the body, such as the hands, feet, ears, or nose. Extreme cold causes the small blood vessels in the extremities to constrict. . ``It was pretty crazy. We shot in Denver at the beginning of November, and we had to make it look like summer around the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. ,'' says Carlos Gomez, best known to audiences as Raul Melendez, the paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic who died last season on ``ER'' after rescuing children from a burning house. He notes, ``Most of the scenes took place at night outdoors in the freezing cold. The extras did a magnificent job. We had 500 people out there from like 12 o'clock at night till 6 in the morning. ... They were such troopers.'' The actor co-stars with Michael Biehn and Annabella Sciorra in the ``Asteroid'' miniseries that debuts Sunday. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Robert Urich ``Getting back to normal'' (2) Noah Wyle Heart belongs to Tracy |
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