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AS WE REMEMBER ANDY ~

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ANDY GIFFITH HAS DIED AT 86

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    Andrew Samuel
"Andy" Griffith (June 1, 1926–July 3, 2012) 

Andy Griffith was a television icon, best known as the sage town
sheriff in the ’60s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and as a defense
attorney on 1980s-’90s drama Matlock. He died today in Roanoke
Island, N.C.

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JAMIE FARR IS NOW 78!

JAMIE FARR BABY

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah in Toledo, Ohio. He is best
known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal, later
Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H
from 1972 to 1983..

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One of Farr’s first film roles (far left) was in 1955, in Blackboard Jungle,
billed as Jameel Farah.

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ACTOR DON GRADY HAS DIED AT 68

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1962 high school photo 

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       Don Grady (Don Agrati, June 8, 1944-June 27, 2012)

Grady, who was an original Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse
Club
who played son Robbie Douglas on the ABC and CBS
sitcom My Three Sons, one of the longest-running family
sitcoms in history, died today in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

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JUNE LOCKHART IS 87 TODAY

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June Lockhart
Hollywood Collectors and Celebrities Show presented by Ray Courts and Sharon Courts held at the Hilton Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center
Burbank, California - 14.010.06
Credit: Rachel Worth / WENN
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June Lockhart is primarily known as a 1950s and 1960 TV
actress, best remembered as the mother in two television
series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also played Dr. Janet
Craig on the CBS-TV sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968-1970).

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lost in space

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