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‘’THE POLISH PRINCE’’ IS 79 TODAY

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Bobby Vinton (Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr.)

Pop singer Bobby Vinton’s #1 charting single "Blue Velvet" in 1963 was 
made famous by the film of the same name by David Lynch. His first hit
single was "Roses Are Red (My Love)." Bobby was a member of the U.S.
Army and signed to Epic Records after being discharged.

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BUDDY EBSEN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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Buddy Ebsen was in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War ll

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Buddy Ebsen (Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr.)

(April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003)

Character actor and dancer Buddy Ebsen performed for seven 
decades, he had starring roles as
Jed Clampett in the long-
running
CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the
title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones. He
also co-starred with Fess Parker in Walt Disney‘s Davy Crockett
miniseries (1953–54), and was originally cast as the Tin Man in
The Wizard of Oz (1939) until he fell ill from an allergy when
wearing the makeup.

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