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ACTOR TAB HUNTER IS 82 TODAY

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Tab Hunter (Arthur Andrew Kelm)

Hunter has starred in over forty films and had a 1957 hit record
with the song "Young Love", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot
100
chart for six weeks and became one of the larger hits of the
Rock n’ Roll era .He joined the Coast Guard at the age of fifteen,
having lying about his age to enlist.

 

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From left: Dick Clark and guest Tab Hunter on ABC television’s Bandstand

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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WHAT NO OTHER SYSTEM CAN DO!

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RECORD BROKEN ON THIS DAY IN 1922

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Johnny Weissmuller swim
Weissmuller in action

Competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller broke the world record
for 100-meter freestyle swimming set by Duke Kahanamoku‘s of Hawaii and
became the first person to swim the competition, held at Neptune Beach in
Alameda, in under one minute with a time of 58.6 seconds.

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Olympians Johnny Weissmuller, left, and Duke Kahanamoku
at the 1924 Olympic games in Paris

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ED AMES IS 86 YEARS OLD TODAY

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The Ames Brothers

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Ed Ames (Edmund Dantes Urick)

Ames is best known for his pop and adult contemporary hits of
the 1960s such as "My Cup Runneth Over". He was part of a
popular 1950s singing group called the Ames Brothers.

 




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