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Imelda Marcos: The “Mine” Girl

Posted in Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged Ben Kingsley, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Bloomingsdale, Brooke Shields, Ferdinand Marcos, Franco Nero, George Hamilton, Honolulu, Imelda Marcos, Imelda Marcos and shopping, Imeldific, Manila Film Center, Manila Film Center accident, Manila Film Center tragedy, Manila International Film Festival, New York, pictures of Imelda Marcos, Robert Duvall, the Miss Universe Pageant, the Philippines on March 31, 2010| 56 Comments »

In December, 1975, Cosmopolitan magazine named Imelda Marcos, the First Lady of the Phillippines, as one of the ten richest women in the world. It even went a step further and speculated that Imelda was perhaps the richest woman in the world, richer than Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Everyone knew Imelda was rich; she made sure […]

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Imelda Marcos Almost Gets the Beatles Killed Part 2

Posted in Beatles, the, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged Beatlemania, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Imelda Marcos, the Beatles, the Beatles 1966 World Tour, the Beatles return from Manila, The Beatles' Manila concerts on June 21, 2009| 13 Comments »

(Read “Imelda Marcos Almost Gets the Beatles Killed Part 1” first.) Hear what the Fab Four had to say about their brush with death in Manila: *For other related posts on this site, see: “Imelda Marcos: 2000 Shoes” “Ferdinand Marcos’ Restless Corpse” “Imelda Being Imeldific*”

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Imelda Marcos Almost Gets the Beatles Killed Part 1

Posted in Beatles, the, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged Beatles Shea Stadium 1966, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Brian Epstein, Fab Four, George Harrison, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, John Lennon, Malacanang Palace, Manila, Paul McCartney, Revolver, Ringo Starr, Taxman, the Beatles, the Beatles 1966 World Tour, the Philippines, Tony Barrow, Vic Lewis on April 8, 2009| 43 Comments »

Before they took off on their World Tour in June of 1966, the Beatles had put the finishing touches on their new album, “Revolver.” Click below to hear the song that would prove prescient of the “Fab Four’s” horrible experience in Manila – “Taxman.” Monday, July 4, 1966 Manila, the Philippines, the second stop […]

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Imelda Marcos: 2000 Shoes

Posted in Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged 2000 shoes, Big Audio Dynamite, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Corazon Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Imelda's shoes, Malacanang Palace, The Marikina City Footwear Museum in Manila, the Philippines on March 12, 2009| 36 Comments »

In 1986, the Marcos regime of the Philippines was overthrown in a people’s revolt and the dictator Ferdinand and wife Imelda Marcos were forced to flee the Malacañang Palace. (See last post.) Imelda fled wearing her espadrilles. Because she was flying to Hawaii in an American helicopter provided by U.S. President Reagan and paid with American […]

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Imelda Being Imeldific*

Posted in Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged 2000 shoes, beauty queen Imelda Marcos, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Imelda Marcos penniless with diamond ring, Imelda Marcos' jewelry, Imelda turns 80, Imelda's shoes, Imeldific, Manila, the Phillipines on June 21, 2009| 4 Comments »

“Filipinos are brainwashed to be beautiful. We’re allergic to ugliness,” said Imelda Marcos as as she greeted reporters this weekend in her swank two-story Manila penthouse. Approaching her 80th birthday on July 2, she complained about her lot in life, saying she is penniless and struggling to still look presentable. Her claim is hardly believable, […]

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Ferdinand Marcos’ Restless Corpse

Posted in Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, Restless Corpses, tagged corpse, Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Malacanang Palace, Marcos mausoleum, restless corpse, Ronald Reagan, the Philippines on March 11, 2009| 49 Comments »

For most of you, the names Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos won’t ring any bells. But from 1965 to 1986, Ferdinand was the President and Imelda the First Lady of the Philippines. In those 21 years, Ferdinand, with Imelda’s help, managed to rack up an astonishing record of abuses common to dictators – human rights violations, […]

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Tie a Yellow Ribbon: Corazon Aquino Passes Away

Posted in Corazon Aquino, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, PEOPLE, tagged 2009, biographies of women, biographies of women leaders, Corazon Aquino, Corazon Aquino died on August 1, Corazon Aquino dies, Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Jose Maria Sison, Malacanang Presidential Palace, Manila, Maria Corazon Cojuangco, Ninoy Aquino, president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino, the Philippines, tie a yellow ribbon for Corazon Aquino, Tita Cory, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, U.S. President Ronald Reagan on August 1, 2009| 13 Comments »

This post is dedicated to my faithful and kind readers in the Philippines – such good people. May God bless Tita Cory. This just in from the Associated Press: Corazon Aquino, Philippines president, dead at 76 By HRVOJE HRANJSKI, Associated Press Writer Hrvoje Hranjski, Associated Press Writer – Fri Jul 31, 7:08 pm ET MANILA, Philippines […]

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The Madness of Mary Todd Lincoln

Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Mental Institutions, tagged Abraham Lincoln, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, committed, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, insane asylums, Mary Lincoln, mental illness, Robert Lincoln on February 3, 2009| 12 Comments »

Regarding some of my recent posts on insane asylums (see sidebar, “Categories: The Insane Asylum”), my neighbor and friend, Karen O’Quin, wrote: I really liked your blog – thanks for sending!! I see a theme there. My experience with Austin State Hospital is that when I first started working at Travis State School in 1967, […]

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