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REMEMBERING THOSE CLASSIC TV MOMS

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June Cleaver, portrayed by Barbara Billingsley, was the mom on the CBS/
ABC sitcom ” Leave It to Beaver” from 1957 to 1963.

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RICKY SCHRODER IS 44 TODAY

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Richard Bartlett "Ricky" Schroder, Jr.

Schroder debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become
a child star on the NBC sitcom Silver Spoons (1982-1986). He continued
acting as an adult, notably on the western Lonesome Dove and the ABC 
television crime drama NYPD Blue (1993- 2005).

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Ricky Schroder, left, and Dennis Franz in NYPD Blue

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TV ACTRESS HAS DIED AT 76

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Cynthia Lynn with Bob Crane from Hogan’s Heroes (season 1 1965-66)

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Cynthia Lynn
(Zinta Valda Zimilis)

(April 2, 1937 – March 10, 2014)

According to Variety,"Hogans Heroes" actress Cynthia Lynn
has died. She suffered with hepatitis throughout the latter
years of her life and succumbed to the condition at her
home Monday night in Los Angeles. It’s believed she was
one of only two surviving members of the cast. She is
survived by her daughter, Lisa Brando, whose father was
Marlon Brando.

Lynn also appeared on "Mission:Impossible," "The Odd
Couple" and "The Six Million Dollar Man."

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SITCOM AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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Willard Waterman


Those Websters
was a radio situation comedy series on CBS starring 
Willard Waterman and Constance Crowder as George and Jane Webster.

The program began in New York and then moved to Chicago for a short
time before finishing its run from Hollywood.

Those Websters was heard Friday evenings from March 9, 1945 until the
series moved to Mutual on March 3, 1946 when it aired Sunday night until
August 22, 1948.

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ACTRESS SHEILA MACRAE HAS DIED AT 92

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  Sheila Margaret MacRae (Stephens) (Sep. 24, 1920 – Mar. 6, 2014) 

MacRae died on March 6 in Englewood, New Jersey from natural causes at
the Lillian Booth Actor’s Home. No funeral was planned. She married actor
and singer Gordon MacRae in 1941; the couple divorced in 1967.They
often appeared on the stage together, in such musicals as the 1964
production of The Bells Are Ringing, and Guys and Dolls,

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