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JACK KLUGMAN HAS DIED AT 90!

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Jack Klugman 

Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman
(April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012)

Klugman died at his home in Northridge, California. He was diagnosed with throat
cancer in 1974 and lost a vocal cord to cancer in 1989, but continued to act. The
exact cause of his death is not known. 

He was best known as Felix Unger‘s sloppy roommate Oscar Madison in the ABC
television series The Odd Couple (1970–1975), for his starring role in Quincy, M.E.
on NBC-TV (1976–1983), as Juror #5 in 12 Angry Men, and multiple appearances
on The Twilight Zone.

 

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BUSINESS MAGNATE BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1905

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    Howard Robard Hughes, Jr.
(December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976)

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THE NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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The first single from the soundtrack of the film Saturday
Night Fever
,
The Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love", hit
the top of the Billboard hot 100 singles chart. The song
stayed in the Top 10 for 17 weeks.
The song was ranked
number 366 on
Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time
.

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COME SEE THE LIGHTS OF PEACOCK LANE!

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Peacock Lane is located between SE Stark St. and SE Belmont St. and one block 
east of SE 39th in Portland, Oregon.
 

                                 Remaining Schedule for 2012

                                      December 15 – 30: 6 pm – 11 pm

                                      December 24: 6 pm – midnight

                                      December 31: 6 pm – midnight

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