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RADIO DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1935

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Jim Jordan and Marian Driscoll


Fibber McGee and Molly
is an radio comedy series which maintained
popularity over decades. It premiered on NBC in 1935 and continued
until the last episode in 1959. The stars of the program were real-life
husband and wife team James "Jim" Jordan and Marian Driscoll

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LETTERMAN REPLACEMENT NAMED

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Stephen Tyrone Colbert

Colbert was named the new host of "The Late Show” today, taking over for
David Letterman when he retires next year. Stephen is the current host of
”The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central. The political satirist will be 50
next month.

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SCREEN LEGEND IS DEAD AT 93

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1932 

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   Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) (September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014)

According to reports,Rooney had been "in ill health for quite some time," 
and died Sunday. At the time of his death, he was working on a film called
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


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1942

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ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. IS 49 TODAY

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High School

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Robert John Downey, Jr.

Robert made his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father
Robert Downey, Sr.‘s film Pound (1970). He appeared in Weird Science
(1985) and starred in Air America (1990), and Soapdish (1991). Downey
starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin,
earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He 
played the title character in Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes (2009),
and again in 2011’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Most recently, Robert Downey, Jr. played the role of Marvel superhero
Tony Stark / Iron Man in the live action film Iron Man (2008), a role he
reprised in Iron Man 2 (2010), and Iron Man 3 (2013).

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RADIO SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

The “Martin & Lewis” radio show premiered on the NBC network. Their guest on 
the inaugural program was Bob Hope. It drew lackluster reviews in the April 30
issue of Billboard magazine. The series ran until 1952.

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