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BOB HOPE ~ (MAY 29, 1903 – JULY 27, 2003)

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                                                                                                                                                        SEPTEMBER 1963

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REAGAN ON THE RADIO ~ 1934

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Future California Governor and U.S. President
Ronald Reagan worked at WHO 
radio in Des Moines, Iowa as a sportscaster from 1932 to 1937. 

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BENNY’S LAST RADIO SHOW ON THIS DATE IN 1955

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Jack Benny did his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years. The
show debuted on May 2, 1932 and was aired over the NBC, Blue network. Jack then 
devoted his time fully to TV.

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Radio show cast (left to right) Eddie Anderson, who played Rochester, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, and Mel Blanc.

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GARY OWENS IS 75 TODAY

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Gary Owens kfi 

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RICK NELSON (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)

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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson, was a singer,
musician, and Golden Globe-nominated actor. With fifty-three Hot 100
hits between 1957 and 1973, including nineteen top-ten hits, Nelson was   
second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the  
1950s and 1960s. Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing 
himself, along with his mother and father and big brother David, in the  
radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on CBS radio, 1949 

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet aired on ABC-TV from October
3, 1952 to September 3, 1966.

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