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TELEVISION SITCOM STAR HAS DIED AT 79

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Frank Bonner (Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.)
(1942 – 2021)

 

(NEW YORK POST) – Frank Bonner, who played Herb
Tarlek on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” has died.

The family said Bonner passed away “peacefully”
Wednesday amid his battle with Lewy body dementia.

 

 

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ACTOR OF “ THE MOD SQUAD’’ IS DEAD AT 81

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(AP) – Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop
Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and
Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died.

His manager Allan Mindel said Williams died Friday at his home
in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer.

 

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(1939 – 2021)

 

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JOHNNY CRAWFORD HAS DIED AT AGE 75

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Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford in “The Rifleman” on
ABC TV from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963. 

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John Ernest Crawford (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021)

Johnny Crawford was an actor, singer, and musician. He first
performed before a national audience as a
Mouseketeer. At age
12, Crawford rose to prominence playing
Mark McCain in the
ABC Western series The Rifleman, which he was nominated for
an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 13 for his
work om the show.


Crawford had been diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease in 2019.

 

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EARLY TELEVISION AT IT’S FINEST

Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television
series
produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until
June 24, 1957. The
live show had several sponsors
during its eight-year run, and the title was altered to
feature the sponsor. Robert Montgomery introduced
each episode and also acted in many. The TV program
initially offered hour-long dramas adapted from
successful Hollywood films.

Elizabeth Montgomery: Remembering the Magic — ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS
Elizabeth Montgomery and John Newland in Robert Montgomery
Presents: A Summer Love. The episode was broadcast July 20,
1953 and sponsored by Johnson’s Wax.

 

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Robert Montgomery
(May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981)

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STUNT MAN/TV ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 84

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Felix Anthony Silla (January 11, 1937 – April 16, 2021)

 

(Foe News) – Felix Silla, a versatile actor best known for his
role as hairy Cousin Itt on ABCTV’s
“The Addams Family,”
died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer. He also played
the robot Twiki on the NBC sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the
25th Century.

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