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Ask American Profile Q Whatever happened to ? & the Mysterians, who had the hit “96 Tears”? —-Jackson Nienti. Vanetten. N.Y. Despite promotional claims of being bom on Mars, the out-of-this-world lead singer of ? (“Question Mark") tk the Mysterians, Rudy Martinez, actu- B Q What can you tell me about Carol Duvall, the “Craft Lady”? —Lois Anderson. Ludington. Mich. The HGTV network’s “Queen of Crafts" began her career in the 1960 s on a local TV station in Grand Rapids, Mich., and in 1994 joined HGTV 7 , where she hosted the popular Carol Duvall Show for 10 years. (The series ceased production in 2004, but continues to air in reruns.) The divorced Duvall raised two sons as a single mom and currently is working on a book. “I have 55 years of procrastinating to catch up on," says Duvall, who wants to take time to do some scrapbooking. CMT Trick My Truck in High Gear for Second Season CMT’s newest breakout hit series, Trick My Truck, returns for season two as the Chrome Shop Mafia, a colorful group of big-rig truck mechanics, searches truck stops across America for more “rides" to transform into customized, outrageously detailed works of art for lucky long-haul driv ers. Watch the all-new episodes of Trick My Truck each Friday at 7 p.m. Central. , KENNY CHESHEY HlVf ®V• m m m Singer Rudy Martinez today, and with his band, the Mysterians (with Dick Clark) in 1967, at left ally hails from Texas and grew up in Saginaw, Mich. His oddly named band recorded its only hit single, the two chord classic "96 Tears," in 1966. The group continues to perform as a club act, and a documentary film about Martinez and his one-hit-wonder career, PAre You For Real?, is in the works. r Wy] —***-—s j »TaS Craft expert Carol Duvall W TAKE HOME THIS SUMMER’S BIGGEST PARTY. KENNY CHESHEY LIVE AVAILABLE SEPT 19™ Q Please give some information on actor Glenn Ford. —Ben Johnson, Bishop. Calif. Ford, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and eventu ally starred in more than 1(X) movies, died Aug. 30 at his home in California. He was 90 years old. His films included Gilda with Rita Hayworth, 3:10 to Yuma, Blackboard Jungle and Superman, in which he played Clark Kent's father. Best remembered for his Western roles, Ford was a member of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and was known tor years as "the fastest gun in Hollywood” (he could draw and fire a pistol in 0.4 seconds). The son of a Canadian railroad executive, Ford married four times and had one child, Peter, who is co-writing his dad’s biography. Did Marcia Cross from Desperate Housewives once play Jerry Seinfeld’s TV girl- i friend? I have a bet with my M best friend, who swears it [M wasn’t the same actress. —Melanie ].. New Albany. Miss. Cross portrayed a dreamboat dermatologist who dated—and then dropped—-Jerry in a 1997 Seinfeld episcxle. The award winning actress, now best known as Bree Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives, may not be a real doctor, but in 200.3 she earned a master’s degree in psychology from Antioch Univer sity at Los Angeles.^ * Cover photo by Amy Dickerson ■ Will You Marry Me? People find all sorts of ways to propose marriage. How did you or your spouse pop the question? American Profile is seek ing stories about unique, romantic and memorable marriage proposals for an upcoming story. If you’ve got an unforgetta ble story worthy of publication, mail a brief description of the event and a photograph of you and your spouse to: Marriage Proposals, American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd. 4th Floor, Franklin, TN, 37067, by Oct. IS. Photographs will not be resumed. V Bp __ _i£TW> * Y ay 'V'*~2*4o&4pß Actor Glenn Ford died Aug. 30. BB Bjgjl \ \ ■ V f i. 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