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CLINT WALKER IS 86 TODAY

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Clint Walker (Norman Eugene Walker)

Walker is a retired actor, best known for his television role as “Cheyenne
Bodie” in the ABC series Cheyenne (1955-1963). He worked as a doorman
and club bouncer before finding success in Hollywood.

Clint Walker made over 40 appearances in his television and film career,
which earned him a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. 

  

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SERLING’S FOLLOW-UP SERIES

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Rod Serling


Night Gallery
is an anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973,
featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained
fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air
host of the show as well as a major contributor of scripts.

Night Gallery was nominated for an Emmy Award for its first-season episode
"They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar" as the Outstanding Single Program
on television in 1971. In 1972, the series received another nomination of
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for the second-season episode titled 
"Pickman’s Model."

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Tom Bosley (left) with Godfrey Cambridge who plays comic Jackie
Slater from Night Gallery season 1 episode #4, “Make Me Laugh”
which originally aired January 6, 1971. It was directed by Steven
Spielberg.

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LISA WHELCHEL TURNED 50 TODAY

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Mousekeeter Lisa Whelchel

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Lisa Diane Whelchel is best remembered as portraying Blair Warner on the 
NBC television series The Facts of Life (1979-1988). She became a member
of The New Mickey Mouse Club in the mid 1970s.

In 1984,Whelcher was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best inspirational
Performance
for her contemporary Christian album, All Because of You. She
has also been a regular speaker with Women of Faith Christian conferences
since 2009. 

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MOST POPULAR SONG DURING THIS TIME IN 1955

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Fess Parker as Davy Crockett

Billboard magazine reported that "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" was the most
popular song in the United States. Four versions of the song made the Billboard
charts. The original was sung by Fess Parker, followed by Bill Hayes, Tennessee
Ernie Ford, and bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman. Total combined sales of all the
versions reached more than 18 million copies sold.

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FROM STAR TREK , THEN & NOW

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Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice Rand in the original
Star Trek series.

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Grace Lee Whitney (Mary Ann Chase) turned 83 in April. Besides her
role in Star Trek, she was also the original mermaid for the Chicken
of Sea tuna ad campaign. Whitney has made more than a hundred
television appearances since her television debut in Cowboy G-
Men
in 1953.

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Whitney’s autobiography was released in 1998.The book delves
into her hiring and firing from Star Trek, her fight and eventual
victory over
alcohol and substance dependence, particularly
marijuana.

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