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LARRY HAGMAN IS 80 TODAY

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Actor Larry Martin Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He is known
for his portrayal of J.R. Ewing on the 1980s primetime television soap
Dallas. He also played Major Anthony ‘Tony’ Nelson in the 1960s
sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

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Larry Hagman and costar Barbara Eden in I dream of Jeannie

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Larry Hagman in Dallas

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FIRST 90-MINUTE TV WESTERN ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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The Virginian (The Men of Shiloh in its final year) is a TV Western which originally
ran on NBC from September 19, 1962 to March 24, 1971 for a total of 249 episodes
filmed in color. The successful series was the third longest running western, following Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

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James Drury turned 77 on April 18th

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ACTRESS FRANCES BAY HAS DIED AT 92

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             (January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011)

Frances Bay was a U.S.-based Canadian character actress, best-known
for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television. She began her
acting career in her mid-50s.

 

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NEW SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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Mission: Impossible initial cast from left: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Martin
Landau, and Greg Morris

Mission: Impossible is a television series the aired on the CBS network from
September 17, 1966 to March 30, 1973. The leader of the team for the first
season was Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill. The leader for the following
seasons was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves. The iconic theme music
was composed by Lalo Schifrin.

 

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ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

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M*A*S*H is a television series adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH, which was
itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, written by Richard Hooker. The medical drama/black comedy series premiered on September
17, 1972 and ended February 28, 1983. The final episode became the most watched television show in U.S. television history with 105.97 million viewers. In 2002, M*A*S*H was ranked #25 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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