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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1968

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                 Art Garfunkel                   Paul Simon

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JACK KLUGMAN ~ 89 YEARS OLD TODAY

 
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Jack Klugman, stage, film,and TV actor is known for his role as Oscar
Madison in the ABC-TV series The Odd Couple (1970-1975). He also
played the starring role in Quincy, M.E. on NBC (1976-1983).  One of his
early film appearances was in 12 Angry Men in 1957. He is the last surviving
actor who played a juror (#5) in that movie. Klugman also appeared in four
episodes of the acclaimed television series The Twilight Zone. Jack won two
Emmy Awards for The Odd Couple.

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Klugman in 12 Angry Men

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BIRTHDAY 71 TODAY FOR AL PACINO

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino made his film debut in the 1969 film Me, Natalie. It was
a minor supporting role which led to a leading role in the 1971 drama The Panic
in Needle Park
. Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role
of Michael Corleone In The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy
Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other Oscar nominations include
Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). His
role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992) won him the Academy Award for
Best Actor, his first and only Oscar to date.

 

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Al Pacino in The Godfather

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SHIRLEY MACLAINE TURNED 77 TODAY

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Shirley MacLaine (Beatty) is a film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and
author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She
has written a number of autobiographical works.  In 1983, she won the Academy
Award for Best Actress for her role in Terms of Endearment. She is the older
sister of actor Warren Beatty.

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

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SANDRA DEE WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1942

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Actress Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) She began
her career as a model and progressed to film. Dee won a Golden Globe
Award in 1959 as one of the year’s most promising newcomers, and over
several years her films were popular. By the late 1960s her career had
started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin ended
in divorce. She rarely acted after this time, and her final years were marred
by illness; she died as a result of renal failure.

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Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee

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