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NEWS MAGAZINE DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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60 Minutes is a CBS television news magazine, which has aired since Tuesday 
September 24, 1968. The program was created by long-time producer Don 
Hewitt (below) using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. It
has been among the top-rated TV programs for much of its life, and has
garnered numerous awards over the years, including 78 Emmys, as of
2007. It is considered by many to be the most distinguished investigative
television program in America. In 2002, 60 Minutes was ranked #6 on TV
Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

 

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Don Hewitt (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009)

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GUNN FIRST SEEN ON THIS DAY IN 1958

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Peter Gunn
is a private eye TV series that aired on the NBC and later
ABC television networks from Friday September 22, 1958 to September
18, 1961, for 114 total thirty-minute episodes. The title character was
played by Craig Stevens. The series is remembered most for its music,
especially "The Peter Gunn Theme," which won an Emmy Award and
two Grammys for Henry Mancini and has become a jazz-rock standard.

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SINGER DEBBY BOONE IS 55 TODAY

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Deborah "Debby" Anne Boone is a singer and stage actress who is best known
for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Live”, which spent a record ten weeks at the
top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She won a Grammy Award the following year
for Best New Artist. Debby’s career focused on the country music scene resulting
in the number one country hit, “Are You on the Road to Lovin’ Me again”. In the
1980s, she began recording Christian music which resulted in four Top 10
Contemporary Christian albums along with two Grammys. Debby Boone is
the third of four daughters born to singer-actor Pat and Shirley Boone,
daughter of country music star Red Foley.

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Debby Boone with her father Pat Boone

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MASTER STORY TELLER IS 64 TODAY

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Stephen Edwin King is the celebrated author of contemporary horror, suspense,
science fiction and fantasy fiction novels. His books have sold more than 350
million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, TV
movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels,
including seven under the pen name of Richard Bachman, five non-fiction
books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his writings are set in his
home town of Maine. King has received numerous awards, including the Medal
for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters in 2003 from the National
Book Foundation.

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 1976                                       1980

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SOPHIA LOREN IS 77 TODAY

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Italian actress Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone) won the Academy
Award for Best Actress in 1962 for her role in Two Women, along with 21
awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-
English-speaking performance. Loren has also won 50 international
award’s, including two Oscars, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy
Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. Her list of other films
include: Houseboat (1958), and El Cid (1961).

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Sophia Loren from Two Women

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