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HOLLYWOOD LEGENED HAS DIED AT 103

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Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch Demsky)
(December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020)

Kirk Douglas made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946) with
Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading
box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas,
including westerns and war movies. During his career, he appeared
in more than 90 movies. Douglas was known for his explosive acting
style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in Town
Without Pity
(1961).

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FAMOUS ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901

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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)


Leading man Clark Gable was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
actor for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in
Gone with the Wind (1939). He
gained additional
acclaim for his roles in The Misfits (1961), Mutiny on
the Bounty
(1935), and Manhattan Melodrama (1934). His last film was
The Misfits, which was also
Marilyn Monroe‘s last film. Gable worked
at an Ohio tire company after dropping out of school at age 16.

Clark Gable entered the U.S. Army Air Forces where was awarded military
honors for service, they are: the
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal,
American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Medal
, and World War II Victory Medal. He was a qualified aerial gunner
having received his
wings upon completion of flexible gunnery school
at Tyndall field. Gable held the rank of Major when discharged in 1944.

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VETERAN ACTOR IS 75 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Thomas William Selleck

Actor Tom Selleck became known to TV audiences as Magnum PI on
CBS from 1980 to 1988  and later appeared as Frank Reagan on
Blue
Bloods
on CBS from 2010 to present. He earned a scholarship in
business administration at the
University of Southern California after
being admitted on a
basketball scholarship. Selleck is a California
Army National Guard veteran.

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ACTOR ED BYRNES HAS DIED AT 87

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Ed Byrnes (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020)

Byrnes was a popular actor, best known for his starring role in the ABC 
television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958 – 1964). He also was featured in
the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine,
and was a
charting recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me your 
Comb)
" (with Connie Stevens). Byrnes died at his Santa Monica home 
of natural causes.

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ACTOR/WRITER AND DIRECTOR DIES AT 89

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Buck Henry (Henry Zuckerman) (December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020)

(FoxNews) – Buck Henry, the Hollywood screenwriter known for The Graduate”
(1967), “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972) and co-creator of the NBC/CBS – TV comedy
series “Get Smart”(1965-1970) died Wednesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.

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Buck Henry hosting Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1976.

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