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BONNIE & CLYDE LETTER UP FOR AUCTION

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Boston (AP) – Bonnie and Clyde made it quite clear how they felt about a former
member of their gang in a letter they sent to him as he sat in the Dallas County
Jail.

He was a coward, they wrote, and they should have killed him when they had the
chance.

The four-page letter to Raymond Hamilton was written in April 1934 in Bonnie
Parker’s neat cursive and signed by Clyde Barrow. The auction house’s executive
vice president, Robert Livingston said It could fetch more than $40,000 when it’s
sold next month by Boston-based RR Auction,

Livingston said Wednesday, based on the language, experts think Barrow, who
had poor writing skills, likely dictated the letter to Parker.

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Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and  Clyde Chestnut Barrow a.k.a. Clyde Champion Barrow.

 

 

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FROM THE SET OF ‘’ALL IN THE FAMILY’’

 
From left: Rob Reiner, Jean Stapleton, Carroll O’Connor, and Sally
Struthers.


All in the Family
is a
sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS 
television network for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8,
1979. The series was produced by Norman  Lear.

The show is often regarded as one of the greatest television series of
all time
and ranked number-one in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971
to 1976.



Archie and Edith Bunker’s chairs on display in the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History.


Jean Stapleton and Carroll O’Conner seated on the “All In The
Family” set.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918


Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese
(July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999)

Baseball player “Pee Wee” Reese was a 10-time MLB All-Star shortstop for the
Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. He helped lead the team
to a World Series Championship in 1955. Reese got his nickname, "Pee Wee,"
by being a champion marbles player. After retiring in 1958, he became manager
of the the Dodgers’ and led the team to another World Series Championship
in 1959.

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A PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE MEMBER


Tonight Show host Jack Paar with Miss Miller.

Lillian Dorothy Miller better known as Miss Miller, was a regular
audience member of various television variety shows from the
1950s to the 1980s. She had a daytime job as a government
typist, but retired in 1958 due to eye trouble. She began her
audience career with radio programs in 1940.

Miller was first a regular audience member of The Tonight Show
throughout Steve Allen‘s and Jack Paar‘s tenures as host. When
Paar left Tonight to start his prime-time Jack Paar Program in
1962, Miss Miller then became a regular on that program, as well
as on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv
Griffin
Show.



Lillian Dorothy Miller
(May 26, 1897  – April 1, 1990)

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DON’T SQUEEZE THE CHARMIN!



Dick Wilson (July 30, 1916 – November 19, 2007) 
 

Mr. George Whipple (above) is a fictional supermarket manager
featured in television commercials and print advertisements that
ran in the United States and Canada from 1964 to 1985 for
Charmin toilet paper.

"Mr. Whipple" was played by Dick Wilson, a character actor who
made many appearances on TV sitcoms during the 1960s and
1970s. Between 1964 and 1985, Wilson appeared as Whipple
in more than 500 commercials for Charmin.

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