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Neil Young 2012
Neil Young is 67 years old today

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DRESS WORN IN MOVIE SOLD AT AUCTION

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Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz”, 1939

Judy Garland Dress

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Judy Garland’s blue pinafore dress that she 
wore in "The Wizard of Oz" has sold for $480,000.

Auction house Julien’s Auctions says the gingham dress fetched the highest
price of any item during a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia that
attracted bids from around the world. The auction concluded Saturday.

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COMEDIAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 2003

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Art Carney 1977

                            Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney

                         (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)

 

Art Carney is best known for playing Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason‘s
Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy The Honeymooners on the CBS
television network from 1955 to 1956.

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Art Carney stars as a department store Santa in the Twilight Zone
episode “Night Of The Meek” (1960)

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“YOU CAN BE SURE…IF IT’S WESTINGHOUSE”

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Consumer advocate and former film and TV actress Betty Furness displaying
a Westinghouse refrigerator during a commercial break in 1956

In 1948 Betty Furness was performing in the CBS television series Studio One which
was broadcast live. She was asked to fill in for a actor to promote Westinghouse products during commercial breaks and impressed the company so much with
her ease and professional delivery that she was offered a contract to promote
their products and subsequently became closely associated with them.

 

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Elizabeth “Betty” Mary Furness

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Furness preparing for a Westinghouse commercial in 1952

 

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Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is 81 today. Before fame, he 
was briefly enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of 
Chicago.

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