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RACE CAR DRIVER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

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Jeffrey Michael "Jeff" Gordon will be 44 years old on August 4.

 

(FOX) – The four-time NASCAR champ announced today that 2015 will be his
last season as a full-time driver. In fact, it could be the last year he drives at
all, but he’s not ready to say he’ll never race again,

Gordon said "[There’s] always the possibility I’ll compete in selected events,
although I currently have no plans to do that”. 

The 43-year-old won four races in 2014 and finished the season in sixth
place. Teammates and competitors took to Twitter to voice their respect
for Gordon.

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LETTERMAN REPLACEMENT NAMED

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Stephen Tyrone Colbert

Colbert was named the new host of "The Late Show” today, taking over for
David Letterman when he retires next year. Stephen is the current host of
”The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central. The political satirist will be 50
next month.

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RETIRED FILM AND TV ACTRESS IS 72 TODAY

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Yvette Carmen Mimieux

Among Yvette’s earliest screen appearances was a role in the teen movie
Where the Boys Are (1960) as well as in George Pal‘s film version of H.G.
Wells 1895 novel The Time Machine (also 1960).

Mimieux retired from acting in 1992. She is now an anthropologist and a
real estate investor.

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Yvette Mimieux  and Rod Taylor

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POPULAR RADIO PERSONALITY TO RETIRE!

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Bob Miller behind the morning microphone at KPAM

BOB MILLER MAIN
1979

Bob Miller’s final air gig on KPAM – AM 860 will Friday, Jan. 3 from
7 to 10 a.m. Ending a 10 year stint with the station. Thank you Bob
and good luck!

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KEX RADIO’S “SWEET, LOVABLE OL’ BARN’’

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Barney Keep posing with a box of chains in the KEX booth around the 1960s

Barney began his broadcasting career at KEX radio in 1943. He remained in the
”Keep Time” morning-drive slot for 35 years, retiring in 1979. Barney was a true professional in every sense of the word!

BARNEY KEEP RETIREMENT SHOW IN THE OREGONIAN

Barney (Byron William Keep/Jan. 9, 1917 – Feb. 19, 2000) rings the
“goodie gong” for the last time during his retirement party at the
Civic Theater in February of 1979. 

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