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COMEDY DUO MARRIED ON THIS DAY IN 1926

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The comedy team of Burns and Allen consisting of George Burns and his wife,
Gracie Allen, worked together in vaudeville, films, and radio and television with
great success over four decades. The couple met in 1922 while performing at
the Hill Street Theater in Newark, New Jersey and were later married January 7,
1926 in Cleveland.      

 

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LEADING ENTERTAINER DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

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GREAT COMEDIAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1946

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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields

            (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM CONWAY, 78 TODAY!

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Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is a beloved comedian and actor, best known 
for co-starring along with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman on The Carol 
Burnett Show
, CBS-TV from 1967 to 1978. He is also  known for his role as
the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, in the ABC-TV
sitcom McHale’s Navy (1962-1966).                              

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Tim Conway as Dorf

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THE THREE STOOGES FOR U.S. SAVINGS BONDS

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(L to R) Curly Joe DeRita, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine

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