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TWO SINGING LEGENDS BORN ON THIS DAY

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Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013)

Songs released by Ray Price include "Heartaches by the Number" (1959) 
and "Crazy Arms” (1956). In 1996 he was inducted into the Country Music
Hall of Fame.

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Tex Ritter (Woodward Maurice Ritter)
(January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974)

Tex Ritter, America’s singing cowboy, sang”Deck of Cards” (1948
and “High Noon”, the theme from the movie of the same name. He
is a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and was the first artist
signed to Capitol Records.

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IT WAS IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Rob Reiner, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor and Sally Struthers (from left) (baby is unidentified; possibly Jason or Justin Draeger)

Original run on CBS: January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979.

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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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Original run on ABC-TV: January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968.


Batman
is a 1960s live action television series, based on the DC comic book
character of the same name. It starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward
as
Robin, the two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City. The show
was aired twice weekly for its first two seasons and weekly for the third, with
a total of 120 episodes produced during its run.

 

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SWEDISH ACTRESS DIES AT 83

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Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (September 29, 1931 – January 11, 2015)

Ekberg died Sunday at a clinic in Castelli Romani, Italy from complications of a
longtime illness.

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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