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A young Jay Leno (above) debuted as the new permanent
host of NBC’s "Tonight Show" on this day in 1992.

Billy Crystal as Jay Leno’s first guest on the ‘Tonight Show’.

Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020)

Actor and police officer, best known for his iconic role as Eddie
Haskell on the late 1950s to early 1960s television situation
comedy Leave It to Beaver.

Osmond died at his home in Los Angeles on May 18, 2020, at
age 76, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease and peripheral artery disease. News of his death was
first announced by his son, Eric, in a statement through
Osmond’s representative.

Ken Osmond joined the LAPD and worked
in Vice and as a motor cop. In September
1980, he was shot three times in a foot
chase after a car thief. Two of the bullets
struck his bulletproof vest and the third
ricocheted off his belt buckle.

He eventually retired from the force in
1988 after 18 years.

Frederick Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 – May 15, 2020)

Frank Willard,The beloved star with several acting credits — including
"Best in Show," "This is Spinal Tap" and "Everybody Loves Raymond"
— died of natural causes. He was 86. 

Fred Willard (left) with Jim Piddock in “Best in Show”, 2000.

 
    
   

Jerry Steller (Gerald Isaac Stiller) (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020)

Comedian, actor, and author Jerry Steller spent many years as part of the
comedy duo Stiller and Meara along with his wife, Anne Meara, whom he
was married to for over 60 years, until her death in 2015. In recent years
Jerry Steller was best known for his roles on “Seinfeld”(NBC) and “The
King of Queens” (CBS). His son comedian Ben Steller announced
via Twitter Monday his father died of natural causes.

From left: Ben Steller with his father Jerry Steller.

Time For Beany is a children’s television series, with puppets for characters,
which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949
and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television
Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett,
who later reused its main characters for the animated series Beany and
Cecil. The show won three Primetime Emmy Awards for best children’s
show.

Voice artist Stan Freberg was one of the puppeteer’s on the show.

Pictured from left: Daws Butler and Stan Freburg behind the wall.

Stan Freberg (Stanley Friberg) (August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015)