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MOVIE STAR RYAN DUNN DEAD AT 34

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(AP)

"Jackass" star Ryan Dunn died in a fiery car crash in Pennsylvania early
this morning.

According to TMZ, Dunn, 34, and an unidentified person both died in
the crash of a 2007 Porsche, which happened around 3 a.m. at Route
322 and New Street in West Goshen Township.

According to reports, the crash occurred when his car veered off the
roadway and burst into flames. Speed may have been a factor.

TMZ reports that Dunn was driving.

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STAN LAUREL ( JUNE 16, 1890 – FEB. 23, 1965)

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Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson better known as Stan Laurel, was an English
comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team
Laurel and Hardy (below). His film acting career stretched between 1917 and
1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film The Music
Box
(1932). In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award
for his pioneering work in comedy. He has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.   
 

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TV SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1952

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My Little Margie is a TV situation comedy that alternated between CBS and
NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series premiered as the summer replacement
for I Love Lucy, under the sponsorship of Phillip Morris cigarettes. When the
show moved to NBC for its third sea son in the fall of 1953, Scott Paper Co.
became the sponsor. The stars of the show were Gale Storm as Margie
Albright and Charles Farrell as her widowed father Vern Albright.  

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Burl Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995)

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Burl Ives was a actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives work
included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and film. He
is most known as the narrator, Sam the Snowman, in the stop-motion animated
TV special, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives continues to be linked to
the Christmas season with the yearly rebroadcast of the special.

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Ives with Sam the Snowman


This 1949 version of Lavender Blue was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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ALLY SHEEDY IS 49 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Actress Ally Sheedy arrives at the premiere of 'Harold' at the 62nd and Broadway Cinema in New York City, USA on April 30, 2008.   Photo by Gregorio Binuya/ABACAUSA.COM   (Pictured : Ally Sheedy) (Newscom TagID: krtabacaphotoslive396944)     [Photo via Newscom]

Ally Sheedy  is a film and stage actress, as well as the author of two books. She  
is best known for her roles in The Breakfast Club (1985,) St. Elmo’s Firs (1985), Wargames (1983), and Short Circuit (1986). Sheedy started acting in local stage productions as a teenager. After appearing in several made-for-television films
in 1981, as well as three episodes of the NBC-TV series Hill Street Blues, she
made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983).

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Ally Sheedy in Wargames

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Ally with Number 5 in Short Circuit

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