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IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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Naked man, Pat McCormick, streaks across the set of “The Tonight 
Show Starring Johnny Carson" in one of the funniest moments on
the late night show. Johnny was completely taken by surprise at
the sight of the 300lb McCormick running naked in front of the 
studio audience. 
 

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Comedy writer Pat McCormick

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HISTORICAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

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Sandy Kozel

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CHARACTER ACTOR DIES AT 64

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Daniel von Bargen (June 5, 1950 – March 1, 2015)

(FoxNews) – According to Cincinnati TV station WLWT, Daniel von
Bargen
, a character actor who played George’s apathetic boss on
"Seinfeld" among numerous other roles, has died. Von Bargen died
Sunday after having experienced complications of diabetes for years.

A Cincinnati, Ohio, native, von Bargen appeared in dozens of TV
shows and movies over a decades-long career, including the
memorable role of Commandant Edwin Spangler on TV’s "Malcolm
In The Middle
," but he is perhaps best known as Mr. Kruger, George
Costanza’s lazy boss on Season 9 of "Seinfeld."

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Von Bargen as Commandant Edwin Spangler

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BERNADETTE PETERS IS 67 TODAY

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Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara in New York)

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters won Tony Awards for her roles 
in Song and Dance (1985) and in the 1999 revival of Annie Get Your  
Gun
. Her numerous other Broadway credits include starring roles in
Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, and Gypsy.

Peters entered show business at the age of three and had appeared
on “Juvenile Jury” and “Name That Tune” before her sixth birthday
and by the age of nine, she was a member of the Actors Equity
union. Peters made her Broadway debut as an understudy for a
1967 production of The Girl in the Freudian Slip.

 

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Bernadette Peters dated actor and The Jerk co-star Steve Martin from 1977
to 1981.

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COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1916

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John Herbert “Jackie” Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987)

During his early years,Gleason worked as a MC for a theater, in a pool
hall, as a stunt driver, and carnival barker before working his way up at
New York’s Club 18 as an insult comic.

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