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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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Unwilling to rest as a one-hit wonder when its first big hit, The
Monkees, went off the air in 1968, the television production
company Screen Gems wasted no time in trying to repeat its
success. On September 25, 1970, in the 8:30 p.m. time slot
immediately following The Brady Bunch, ABC premiered a
program that would give Screen Gems its second TV-to-pop-
chart smash: The Partridge Family.


The musical sitcom starred Shirley Jones and featured David
Cassidy
. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays
the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a
music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until August 24,
1974, on the
ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and
had subsequent runs in
syndication.

The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family the
Cowsills
, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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‘‘HAPPY DAYS’ ACTOR IS DEAD AT 70

Fans of sitcom ″Happy Days″ will recall Irish actor Gavin O'Herlihy as older brother Chuck Cunningham. This week, newspaper the Irish Echo has reported his recent passing.

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Gavan John O’Herlihy
(July 29, 1951 – September 15, 2021)

(Daily News) – Actor Gavan O’Herlihy, perhaps best
known for being forgotten as Chuck Cunningham
on the 1970s sitcom “Happy Days,” has died. 

Variety reports O’Herlihy’s brother confirmed his
sibling died last month in Bathe, England, but
gave no cause of death.

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AYYYYY, THE FONZ BIKE TO BE AUCTIONED

Fonzies Motorcycle Happy Days 4

The motorcycle that helped make Arthur Fonzarelli an icon of cool
is up for auction.

The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 (above) was featured on the beloved sitcom “Happy Days.” The bike, owned by motocross rider Bud
Ekins, will be
sold Nov. 12 by Bonhams at its annual Classic
California sale. (The Washington Post)


Henry Winkler as Fonzie with an unidentified admirer.

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Happy Days is a sitcom television series that aired first-
run on the
ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July
19, 1984.

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Henry Franklin Winkler turned 76 October 30.

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CANCER HAS TAKEN ANOTHER TV ACTOR

James Michael Tyler, Gunther From Friends, Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

(Fox News) –  –Friends” actor James Michael Tyler, who played
Gunther on the hit sitcom, has died at the age of 59 years.

Tyler reportedly died peacefully in his home Saturday evening. He
was
diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, later campaigning for
individuals to start testing for the disease as early as 40 years.

 

 

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CANCER TAKES SITCOM ACTOR AT 66

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Peter Thomas Scolari (September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021)

 

(Fox News) – Peter Scolari, who famously starred in the sitcom
“Bosom Buddies” alongside
Tom Hanks, has died.

His passing was confirmed by his manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky,
to Fox News on Friday. The cause of death was cancer after a two-
year battle.

“He was a wonderful, wonderful, extraordinary actor,” she said.
“It’s heartbreaking.”

 

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From left: Peter Scolari and Tom Hanks from the sitcom
Bosom Buddies. It aired for two seasons on ABC from
November 27, 1980, to March 27, 1982 and in reruns in
the summer of 1984 on the NBC network.

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