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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM CONWAY, 78 TODAY!

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Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is a beloved comedian and actor, best known 
for co-starring along with Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman on The Carol 
Burnett Show
, CBS-TV from 1967 to 1978. He is also  known for his role as
the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, in the ABC-TV
sitcom McHale’s Navy (1962-1966).                              

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Tim Conway as Dorf

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‘’EXPECTING’’ EPISODE AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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During the second season of “I Love Lucy”, Lucy was pregnant with
her second child Desi Arnaz, Jr. and the pregnancy was incorporated
into the series storyline. During those days, CBS censors would not
allow the word “pregnant” to be used on the show, so “expecting”
was used instead.

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LEONARDO DICAPRIO TURNED 37 TODAY

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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is a actor and film producer. He has received many
awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Academy Awards,
Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. DiCaprio began his career appearing in TV commercials and soon landed roles in shows
such as the ABC sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut
in the sci-fi/horror comedy Critters 3 (1991). DiCaprio’s first major role was in This
Boy’s Life
(1993).

 

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Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, in
Clint Eastwood’s current biopic J. Edgar.

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LORETTA SWIT IS 74 TODAY

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Character actress Loretta Swit is best-known for her portrayal of Major Margret 
“Hot Lips” Houlihan on CBS television series M*A*S*H (1972-1983).

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ACTOR KEN BERRY TURNED 78 TODAY

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Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry is a dancer, comedic actor as well as a
singer. He began on stage as a dancer and later starred in television
sitcoms such as his portrayal of Captain Wilton Parmenter on ABC’s
F Troop (1965-1967).

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