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MONTY HALL IS 94 TODAY

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Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin in Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Hall was host of the game show Let’s Make a Deal (NBC/ABC) for 23
years. He received the Order of Canada honor and a Golden Palm
Star for his humanitarian work. Hall graduated with a Bachelor of
Science
degree from the University of Manitoba, where he majored
in chemistry and zoology.

On October 13, 2007, Monty Hall was one of the first inductees into
the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame
in Las Vegas, Nevada. He
received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Daytime Emmy
Awards
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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1912

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Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
(August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996)

Gene Kelly choreographed his own dance routines in such hit 1940s and ’50s
films as Singin’ in the Rain, Anchors Aweigh, An American in Paris and On the
Town.
He was ranked 15th on the American Film Institute’s list of the Greatest
Male Stars of All Time in 1999.

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VALERIE HARPER IS 76 TODAY

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Valerie Kathryn Harper

Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore
Show (1970-1977) and on the spin-off series Rhoda (1974-1978). She earned
four Emmy Awards for her role as Rhoda across the two series. Her career in
roles began as a dancer and chorus girl in various Broadway productions
and made her big screen debut in the 1956 feature Rock Rock Rock!
  
On March 6, 2013, Harper announced that tests from a hospital stay revealed
she has a rare condition in which cancer cells spread into the meninges, the
membranes surrounding the brain. Last year Harper said she was responding
well to chemotherapy treatment.

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Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is celebrating birthday 77 today.

Rogers joined his first band, The Scholars, in the mid-1950s, but the band
dissolved after their front man left to go solo. He is a 2013 inductee into the
Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Charles Robert Redford Jr. is 79 today.

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