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COWBOY BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

  
 


Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio) 
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

                        

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SINGER PETER NOONE IS 68 TODAY


Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone 

Noone is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best
known as Herman, the lead singer of the popular 1960s pop group
Herman’s Hermits. He was fifteen when he joined the group.


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JOURNALIST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1916


Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

Walter Cronkite was anchor of the CBS Evening News for over 30
years and won a Peabody Award and a TCA Career Achievement
Award. He was voted the Most Trusted Man in America and was
the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award.


Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that’s the way it is”.

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FRED THOMPSON IS DEAD AT 73


Freddie Dalton "Fred" Thompson
(August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Fox News) – Fred Thomson, the former U.S. senator
from Tennessee, 2008 Republican presidential candidate and “Law and
Order” television actor, died Sunday after a recurrence of lymphoma.

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HAPPY DAYS ACTOR DIES AT 96!

 


Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro (born Umberto Francesca Molinaro)
(June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015)

Al Molinaro died in a Glendale, California, hospital on Friday. His son
said his father’s death was the result of complications from an infected
gallbladder. He was best known for portraying Al Delvecchio on Happy
Days
 on ABC from 1974-1984. He retired from acting in television and
films in 1992, but continued to appear in TV commercials until the early
2000s.

Al Molinaro Murray the cop Odd Couple 1974.JPG
Al Molinaro as police officer Murray Greshler
inThe Odd Couple in 1974.

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