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Hanks

[hangks]

noun

  1. Tom, born 1956, U.S. film actor.



Hanks

/ hæŋks /

noun

  1. Tom. born 1956, US film actor: his films include Splash (1984), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and The Terminal (2004)

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With so much fantastic archival footage at Hanks’ disposal, it’s hard not to be stricken by just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since Candy’s death.

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Colin Hanks, 47, is an actor known for TV’s “Fargo” and “Roswell” and the film “Parkland.”

But Hanks said he was drawn into Candy’s story by a particular detail: the fact that Candy’s own father, Sidney, had died from heart disease at the age of 35, right before John turned 5.

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Hanks said in a statement on Instagram that Lovell's many voyages "were not made for riches or celebrity, but because such challenges as those are what fuels the course of being alive".

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The West Point Association of Graduates has canceled an award ceremony for actor Tom Hanks, who was scheduled to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award on September 25.

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