Archive for October 11th, 2022

‘MURDER,SHE WROTE’ STAR HAS DIED AT 96

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Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury 
(16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022)

Angela Lansbury, three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony
Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She
Wrote,
has died.

Her family announced she died in her sleep Tuesday morning at
her home in Los Angeles…five days short of her birthday.

Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress
in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She
Wrote
— yet never won.

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NBC COMEDY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY

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On October 11, 1975, Saturday Night Live (SNL), a topical comedy
sketch show featuring Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman,
made its debut on NBC. The 90-minute program, which from its
inception has been broadcast live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller
Center, included a different guest host and musical act each week.

The opening sketch of each show ends with one actor saying,
“Live from
New York, it’s Saturday Night!”


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Chevy Chase

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Dana Carvey as The Church Lady.

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Gilda Radner

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Chris Farley

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The “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger” skit.
     

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