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JACK KLUGMAN HAS DIED AT 90!

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Jack Klugman 

Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman
(April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012)

Klugman died at his home in Northridge, California. He was diagnosed with throat
cancer in 1974 and lost a vocal cord to cancer in 1989, but continued to act. The
exact cause of his death is not known. 

He was best known as Felix Unger‘s sloppy roommate Oscar Madison in the ABC
television series The Odd Couple (1970–1975), for his starring role in Quincy, M.E.
on NBC-TV (1976–1983), as Juror #5 in 12 Angry Men, and multiple appearances
on The Twilight Zone.

 

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BARRY LIVINGSTON IS NOW 59!

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Barry Livingston is best known for playing little Ernie on 
the ABC/CBS television show "My Three Sons” from 1960
to 1972.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

Picket Fences (CBS) 1992-1996
Shown: Ray Walston

Ray (Herman) Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001)

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Walston was an stage, television and film actor best known as the
title character on the CBS
situation comedy My Favorite Martian from
1963 to 1966.

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FROM RADIO’S HEYDAY

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Harold Peary as Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, on the NBC
radio show The Great Gildersleeve. It aired August 31, 1941 to 1957. It
was one of broadcast history’s earliest spin-off programs having been
a staple on the classic radio sitcom Fiber McGee and Molly.

During the show’s 1950 summer hiatus, Peary had contracted with CBS
radio and was legally unable to appear on NBC as a star performer, thus
prompting the hiring of Willard Waterman as Peary’s replacement. 

 

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This was one of the last episodes of the radio series.

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COMEDIAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 2003

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                            Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney

                         (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)

 

Art Carney is best known for playing Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason‘s
Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy The Honeymooners on the CBS
television network from 1955 to 1956.

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Art Carney stars as a department store Santa in the Twilight Zone
episode “Night Of The Meek” (1960)

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