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SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1919

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Kitty Wells (born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville, Tennessee)
(August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012)

Known as The Queen of Country Music, she chartered numerous singles,
including "It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels. In 1976, she was
inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1991, she became the third
country music artist, after Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and the eighth woman
to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Her accomplishments
earned her the nickname Queen of Country Music.




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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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DAVID SOUL IS 72 TODAY

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David Soul (born David Richard Solberg in Chicago, Illinois)

Soul teamed up with Paul Michael Glaser in the role of Hutch as part of
the famed duo Starsky & Hutch on ABC television (1975 to 1979). He
studied political science when he was 19 years old and later turned to 
music. Soul was offered a professional baseball contract in 1962 to play
for the Chicago White Sox, but he turned it down.

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MONTY HALL IS 94 TODAY

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Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin in Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Hall was host of the game show Let’s Make a Deal (NBC/ABC) for 23
years. He received the Order of Canada honor and a Golden Palm
Star for his humanitarian work. Hall graduated with a Bachelor of
Science
degree from the University of Manitoba, where he majored
in chemistry and zoology.

On October 13, 2007, Monty Hall was one of the first inductees into
the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame
in Las Vegas, Nevada. He
received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Daytime Emmy
Awards
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RADIO SERIES BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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The series “Father  Knows Best” began on NBC Radio. It starred Robert Young 
(above) as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was
first portrayed by June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The Anderson
children were Betty (Rhonda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson), and Kathy
(Norma Jean Nillson). The series ran until March 25, 1954. It made the
switch to television later that year.

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Robert Young and Jean Vander Pyl.

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