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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Ross Simpson

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Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) is 75 today 

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1887

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Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt in England)
(November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969) 

Actor Boris Karloff played the monster in the 1931 film, Frankenstein. He
also starred in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein
(1939). He is the main character of the 1957 animated Christmas story
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Prior to becoming an actor, he was
employed as a farm laborer.

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JOSEPH CAMPANELLA IS 90 TODAY

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Joseph Campanella
Joseph Anthony Campanella was born in New York City, New York

Joseph Campanella is a character actor who has appeared in more than
two hundred television and film roles since 1955. He also starred in the
soap operas, Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives.

Before fame, he become one of the youngest skippers from the wartime
navy at age sixteen.

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Ken Curtis (left) and Joseph Campanella from an episode of 
Gunsmoke, 1968.

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MIKE NICHOLS IS DEAD AT 83

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Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky)

(November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014)


Mike Nichols, the director of film, TV and stage hits such as
"The Graduate," "Working Girl" and ”Angels in America", died
Wednesday night of cardiac arrest at his home in New York. 

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KAYE BALLARD IS 89 TODAY

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Kaye Ballard (born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio)

Actress/comedienne and singer Kaye Ballard starred on the NBC 
sitcom The Mothers-in-Law (1967 – 1969). She was the first singer 
to release a version of "In Other Words." It was released by Decca
in April 1954.

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