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PROLIFIC MAN OF COMEDY WAS BORN
Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago.
1993
A Comedic actor whose versatile range included "Aladdin’s"
Genie, an alien named Mork and Scottish nanny named "Mrs.
Doubtfire."
Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy
Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards,
five Grammy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He
was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.
1987
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
GEORGE EASTMAN (1854 – 1932)
Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company,
whose invention of roll film popularized
amateur photography for the masses.

‘HEE HAW’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 81
June 15, 1969 – December 27, 1997 on CBS
Gailard Sartain, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-born character actor
with nearly 75 TV and movie roles to his credit, died of
natural causes in his hometown of Tulsa on Thursday,
June 19.
Sartain was also a successful painter and illustrator. His
artistic credits range from record cover designs for such
artists as Leon Russell (Will O’ the Wisp) to illustrations
for nationally published magazines.
1999
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