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STAND-UP COMEDIAN IS 53 TODAY


Larry the Cable Guy (born Daniel Lawrence
"Larry" Whitney in 
Pawnee City, Nebraska)

Larry developed his trademark Southern accent after listening to
his college roommates.A debut comedy album, Law and Disorder,
was released in 1995. His father, a Christian minister and a guitarist,
raised him on a pig farm. The former radio personality, despite his
stage name, has never worked for a cable company.

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COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1894


Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois)
(February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

While in high school, Jack Benny played violin in local dance bands and
orchestras. After working in vaudeville, he briefly left show business to
join the U.S. Navy during World War I.

                 

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Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002)

 


From left: Waylon Jennings and Buddy Holly


Buddy Holly
arranged Jennings’s first recording
session, of "Jole Blon" and "When Sin Stops
(Love Begins)". Holly also hired Jennings to
play electric bass for him during his "Winter
Dance Party Tour" in 1959.

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LOCAL HUMORIST HAS DIED AT 55


                               1960 – 2016

Stand-up comedian Dave Anderson was a Portland, Oregon native known by many
as a local television and radio personality. He died of pancreatic cancer Sunday
night. The disease had been diagnosed two years ago.

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)


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