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FORMER TEEN IDOL IS 65 TODAY

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David Bruce Cassidy was born in New York, New York.

David Cassidy is best known for his role on the ABC television show, “The
Partridge Family” (1970-1974). He made his professional debut in the 1969 
Broadway musical “The Fig Leaves are Falling”.

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JOHN SCHNEIDER IS 55 TODAY

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John Richard Schneider was born in Mount Kisco, New York.

Country musician and actor John Schneider appeared as Bo Duke on the
CBS television show, The Dukes of Hazzard (1979 – 1985). He began
acting at age 8, starring in various plays in New York and entertaining
peers by putting on magic shows.

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SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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Willard Lewis Waterman (August 29, 1914 – February 2, 1995)

Those Websters was a radio situation comedy series starring
Willard Waterman (above) and Constance Crowder as George
and Jane Webster. The program was launched in New York and
then moved to Chicago for a short time before finishing its run
from Hollywood.

It was heard Friday evenings on CBS from March 9, 1945 to
February 22, 1946 with Quaker Oats as the sponsor. On March
3, 1946, the series moved to Mutual where it aired Sundays until
August 22, 1948.

Two years after this series came to an end, Waterman replaced
Harold Peary as the title character in The Great Gildersleeve in
1950 on NBC.

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CHARACTER ACTOR DIES AT 64

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Daniel von Bargen (June 5, 1950 – March 1, 2015)

(FoxNews) – According to Cincinnati TV station WLWT, Daniel von
Bargen
, a character actor who played George’s apathetic boss on
"Seinfeld" among numerous other roles, has died. Von Bargen died
Sunday after having experienced complications of diabetes for years.

A Cincinnati, Ohio, native, von Bargen appeared in dozens of TV
shows and movies over a decades-long career, including the
memorable role of Commandant Edwin Spangler on TV’s "Malcolm
In The Middle
," but he is perhaps best known as Mr. Kruger, George
Costanza’s lazy boss on Season 9 of "Seinfeld."

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Von Bargen as Commandant Edwin Spangler

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COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1894

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

 

Jack Benny is recognized as a leading entertainer of the 20th century,
known for his comic timing, and the ability to create laughter with a pause
or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio
and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, were a big
influence on the sitcom genre. In character, he would be 39 years of age,
regardless of his actual age.


 

 

 

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