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DEATH OF YOUNG ACTRESS AT AGE 69

Caddyshack actress Cindy Morgan sadly dies aged 69 and fans pay tribute ...
Cindy Morgan and Bill Murray from “Caddyshack” (1980)

Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan (Cynthia Ann Cichorski)
(September 29, 1954 – December 30, 2023)

Cindy Morgan, the actress best known for playing Lacey
Underall in "Caddyshack" and Lora/Yori in Disney’s original
"Tron" film, has died.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office in Florida confirmed
the news to the
Los Angeles Times, saying Morgan died of
natural causes at her home in
Lake Worth Beach, Florida.

Officials were not able to specify when she died.

Variety

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1982

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MANY THOUGHT IS WAS THE REAL THING

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Orson Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater
company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science
fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite
his age, Welles had been in radio for several years, most notably
as the voice of “The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the
same name. “War of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio
hoax, and Welles had little idea of how legendary it would
eventually become.

The show began on Sunday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A voice
announced: “The Columbia Broadcasting System and its
affiliated stations present Orson Welles and the Mercury
Theater on the air in ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells.”

Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in the golden age of
radio, and millions of Americans had their radios turned on.

But most of these Americans were listening to ventriloquist
Edgar Bergen and his dummy “Charlie McCarthy” on NBC
and only turned to CBS at 8:12 p.m. after the comedy sketch
ended and a little-known singer went on. By then, the story
of the Martian invasion was well underway.

The radio play was extremely realistic, with Welles employing sophisticated sound effects and his actors doing an excellent
job portraying terrified announcers and other characters. An
announcer reported that widespread panic had broken out in
the vicinity of the landing sites, with thousands desperately
trying to flee.

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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

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A MARTIAN INVATION ON THIS DAY IN 1938 ?

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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

“The War of the Worlds”, Orson Welles’s realistic radio drama
of a Martian invasion of Earth, was originally broadcast live on
the CBS network, Sunday evening, October 30, 1938.

 

Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company
decided to update H.G. Wells’ 19th-century science fiction novel
The War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite his age, Welles
had been in radio for several years, most notably as the voice of
“The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the same name. “War
of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had
little idea of how legendary it would eventually become.

 

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Orson Welles as he was interviewed after the “War of the Worlds” broadcast in 1938. (Daily News)

 

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POPULAR TV SERIES ACHIEVED CULT STATUS

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC
during the 1974–1975 season. The series followed
wire service
reporter Carl Kolchak (
Darren McGavin) who investigates
mysterious crimes with unlikely bizarre causes, particularly those
involving  the
supernatural
or science fiction, including fantastic
creatures.


The series was preceded by the two
television movies, The Night
Stalker
(1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series
lasted only a single season, it rapidly achieved
cult status and has
remained very popular in syndication.

Chris Carter cited Kolchak as a “tremendous influence” in creating
his franchise The X-Files. Following that success in 2005, The X-
Files
producer
Frank Spotnitz resurrected the series with a new cast
and characters, as well as subsequent novels and comic books. The
new series was a ratings bomb and was quietly cancelled after only
six of the ten episodes produced were aired.

 

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Darren McGavin pictured in Los Angeles, circa 1990s. | Photo: Getty Images
Darren McGavin ( William Lyle Richardson)
(May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006)


  

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On this day in 1938, Orson Welles’ "The War of the Worlds" aired on
CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.

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Welles takes questions from reporters at a press conference the day
after the broadcast, on October 31, 1938. He told them that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea it would cause panic.

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George Orson Welles
(May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

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