2000
- Present
July
20-23, 2000 - The Twelfth International
Convention of the Sons of
the
Desert is held in Tacoma, Washington by the Beau Hunks tent.
It is
nicknamed
"SeaTac
2000."
October
26, 2000 - Muriel Evans, who was in Pack
Up Your Troubles,
passes
away in Woodland Hills, California.
January
2001 - The city of Los Angeles places a street
sign at the top and
bottom
of the stairs used in the film The
Music Box. The sign reads " Music
Box
Steps."
May
10, 2001 - 100 of Stan Laurel's letters and his
"gag file" are auctioned
from
the collection of author John McCabe.
August
2001 - Stan Laurel's former home in Cheviot Hills
put up for sale at
an
asking price of $2,450,000.
August
30, 2001 - Julie Bishop, who was featured in
The Bohemian
Girl
and
Any Old Port,
passes away.
October
26, 2001 - Long time Way Out West member and Our Gang
star
Eugene
"Pineapple" Jackson passes away.
March
21, 2002 - Jacquie Lyn, who appeared with Laurel &
Hardy in
Pack
Up Your Troubles, dies.
July
11-14, 2002 - The Scram Tent hosts the
13th International Sons of
the
Desert Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
July
15, 2002 - The Museum of Laurel & Hardy of
Harlem, Georgia opens
in
the hometown of Oliver Hardy.
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