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The Life of Morgan Freeman development of the voice. “Most people he wanted to ride along with him in this Editor...
speak in a voice too high, and in the movie. What Freeman likes about
Photos and Copy BY JILL WEINLEIN class, we learned how to speak in a Eastwood’s directing is how he saves time
lower octave. Most people speak too and money while directing, “He wastes no Not Born Yesterday! (NBY!) Readers…
At the rededication of a lecture hall fast, so we learned how to slow down,” time, shoots once and moves on.” said We are living in unprecedented times
inside the Cinema Building on the said Freeman. This skill gave him the Freeman. or are we? The CDC will re-evaluate the
campus of Los Angeles City College clear and commanding voice that made For the multiple Academy Award United States status after May 11, 2020.
(LACC), actor Morgan Freeman looked him an award winning actor. Winning Million Dollar Baby film, Over the past 300 years there have been
up and smiled at his shiny name on the In the fall of 1960, Freeman sold his Eastwood asked if he would like to take about three influenza pandemics in each
wall of The Morgan Freeman Theater. car and moved to New York. “Anyone another ride with him again. Then when
Walking across campus with Dr. can get a job in New York,” said Freeman received the extraordinary script century, in 2009 we experiened the flu.
Mary Gallagher, President of Los Freeman. After five months, he moved “Invictus”, and was asked who he thought The big difference was this flu virus
Angeles City College and Shaena Engle, to San Francisco and took dance classes should direct the film. Freeman originated within humans.
Public Relations Manager, Morgan studying ballet, jazz and tap with a goal immediately said, Eastwood! “It was one of In years past, there has been Bird Flu,
stopped to talk to students and posed to get on a Broadway stage. Members of the most fun productions,” Freeman said. Swine Flu, Horse Flu, Dog Flu. In 1957,
for photos. the small repertory company told him, When asked what are you currently the Asian Flu reported over 1 million
Later inside the Camino Theatre on “You aren’t a dancer, you are an actor.” working on? He replied “A movie about dead. In 1918, over 10 million dead.
campus, Freeman shared his life story He went back to New York in singer and songwriter Chuck Berry and
starting when he was born on June 1, September 1963, and worked on a musician Johnnie Johnson.” Similarly, you may recall SARS and
1937, and desire to act starting at a movie. It was a night shot, and slowly His oasis is his home in Mississippi MERS - both of which are contracted
young age. His mother used to tell him actors were being told they weren’t where he can “count the cars he sees on one through animals. Carriers include camels,
“Morgan you are so entertaining, I’m needed anymore, until Freeman was the hand”. Morgan Freeman always has a home cattle, cats, and bats. Yet all three of the
going to take you to Hollywood some last man standing. At that moment, he at LACC, where an existing lecture hall above strands have their origins in bats.
day.” Her wish came true after he got realized that this is where he belonged. now proudly displays his name. The basic intelligence is that animal to
out of the Air Force. With $175 in his The moment he knew he didn’t have When asked what is his last thought at human transmission is a mutation and
hand, he arrived in Hollywood to to work to be an actor was in 1967 when night before he goes to sleep, Freeman
become a star. Within one month, he he got a role in “Hello, Dolly!” on replied, “Let me wake up.” rare. However, once accomplished, the
ran out of money and starting looking Broadway with Pearl Bailey and Cab virus continues to adapt and mutate so
for a job. When he was hired at LACC as Calloway at the St. James Theatre. He Additonal elements: that it can transfer between human to
a transcript clerk, his plan was to make made $92 a week and received a lot of Morgan Freement’s reported net worth human.
some money and take acting classes at publicity. $250 million dollars. The most limiting factor in fighting the
the Pasadena Playhouse. When he told a His favorite acting experiences were In 2018, struggled with defending himself virus is that humans do not have pre-
co-worker this plan, the co-worker told the stage version of Driving Miss Daisy, against accusations of inappropriate
him how LACC has one of the best and everything he worked on with behavior cases. existing immunity against a virus
theatre programs and it’s free. Freeman Clint Eastwood, especially Million He narrated an infomercial on behalf of originating from animals. So this new
soon enrolled in Theatre 101, Theatre Dollar Baby (2004), where he won a Best Hilary Rodham Clinton during her run for virus emerges to infect people and can
102, Speech and Diction and French. Supporting Actor Academy Award. He president in 2016. spread between people sustainably
He worked in the transcript office 8 also enjoyed working with Tim Robbins In February 2018, he was part of the film, reaching worldwide, as we have
hours a day, ate dinner, and then went in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Monochrome: Black, White, and Blue, a witnessed.
to class. He was dedicated to go to Clint Eastwood fueled Freeman’s powerful docu-series launched on Amazon At this report, the morbidity rate in the
school and get what he wanted. One of dream when he cast Freeman in Prime about the plight of people in
the most useful classes he took was the “Unforgiven.” When things looked America’s deep south. United States by age group found that 80%
speech class, where he learned about the bleak, Eastwood called him and asked if Freeman is currently single after several of deaths were among adults 65 years and
marriages ending in divorce. He has two older with the highest percentage of
Elder Abuse children. His stepgranddaughter from the severe outcomes occurring in people 85
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