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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Sandy Kozel

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Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is 61 years old today.

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SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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Original run on ABC: April 29, 1961 – January 3, 1998.

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Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
(September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008)

McKay was the original host of the sports anthology series
that primarily aired on Saturday afternoons with a succession
of co-hosts beginning in 1987.

In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by Time Magazine
on its list of the 100 best television programs of all-time.

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TV DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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Mike Wallace, after years working in radio and television, began
hosting The Mike Wallace Interview on ABC. He interviewed many 
senators, authors, actresses, politicians and a Klansman. The show
ended in September 1958. Wallace was direct and occasionally he 
was confrontational.

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Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace
(May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012)

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LOCAL ROCK MUSICIAN HAS DIED AT 71

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Portland, Oregon garage band The Kingsmen from left: Don Gallucci,
Jack Ely, Lynn Easton, Mike Mitchell, and Bob Nordby.

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Jack Ely (September 11, 1943 – April 27, 2015)

Jack Ely, best known for singing the vocal on The Kingsmen‘s version
of "Louie Louie" has died. He passed away in Terrebonne, Oregon
having
long suffered from an unknown illness. 


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SUZANNE CROUGH HAS DIED AT 52

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Suzanne J. Crough (March 6, 1963 – April 27, 2015)

Accoprding to TMZ, Suzanne Crough, who played Tracy on the sitcom
"The Partridge Family," died on Monday. 

Crough played the youngest Partridge daughter from 1970 to 1974. A
family member said she died suddenly in her Nevada home.

After her role on "The Partridge Family," Crough appeared in several
TV shows including "Mulligan’s Stew." Her last on-screen role was in
the 1980 film "Children of Divorce."

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