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NEWSMAKERS ON THIS DAY
SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1947
Family Theater is a dramatic anthology radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. The
show was produced by Family Theater Productions, a film and radio studio
extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by the Holy Cross Priest,
Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, as a way to promote family prayer. The program
featured not only religious stories but half-hour adaptations of literary works
such as A Tale of Two Cities,Moby-Dick and Don Quixote. The program had
no commercial sponsor.
Jimmy Stewart with Don Ameche and Loretta Young for Family
Theatre Radio program.
Father Peyton (right) with Gregory Peck
IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
The final photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above) – taken
at Warm Springs, Georgia on April 11, 1945 – the day before his death.
A PORTLAND LANDMARK
The Apostolic Faith Headquarters Building, N.W. 6th and Burnside
The Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon was founded in 1906 by Florence L.
Crawford.
GOSPEL SINGER HAS DIED AT 72
Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter
and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna
and movies such as "The Lion King," has died.
According to his publicist, Crouch died Thursday afternoon at Northridge
Hospital Medical Center, where he had been admitted Saturday after
suffering a heart attack.
Crouch and his sister, Sandra Crouch, lived in the Pacoima area of Los
Angeles, where they were pastors at the New Christ Memorial Church in
the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.
Born in San Francisco, Crouch wrote his first gospel tune at age 14.
Andrae Crouch sings "Through It All" at a Billy Graham crusade in
New Mexico in 1975.
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