Walk of Fame: Golfer Judy Rankin to Receive Her Star

Rankin was the first LPGA member to top $100,000 in earnings. The St. Louis native will receive her star Monday.

Judy Rankin, a pioneer in women's golf, will get her star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame Monday. The ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. across from the Moonrise Hotel at 6146 Delmar. Rankin will attend the ceremony. St. Louis-born golf prodigy Judy Torluemke began playing at age 6 and honed her skills at the golf course in Forest Park.   Rankin was described as one of the best prospects in a 1961 Sports Illustrated cover article, she turned pro in 1962 and won her first tour event in 1968, according to a press release.  She was the the first LPGA player to top $100,000 in winnings for a season and she was named LPGA Player of the Year in 1976 and 1977.  After retiring in 1983 with 26 tour victories, Rankin became a television commentator …

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Gerald Early Receives Star on St. Louis Walk of Fame

The unveiling ceremony for the Washington University professor's star was held Thursday.

It's not often you hear someone celebrating failure—especially when an honorific is being awarded—but Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton did just that Thursday. Wrighton told the crowd gathered outside the Eclipse Restauarant Thursday to see Wash U Professor Gerald L. Early receive his star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame that Wrighton had failed years earlier. He had failed to woo Early from Wash U to MIT when Wrighton was there. Little did he know he would later have the opportunity to work with Early in St. Louis. Early, a well-known essayist and culture critic and the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters at Washington University in St. Louis, told the crowd he was grateful for his family and the influence they provided …

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Walk of Fame: Gerald Early to Receive Star Today

The unveiling ceremony for the Washington University professor's star will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11.

Gerald Early to Receive Star on St. Louis Walk of Fame

The unveiling ceremony for the Washington University professor's star will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11.

Washington University Professor Gerald L. Early will receive a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Early is a well-known essayist and culture critic. The induction ceremony will be held at held on the northeast corner of Delmar and Skinker boulevards, just outside Washington University’s Corner Building, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11. The ceremony is open to the public. Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters at Washington University in St. Louis, is scheduled to speak at the induction ceremony.  “I’m delighted that the 120-member selection committee chose Gerald Early to join the other Washington University literary luminaries on the St. Louis Walk of Fame,” said Joe Edwards, founder of the Walk of Fame in a press release. “…

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RIP Stan Musial From the St. Louis Walk of Fame

Stan Musial was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1989.

Who Was Selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

The Baseball Writers Association of America will announce 2013 Hall of Fame Class at 1 p.m. on the MLB Network. St. Louis and Missouri are home to several Hall of Fame baseball players. And Florissant even has a few that call the city home.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel reports the most anticipated Baseball Hall of Fame election in history will culminate this afternoon with the announcement of the vote on this year’s class by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Who will get in—better yet, who will be left out from this class—has been the subject of debate for years. Among those eligible for the first time: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Craig Biggio and Sammy Sosa. The 2013 Hall of Fame Class will be announced live on the MLB Network at 1 p.m. CST. Hundreds of professional Major League Baseball players have come from Missouri, according to Baseball Almanac. A few of them, such as Yogi Berra and Earl Weaver are even Hall of…

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Ntozake Shange Receives Star on Walk of Fame

The author and playwright of such works as 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,' lived in St. Louis as a child.

Writer Ntozake Shange received her star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame Friday. Shange's star is located at 6160 Delmar Blvd. in the Delmar Loop, across from the Moonrise Hotel.  Born Paulette Williams, writer Ntozake Shange lived in St. Louis from age 8 to 13 on Windemere Place in The Ville. Her experiences in St. Louis infuse her work, especially the novels Betsey Brown (1985) and Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter (1994).  She won an Obie award for her stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. Now a standard of the American stage, the 1976-77 Broadway hit was adapted into a major motion picture in 2010.    A prodigious author of poetry collections, novels and essays as well as plays, Ntozake …

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Ntozake Shange to Receive Star on Walk of Fame

The author and playwright of such works as 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,' lived in St. Louis as a child.

Writer Ntozake Shange will be in University City today to receive her star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Shange's star will be located at 6160 Delmar Blvd. in the Delmar Loop, across from the Moonrise Hotel. The presentation ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14.  Born Paulette Williams, writer Ntozake Shange lived in St. Louis from age 8 to 13 on Windemere Place in The Ville. Her experiences in St. Louis infuse her work, especially the novels Betsey Brown (1985) and Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter (1994).  She won an Obie award for her stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. Now a standard of the American stage, the 1976-77 Broadway hit was adapted into a major motion …

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Three Kings Hosting Free Jack Buck 'Star' Trivia

The event to honor the late St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster's star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame is tonight starting at 7:30 p.m.

Three Kings Public House is hosting the second Jack Buck star birthday trivia extravaganza from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the restaurant in the Delmar Loop. The free event honors Buck's birthday. His star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame sits right in front of Three Kings.  "We did this last year," said Andrew Wool of Three Kings. "The goal was to have fun. We had trivia, we used the red velvet ropes from the Tivoli Theatre to rope off the star and we played old recordings of famous Jack Buck radio calls." Last year's event was during a Sunday afternoon St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. Tonight's event will be held while the Cardinals host the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium. Wool said winners can walk away with Cardinals tickets …

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Phyllis Diller: St. Louis Legend Dies at 95

The Webster Groves native has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in the Delmar Loop.

Phyllis Diller, a former resident of Webster Groves who got her start in St. Louis comedy clubs, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Diller turned 95 on July 17.  Diller has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in the Delmar Loop in University City. According to her Walk of Fame biography, she made her name in clubs like the Crystal Palace in the old Gaslight Square area of St. Louis. She moved to the area in 1961 and lived on Webster's Mason Ave.  According to The New York Times, Diller "became famous for telling jokes that mocked her odd looks, her aversion to housekeeping and a husband she called Fang." The paper reports she made her professional debut at the Purple Onion, a San Francisco nightclub, in 1955.  In 1992, Diller played the Wicked …

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