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POPULAR MUSICIAN IS 88 TODAY

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Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon.

Severinsen is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
 beginning in 1962
. The
group became the most visible big band in America.
He made
his broadcasting debut
playing live popular music on KODL
radio in
The Dalles, Oregon.



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Severinsen, Ed McMahon, and Johnny Carson, about 1974.

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BURT WARD IS 70 TODAY

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Burt Ward as “The Boy Wonder”

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Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr., in Los Angeles, California)

Ward is best known for his role as Robin in the ABC television version
of Batman (1966-1968). He acted in more than 30 TV movies after
Batman. He was listed as the world’s youngest professional ice skater
when he was two-years-old.

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Burt Ward (left) with Adam West who played the Batman.

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NEWS HEADLINES FROM THE PAST

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Ross Simpson

 

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Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)

(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

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CHILDHOOD HOME HAS BEEN CONDEMNED

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DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) –  The childhood home of actor Dick Van Dyke could be torn
down after a central Illinois city condemned the dilapidated building shown here.

The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that the 89-year-old actor took to Twitter
this week to call attention to the Danville home he and brother Jerry lived in during
high school after relocating from Missouri.

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Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke will turn 90 in December.

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ACTRESS IS 91 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Eva Marie Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Saint received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 
for her role in the 1954 classic On the Waterfront. She also
starred in Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1959 spy thriller film North by
Northwest.

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