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RENUNION TO BE HELD IN DODGE CITY

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http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article31061226.html

 

(AP) – Six decades after "Gunsmoke" debuted on television, several actors who appeared in the show, including Burt Reynolds, are scheduled to reunite in
Dodge City.

The Wichita Eagle reports the actors will attend Wild West Fest on Sept. 25-27
hosted by the Boot Hill Casino & Resort, the Wild West Heritage Foundation and
the Roundup Rodeo.

Besides Reynolds, who portrayed blacksmith Quint Asper from 1962 to 1965, also attending are Bruce Boxleitner, Buck Taylor, Jess Walton, Lane Bradbury and
Merry Florene.

"Gunsmoke" ran on CBS from 1955 through 1975 and was nominated for more
than a dozen Emmys.

Other key actors from the show have died, including James Arness, who starred
as Marshal Matt Dillon; Amanda Blake, who played Miss Kitty; Dennis Weaver
who portrayed Chester Goode, and Milburn Stone, who was Doc Adams.

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Trivia: When aired in the UK, the television series “Gunsmoke” was
initially titled “Gun Law”.

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A NEW HOST ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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Jack Harold Paar  (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004)

In order to compete with Dave Garroway and The Today Show
on NBC, CBS replaced Walter Cronkite with newcomer Jack
Parr to host the CBS Morning Show. The show didn’t attract
enough sponsors, so Paar left.

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NEWS SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1948

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Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990)

The "CBS Television News" began as a Saturday night broadcast, expanding to 
two nights in 1947 and becoming "Douglas Edwards and the News" on a nightly 
basis on August 15, 1948.

By 1962, Edwards was replaced by Walter Cronkite, and the name of the program
was eventually changed to “CBS Evening News.

 

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Producer Don Hewitt (left) goes over production details on the
set with anchor Douglas Edwards in 1950.

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ROSE MARIE IS 92 TODAY

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(Baby) Rose Marie

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Rose Marie Mazetta was born in New York City, New York.

Marie is best known for playing writer Sally Rogers on the CBS 
television series The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966,
she also played Myrna Gibbons on The Doris Day Show from
1969 to 1971 on CBS. She began her career in entertainment
as a child singer, performing under the name Baby Rose Marie.

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JOHNNY MAESTRO IN 1988 ~

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Introduced by "Cousin Brucie" Morrow on "Shake Rattle and Roll" in 1988.

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New York Cityborn Johnny Maestro (John Mastrangelo)

(May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010). He died of cancer at age 70.

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