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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Tim Maguire

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

Clayton Moore 1914-1999

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Clayton Moore

(September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999)

Moore was born Jack Carlton Moore in Chicago,
Illinois. He is best remembered as playing ABC 
TV’s masked man, The Lone Ranger that aired
for eight seasons, from 1949 to 1957. Before
fame, Clayton Moore became a circus acrobat,
performing a trapeze act in various expositions
and shows at age 8.


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THE FIRST BLOND TARZAN IS DEAD AT 80

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Denny Miller in Wagon Train 

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Denny Scott Miller (Dennis Linn Miller)

(April 25, 1934 – September 9, 2014)

Denny Miller, who played scout Duke Shannon on the classic TV Western Wagon
Train
on NBC/ABC (1957-1965) and was the first blond Tarzan on the big screen
in 1959, has died.

Miller, who wore a yellow rain slicker as the Gorton’s Fisherman in TV commercials
for the seafood company for more than a decade, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in January and died Tuesday in Las Vegas. 

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Miller as the Gorton’s Fisherman

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1903

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Claudette Colbert, circa 1920s (1)

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Claudette Colbert (Emilie Chauchoin)

(September 13, 1903-July 30, 1996)


Colbert co-starred with Clark Gable in the film It Happened One Night
(1934) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She
intended to become a fashion designer before acting on Broadway.

In 1999, the American Film Institute voted Colbert the "12th Greatest
Female American Screen Legend"
in cinema.



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