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POPULAR FRENCH ACTOR HAS DIED AT 93

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Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre)
(June 19, 1921 – February 14, 2015)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Louis Jourdan, the Frenchman who starred
in "Gigi," ”Can-Can," ”Three Coins in the Fountain" and other
American movies, has died.

Jourdan’s biographer, Olivier Minne, said the actor died Saturday
at his home in Beverly Hills, likely of natural causes. Jourdan  had
succeeded Charles Boyer as Hollywood’s favorite French lover.

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TV SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1958

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Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beechnut Show was a musical variety show broadcast weekly  on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturdays
from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960. It was sponsored by
Beechnut Gum.

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Carlota Bradley

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IT WAS NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Mike Gracia

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Douglas MacArthur (January  26, 1880 – April 5, 1964)

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IT MADE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Ed Donahue

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NASA’s shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107, January 16, 2003.

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