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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

 

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Buster (Joseph Frank) Keaton
(October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)

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1926…Filmed in Oregon

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COMEDIAN HAS LOST FIGHT WITH CANCER

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Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021)

(FOX NEWS) – Fox News has confirmed, Norm Macdonald, known
for his time on “
Saturday Night Live,” has died, He was 61 years
old.

According to Deadline, the comedian had been privately battling
cancer for nine years.

Macdonald’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo
Hoekstra was reportedly at his side when he passed.

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COMIC ACTOR HAS DIED AT 84

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Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021)

(New York Post) – Art Metrano, a stand-up comedian best known
for playing callous police captain Ernie Mauser in the second
and third "Police Academy" films (below),has passed away.

According to his son,the Brooklyn-born funny man died of
natural causes at his Aventura, Florida home on Wednesday.

In addition to his roles in the 1985 and 1986 installments of the
comedic cop series, Metrano also appeared in the 1982 "
Happy
Days
" spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi" and guest-starred on
"All in the Family," "
Bewitched," "Starsky and Hutch" and
"Mod Squad," among other TV shows.

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I STILL MISS THIS TV SPECIAL

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Co-host Ed McMahon and Jerry Lewis

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Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis hosted his 45th and final
21-and-a-half hour telethon in 2010. MDA continued the
telethon in shorter forms with different hosts and formats
through 2014 before officially abandoning the Labor Day
tradition.

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COMEDIAN JACKIE MASON HAS DIED AT 93

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Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza0;
(June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021

(New York Post) – Famed Borscht Belt comedian Jackie Mason,
who rose from a modest childhood on the
Lower East Side to
become one of the most famous funnymen of all time, has died.

Mason died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan Saturday, with
his wife Jyll and a few friends by his side.

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