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| Born | January 14, 1924 |
| Hometown | Abilene, Texas, United States |
| Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
| Spouse | Tom Troupe |
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Longtime HIV Ally Carole Cook Dies at 98
- The Broadway legend and Lucille Ball protégé also spent decades raising awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS causes.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Florida’s edicts on classrooms are wearing thin with some school board members
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Carole Cook, legend of theater and screen and close friend of Lucille Ball, dead at 98
Carole Cook, an actress who had a lengthy screen and stage career and a close friendship with late comedy icon Lucille Ball, has died. She was 98.
- CelebrityLA Times
Carole Cook, 'Sixteen Candles' actor and Lucille Ball mentee, dies days before turning 99
Actor Carole Cook, who was Lucille Ball's protégé and played Grandma Helen in 'Sixteen Candles,' has died in Beverly Hills three days before her 99th birthday.
- CelebrityVariety
Carole Cook, Actor and Lucille Ball Protégé, Dies at 98
Carole Cook, a veteran stage and screen actor who was a protégé of Lucille Ball, has died in Beverly Hills, Calif., of heart failure. She was 98. Cook was known for her guest roles on “The Lucy Show” from 1963-68 and “Here’s Lucy” from 1969-74. She began her acting career in 1959 when Ball requested […]
- EntertainmentDeadline
Carole Cook Dies: Lucille Ball Protégé And ‘Sixteen Candles’ Actress Was 98
Carole Cook, a protege of Lucille Ball who would become a familiar face through appearances on Ball’s TV shows, movies like The Incredible Mr. Limpet and Sixteen Candles and stage musicals 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy, died today of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California, just three days before her 99th birthday. Her death was […]
- USTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Pinellas will give public a say before choosing a new school superintendent
During the latest in a series of off-camera meetings Tuesday, the Pinellas County School Board dove deeper into the work of hiring a new superintendent. Board members learned about a series of 6 p.m. community meetings scheduled Feb. 23, 24 and 28 at Pinellas Park, Countryside and St. Petersburg high schools. They made revisions to an online survey, deciding they were more concerned about ...
- USTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Pinellas plans to choose a new school superintendent soon, but not too soon
With several of Florida’s largest school districts seeking new superintendents, Pinellas County School Board chairperson Eileen Long said she wants to “get busy” so her district doesn’t lose top candidates to the others. At the same time, though, she and her board colleagues signaled they don’t want to rush their search to replace retiring superintendent Mike Grego, either. “I think that’s ...
- USTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Pinellas School Board selects consultant for superintendent search
The Pinellas County School Board agreed Tuesday to hire a state education organization to assist with its search for a new superintendent. The Florida School Boards Association, which typically conducts between one and five such searches a year, will charge a flat fee of $30,000, plus minimal travel costs, executive director Andrea Messina told the board at a workshop. Plans will proceed, ...
- USTampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Pinellas makes early move to find a new school superintendent
The search to replace retiring Pinellas County school superintendent Mike Grego began slowly on Tuesday with the School Board agreeing that longtime member Carol Cook should get the process started. Cook has served on the seven-member board since 2000. She has held leadership positions in the Florida School Boards Association, which often assists districts in superintendent searches, and has ...
- USTribune Publishing
Nonprofit asks Pinellas Schools for more time to save ancient forest
In March 2020, when Pinellas County Schools tabled a developer’s $3.3 million offer for 14 acres on West Klosterman Road to give a group of residents time to buy the land for preservation, no one expected the endeavor to be easy. But the seven neighbors, led by Tarpon Springs retirees Kay and Tex Carter, also never anticipated a year-long pandemic, a bruised economy and some of the ...
- USTribune Publishing
After sharp words, Hillsborough School Board members seek to mend fences
PLANT CITY — Faced with daunting challenges that will likely lead to school staff cuts and program changes, members of the Hillsborough County School Board spent Wednesday afternoon trying to learn how to get along. During a retreat, they reached a breakthrough of sorts about 2:30 p.m. Board members Melissa Snively and Jessica Vaughn were revisiting a February news story in which Snively ...
