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KEVIN TIGHE IS 71 TODAY

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Kevin Tighe
(born Jon Kevin Fishburn in Los Angeles, California)

Tighe is best known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto,
on the 1972-1977 NBC series Emergency!. He earned a Masters of Fine
Arts degree from the University of Southern California in 1967 and made
his first film appearance that same year as an extra in The Graduate.


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SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1935

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The dramatic radio program "G-men” aired initially on NBC, sponsored by
Chevrolet. The show was renamed "Gangbusters” in January 1936. After
the title change, the show had a 21-year run with the final series on the
Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1955 to November 27,1957.

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Producer-director Phillips H. Lord

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The sound effects men (right) with cast members in the background.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1899

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James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

Cagney won an Oscar for his role as George M. Cohan in the musical film 
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). He gained additional fame for his tough guy 
roles in movies such as The Public Enemy (1931). In 1999, the American
Film Institute
ranked him eighth among its 50 Greatest American Screen
Legends
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ACTRESS IS 91 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Eva Marie Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Saint received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 
for her role in the 1954 classic On the Waterfront. She also
starred in Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1959 spy thriller film North by
Northwest.

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KATHY BATES IS 67 TODAY

 
Kathy Bates from Misery.



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"Kathy" Bates was born in
Memphis, Tennessee.


After appearing in several minor roles in film and television during the 1970s
and the 1980s, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery
(1990), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also
received a Golden Globe. She followed this with major roles in Fried Green
Tomatoes
(1991) and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured
role as Molly Brown in Titanic (1997).

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