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ONE OF THE LAST IDOLS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

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   Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.
(May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

Tyrone Power, sometimes known as Ty Power, was a film and stage
actor who appeared in many films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often
in
swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro
(1940), Blood and Sand (1941), Prince of Foxes (1949), and The
Black
Rose (1950). Power died of a heart attack at the age of 44.

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1947

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1941

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LYLE WAGGONER IS 77 TODAY

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Lyle Waggoner was an announcer and skit player on
The Carol Burnett
Show
from 1967 to 1974 and played Steve Trevor in
The New Adventures 
of Wonder Woman
in 1975. Prior to joining Carol Burnett, Waggoner was
a finalist for the title role in the TV series version of Batman

Waggoner retired from full-time acting to run Star Waggons, a company
he founded in 1979 that leases customized trailers for the entertainment 
industry, the largest such supplier in the country. He will occasionally
make guest appearances.

Excerpt from the 25 years special

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Lyle Waggoner with Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman

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BRUCE WILLIS TURNED 57 TODAY

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Bruce Willis is well known for his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard film series and has appeared in over sixty other movies. Willis is the ninth highest-grossing actor
in a leading role and twelfth highest including supporting roles. He is a two-time Emmy
Award and Golden Globe Award winner. .

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1988

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SHOWS LAST EPISODE ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Jim Ameche (above) starred as Jim West of the Canadian Northwest
Mounted Police on the radio series “The Silver Eagle” on ABC. The,
show first heard in 1951, was sponsored by General Mills. West was
aided in his adventures by his side-kick Joe Bideaux, played by Jack
Lester. The series is often considered the “last of significant juvenile
radio adventures”.

Jim Ameche is the younger brother of actor Don Ameche and was
radio’s original Jack Armstrong on “Jack Armstrong, the All-American
Boy” (1933-1951).

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1951

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SUPERMAN MET BATMAN ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time in the episode, “The Mystery of the Waxmen” on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

 

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DC Comics Publisher Harry Donenfeld (left) with the programs stars,
Bud Collyer (Superman) and Joan Alexander (Lois Lane).  

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