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JUNE LOCKHART IS 87 TODAY

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June Lockhart
Hollywood Collectors and Celebrities Show presented by Ray Courts and Sharon Courts held at the Hilton Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center
Burbank, California - 14.010.06
Credit: Rachel Worth / WENN
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June Lockhart is primarily known as a 1950s and 1960 TV
actress, best remembered as the mother in two television
series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also played Dr. Janet
Craig on the CBS-TV sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968-1970).

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ACTOR RICHARD LYNCH HAS DIED AT 76

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   Richard Hugh Lynch (February 12, 1936 – June 20, 2012)

(Fox News)-Actor Richard Lynch, famous for his roles in countless sci-fi
series and horror films, has died at the age of 76, his rep confirms to
Fox411.com.

“It’s with deep sorrow that I learned last night that my client and friend
Richard Lynch was found dead at his home in Palm Springs, CA,” Mike
Baronas told Fox411 in a statement.

He said “From what I currently understand, no investigation into the cause
of his death will be made as his body was sent directly to a funeral home.”

Lynch’s latest role was in the 2012 horror film,”The Lords of Salem,”
directed by Rob Zombie.

 

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E.T. WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1982

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Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star
Wars
to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for
ten years.

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Director Steven Spielberg with E, T.

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ACTOR JONATHAN FRID IS DEAD AT 87

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               John Herbert Frid
(December 2, 1924 – April 13, 2012)

Jonathan Frid, best remembered for portraying vampire Barnabas Collins in the ABC
television series Dark Shadows (1966-1971), died Friday, April 13 of natural causes
at a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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FIRST DETECTIVE STORY IN THIS DAY IN 1841

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George Rex Graham, founder of Graham’s Magazine,hired Edgar
Allan Poe as a critic and editor in February 1841 at an annual salary
of $800. The magazine was the first to publish Poe’s first detective
story "
The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Poe left Graham’s employ
in April 1842 but still made occasional contributions.

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George R. Graham

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Title page for Graham’s Magazine, June 1852

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