Archive for November 11th, 2022

WATERMELLON SMASHER HAS DIED AT 76

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Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (7-24-1946 – 11-11- 2022)

NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up
comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered
watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died. 

Craig Marquardo, in a statement identifying himself as
Gallagher’s “longtime former manager,” said that he died
Friday at his home in Palm Springs, California, after a brief
illness. Gallagher had numerous heart attacks over the years,
including one right before a scheduled show in Texas in 2012.

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TOMB WAS DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1921

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(Fox News) – The United States Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery — following a
reverential selection process that spanned the Atlantic Ocean
— on this day in history, Nov. 11, 1921.

The remains of the American hero buried beneath the tomb
was chosen from thousands of unidentified
doughboys killed
in World War I
and buried in France.

"Here rests in honored glory an American Soldier, Known but
to God," reads the inscription on the marble tomb.

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