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PATRICK STEWART IS 75 TODAY

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English born Stewart portrayed Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star
Trek, The Next Generation
, and Professor Xavier in the X-men
movies. He was named the best dramatic actor of the ’80s by
TV Guide in 1993.

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CHERYL LADD IS 64 TODAY

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Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota)

 

Ladd replaced Farrah Fawcett to play Kris Munroe on the ABC-TV series
Charlie’s Angels (1976-1981). She initially planned on becoming a singer,
working under the name Cherie Moor.

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PERMANENT HOST ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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Richard Augustus Wagstaff "Dick" Clark Jr.
(November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

In 1952, WFIL-TV in Philadelphia began airing a show called Bob Horn’s
Bandstand
. Dick Clark had a similar show on the company’s radio station
(WFIL) and served as a regular substitute host when Bob Horn went on
vacation. After a drunk driving arrest in 1956, Horn was dismissed and
a 26-year-old Clark then became Bandstand’s permanent host. The
show was picked up by the ABC television network, renamed American
Bandstand
, and debuted nationally on August 5, 1957.

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The Bandstand podium (above) was donated
to the Smithsonian Institution in 1981.

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SUMMER REPLACEMENT TV SHOW IN 1970

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The Everly Brothers Show was a one-hour musical variety show on the ABC
television network. It began as a summer replacement for The Johnny Cash 
Show
. Guests included Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition,
Melanie and comic
Albert Brooks. Plus show regulars Ruth McDevitt, Joe
Higgins, Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, with music by Jack Elliott and Allyn
Ferguson.

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SINGER STEVE LAWRENCE IS 80 TODAY

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Steve Lawrence with wife and singing partner Eydie Gorme in 
1958.

The duo "Steve and Eydie” appeared regularly on Tonight Starring Steve
Allen
in the mid-1950s on NBC until Gormé’s retirement in 2009.

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Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz in Brooklyn, New York)

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