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Carlota Bradley

John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)

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COMEDIAN DIES AT 79


Marty Ingels (Martin Ingerman) (March 9, 1936 – October 21, 2015)

Ingels is best known as co-star of the 1960s ABC television series I’m Dickens,
He’s Fenster
, and as the voice of many cartoon characters and commercials. He
died from a massive stroke at Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California.

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PROGRAM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

The Twentieth Century was a documentary television program, sponsored by
the Prudential Insurance Company, which ran on the CBS network from 20
October 1957 until 4 January 1970. It was hosted by Walter Cronkite.


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

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TELEVISION DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Diana Ross (above) & The Supremes introduced The Jackson Five
during
"The Hollywood Palace Special" live on ABC-TV.  It was the
Jacksons first national television appearance.

 

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Tim Maguire


Jessica McClure Morales turned 29 in March.

The story of baby Jessica gained worldwide attention and later became the
subject of a 1989 television movie Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica
McClure on ABC. As presented in it, a vital part of the rescue was the use of
the then relatively new technology of water jet cutting.


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