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Pat Sajak ( Patrick Leonard Sajdak) is 76 years old today.

Sajak is a television personality and game show host. He is
best known as the host of the American
television game
show
Wheel of Fortune, a position he has held since 1981.

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FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT IN A TV WESTERN

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Ronald Reagan (left) with John McIntire in Wagon Train (1963)
“The Fort Pierce Story”.

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Ann Blyth plays the wife of Capt. Winters 
(
Ronald Reagan), whose name was Nancy.

Reagan’s wife at the time was also named
Nancy-
Nancy Reagan, whom he had
married in 1952.

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The Western series aired 8 seasons: first on NBC-TV (1957 –
1962), and then on
ABC-TV (1962–1965).

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VERSATILE ACTOR/WRITER HAS DIED AT 67

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Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 – October 24, 2022)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry
Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama
standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American
Horror Story,” has died. The Emmy-winner, whose videos turned
him into a social media star during the pandemic.

Jordan died after his car hit the side of a building in Hollywood
after having experienced a possible medical episode which led

to the crash. He was declared dead at the scene.

FILE - Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan appears on FOX News Channel's late-night talk show "Gutfeld!" at the FOX News studios on Thursday, July 28, 2022, in New York. Jordan, the Emmy-winning actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. He was 67. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Jordan appeared as one of four guest panelists on July 28,
2022, on the Gutfeld! TV show on
Fox News.  

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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TIM MAGUIRE

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The lead singer of the band Ronnie Van Zant, vocalist and guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassier Gaines,
and the managing crew including assistant road manager
Dean Kilpatrick, died in the crash.

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VETERAN BRITISH COMIC ACTOR HAS DIED

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Robbie Coltrane (Anthony Robert McMillan) 
(30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022),


Robbie Coltrane, the veteran comic and actor known for his role
in the British crime series Cracker and the Harry Potter movie
franchise, died Friday at Fort Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.

Coltrane had been in ill health for the past two years. He was 72.          .

   
    
    
   
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