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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Camille Bohannon

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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) is 73 today

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NICOLAS CAGE IS 51 TODAY

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Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California.

Actor, director, and producer Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award for
Best Actor in 1995 for Leaving Las Vegas. He sold popcorn at a Los
Angeles theater after dropping out of high school at age seventeen.

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2009

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VETERAN ACTOR IS 84 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Robert Duvall’s screen debut as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Duvall has been nominated for six Academy Awards (winning for his performance
in Tender Mercies
, 1983), six Golden Globes (winning four), and also has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and
Emmy Award.

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Robert Selden Duvall is 84 today

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Made for TV Mini-Series, 1989

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ACCLAIMED ACTOR IS DEAD AT 71

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Edward-Herrmann

Edward Kirk Herrmann
(July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014)

(AP) – Edward Herrmann, the actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt
to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and was the stuffy
dad on TV’s "Gilmore Girls," died Wednesday.

According to this son Rory, Herrmann died at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Hospital of brain cancer. The actor, who had been hospitalized for several
weeks, was surrounded by family members including his wife, Star, and
his three children. 

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1942

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Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on NBC and
CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the original 
title roles. The program received the first Best Radio Drama Edgar Award
from the Mystery Writers of America. In 1953 Barbara Britton and Richard
Denning took over the roles of Mr. and Mrs. North.

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Barbara Britton and Richard Denning

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