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Connecting George Kittle and Lorna Luft



George Kittle
During the season finale against the Rams, Kittle broke Travis Kelce's single-season receiving yards record for a tight end, less than an hour after Kelce broke the record, on a 43-yard touchdown and finished the season with 1,377 yards.

Travis Kelce American football player (born 1989)
In the Chiefs second game of the season against the Baltimore Ravens, he become the fastest tight end in NFL history to record 8,000 career yards, surpassing Rob Gronkowski's record in 113 games.

Rob Gronkowski American football player (born 1989)
Katy Perry American singer (born 1984)
Rufus Wainwright American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
In 2008, Garland's daughter Lorna Luft expressed strong approval of Wainwright's recordings of her mother's songs.


George Kittle
He was ranked the fifth best tight end prospect in the draft by NFL analyst Mike Mayock, sixth best by NFL analyst Gil Brandt, and was ranked the eighth best tight end by NFLDraftScout.com.

Peter Gent American football player and author (1942–2011)
''North Dallas Forty'' was made into a movie of the same name in 1979 starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, and Dayle Haddon.

Dayle Haddon Canadian model and actress, presently|bot=PearBOT 5
As a model in the 1970s and 1980s, Haddon represented Max Factor, Revlon, Estée Lauder, and L'Oréal.

Judy Garland American actress and singer (1922–1969)
Garland's daughter Lorna Luft stated that her mother selected the name when Jessel announced that the trio "looked prettier than a garland of flowers". A TV special was filmed in Hollywood at the Pantages Theatre premiere of '' A Star Is Born'' on September 29, 1954, in which Jessel stated:
On November 21, 1952, Garland gave birth to daughter Lorna Luft, who herself became an actress and singer.
Returning to the stage, Garland made one of her last U.S. appearances at New York's Palace Theatre in July 1967, a 27-show stand, performing with her children Lorna and Joey Luft.
In 1978, a selection of Garland's personal items was auctioned off by her ex-husband Sidney Luft with the support of their daughter Lorna Luft and their son Joey.


George Kittle
Throughout training camp, he competed against Garrett Celek, Vance McDonald, Logan Paulsen, Blake Bell, and Cole Hikutini for the job as the starting tight end. Head coach Kyle Shanahan named Kittle the starting tight end to start the regular season.

Kyle Shanahan
The 49ers won their first eight games of the 2019 season, making Shanahan only the third coach, along with Tom Landry and Marvin Lewis to begin 8–0 after an earlier 0–8 season start.

Tom Landry American football coach and player (1924–2000)
Landry is also featured in the season 7 episode " Marge Be Not Proud" as one of the Christmas carolers introduced by Krusty the Clown early in the episode.

Krusty the Clown
Many events in Krusty's life parallel those of comedian Jerry Lewis, including his Jewish background, addiction to Percodan, hosting of telethons, and appearance in The Jazz Singer (Ford Startime).

Jerry Lewis American actor, comedian and filmmaker (1926–2017)
While there, he received an urgent request from his friend Sid Luft, who was Judy Garland's husband and manager, saying that she couldn't perform that night in Las Vegas because of strep throat, and asking Lewis to fill in.

Sidney Luft
They had two children, Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952, in Santa Monica, California) and Joseph Wiley "Joey" Luft (born March 29, 1955, in Los Angeles).


George Kittle
On September 26, 2015, against North Texas, he scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 43-yard reception from quarterback C. J. Beathard.
On March 27, 2017, Kittle participated at Iowa's Pro Day, along with C. J. Beathard, Desmond King, Jaleel Johnson, Greg Mabin, Riley McCarron, and four other prospects.
He was reunited with Iowa teammate C. J. Beathard, whom the San Francisco 49ers drafted in the third round (104th overall).

C. J. Beathard
Beathard is the son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard, the brother of country music singer Tucker Beathard, the grandson of former NFL executive Bobby Beathard, who is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and the great-nephew of former NFL quarterback Pete Beathard.

Casey Beathard American country music songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5
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Chris Stapleton American singer-songwriter
He has co-written with several artists as well including Vince Gill, Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, and Ed Sheeran.

Peter Frampton
In 2013, he performed throughout North America as part of the "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour which featured periodic guest performers including B.B. King, Robert Cray, Don Felder, Rick Derringer, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Steve Lukather, Sonny Landreth, Davy Knowles, David Hidalgo, Mike McCready, Roger McGuinn and Vinnie Moore.

Rick Derringer American musician
**with Edgar Winter, Ian Hunter, Dr. John, Lorna Luft, Hall & Oates





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