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FAMOUS OUTLAWS KILLED ON THIS DAY IN 1934

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             Bonnie Elizabeth Parker                       Clyde Chestnut Barrow   
           (Oct. 1, 1910-May 23, 1934)                 (Mar. 24, 1909-May 23, 1934) 
                   
        

The well-known criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow traveled the Central  
U.S.with their gang the “Barrow Gang” during the Great Depression. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. The couple themselves were eventually ambushed and killed on a rural
road in Louisiana by law officers. Their exploits became a major part of American
pop folklore with the
1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye
Dunaway.


   

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The the ambush site was located on a desolate road, deep in the Louisiana woods

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The Bonnie and Clyde 1934 Ford V8 Deluxe Sedan after the ambush


 

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The Bonnie and Clyde Death Car on display at a museum in Nevada

 

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HE WAS A RADIO MORNING MAN IN SAIGON

Adrian Cronauer on the air

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Adrian Cronauer is a former U.S. Air Force sergeant and radio personality whose experiences as a popular Armed Forces Radio Service deejay in Vietnam inspired
the 1987 film
Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams. Cronauer co-wrote
the original story for the film. He was based in Saigon from 1965 to 1966. He called
his program the “Dawn Buster”.

Cronauer earned a master’s degree in Media Studies from the New School for
Social
Research
in New York City and a law degree from the University of
Pennsylvania
. His practice concentrated on information and communications
law. He was also the head of an advertising agency and later worked as a
special assistant to the Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office. Cronauer will turn 74 in September.

 GoodMorningVietnam poster

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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          George Orson Welles
(May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

Welles was an actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in
theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his debut of the
Mercury
Theatre
; The War of the Worlds (1938), the most famous broadcast in the
history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941), which many critics and scholars
name as the best film of all time.

CITIZEN KANE DVD

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AL PACINO IS 72 TODAY

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Scent of a Woman (1992)

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Scent of a Woman won Al Pacino the Academy Award for Best
Actor
in 1993

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FIRST TIME ON DVD THIS WEEK

eight is enough
Season 1 (1977) on 2 Discs

“Eight is enough” was a ABC television series that ran
from March 15, 1977 to August 29, 1981.

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