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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

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Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000)

Television host and announcer Durward Kirby is best remembered
for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which
he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

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BARBARA EDEN TURNED 83 TODAY

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Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona

Actress Eden is best known for her role on NBC TV’s I Dream of Jeanie from
1965 to 1970 and appeared in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in 1961.She
began singing with local bands at age 14 for $10 a night in local night clubs.

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SOME TV COMMERCIALS FROM THE 1950’s

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CELEBRATING 80 YEARS TODAY

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1952 Woodward High School yearbook

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Jamie as Maxwell Q. Klinger

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Jamie Farr (Jameel Joseph Farah)

Farr played the role of cross-dressing Corporal Klinger on CBS-TV’s
M*A*S*H (1972-1983). He was born in Toledo, Ohio where his first role
won him two dollars in a acting contest at age 11. Farr’s first film roles
were in 1955 in Blackboard Jungle (billed as Jameel Farah) and as a
fruit vendor in Kismet (un-credited). After this, he joined the United
States Army
for two years, with service in Japan and Korea

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BERT LAHR FOR LAY’S POTATO CHIPS, 1967

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