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DON RICKLES IS 89 YEARS OLD TODAY


Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was born in New York.

Legendary insult comedian Don Rickles studied at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts and began performing stand up comedy in hotels in the
Catskill Mountains in New York after becoming frustrated from the lack of
work he was getting as an actor.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901


Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana)
(May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)

Cooper became famous for playing Marshall Will Kane in “High Noon”
(1952). He also played roles in “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936), and 
“The Pride of the Yankees” (1942). Before fame, he managed a ranch
and worked as a newspaper cartoonist in Montana.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Sandy Kozel


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

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

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Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

From 1930s to the 1950s Power appeared in dozens of films, often in
swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include
The Mark of Zorro (1940), Blood and Sand (1941), and The Black
Swan
(1942). Power died from a heart attack at the age of 44.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Camille Bohannon

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