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He humiliated Hitler and then was repeatedly humiliated in his own country. He was an international track star, but the American track powers punished him for defying their attempt to make money from his sweat. His skill should have transcended race, and eventually would, but to an Associated Press writer in 1936, he was "the brown Buckeye bullet."

Heber Marsh Butler, 90, of Garland, died Friday, March 30, 2012, at the home of his son in Orem. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 6, at the Garland Stake Center, 140 W. Factory. A viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at Rudd Funeral Home, 1234 S. Main, Garland. Another viewing will be held before the funeral from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the Garland Stake Center. Interment will be in the Garland Cemetery with full military honors. Post condolences at www.ruddfuneralhome.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

After more than 40 years of silence, Utah's Vietnam veterans are speaking out about the war, their lives and feelings they have buried for decades.

KUED Channel 7 is airing a new three-part documentary series, "Utah Vietnam War Stories," with part one, "Escalation," at 7 p.m. Monday. It will air several times after that and will be available on the KUED website.

Last year, something magical and rare happened on PBS. A lavish period piece called "Downton Abbey" not only won critical raves and a bundle of shiny awards, it turned into a ratings powerhouse. And Ken Burns had nothing to do with it.

PASADENA, Calif. -- It's easy to get lost among large swaths of American history, especially if you did not live through them. Most Americans, while certainly familiar with the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, may not know the details. And yet it's the details that often give the ground-level view of history that can bring history to life for a new generation.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Eileen Atkins hates to fly, but there's one mile-high trip she's glad she braved. The veteran British actress visited Los Angeles in 2008 to promote her role in the miniseries "Cranford," which would lead to an Emmy win. On the all-night flight back to London, publicists paired her with "Cranford" writer Heidi Thomas so that "we couldn't bore anybody else to death," she said.

It was during that journey that Thomas suggested a return to a much-heralded series that Atkins co-created 40 years ago with gal pal Jean Marsh, riveting audiences on both sides of the pond.

PASADENA, Calif. -- For performer Harry Connick Jr., success is sweeter the further he gets into his career.

"You want all this great stuff to happen, and when it happens it's not that you're ungrateful, but there's a lot of momentum when you're a new artist," he said. "And I just grew up, man."