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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1912

 
Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001)

Actor Foster Brooks was a drunk on TV, but straight as an
arrow in real life. He received an Emmy nomination in 1974 
for his portrayal of the lovable lush comedian on The Dean
Martin Show
(NBC). He started his career in radio working
as a staff announcer in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky.

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COUNTRY SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999)

Hank Snow’s career spanned almost a half-century. He released 140 albums
and is best known for songs such as "I’m Moving On" and “The Golden Rocket”.

Known as The Singing Ranger, Snow was born in Canada. He became one of
the most influential artists in all of country music.

 

 

"I’ve Been Everywhere" was written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959.

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SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1940



Ricky Nelson (born Eric Hilliard Nelson in
Teaneck, New Jersey)
 
(May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)

Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself alongside his
family in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and
later in the ABC television series of the same name from 1952 to 1966

He put 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including
"Poor Little Fool" which was the first #1 song on Billboard magazine’s then-
newly created Hot 100 chart.

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DON RICKLES IS 89 YEARS OLD TODAY


Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was born in New York.

Legendary insult comedian Don Rickles studied at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts and began performing stand up comedy in hotels in the
Catskill Mountains in New York after becoming frustrated from the lack of
work he was getting as an actor.

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‘STAR TREK’ ACTRESS HAS DIED AT 85

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Whitney in the role of Yeoman Janice Rand in “Star Trek”.

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Grace Lee Whitney
(born Mary Ann Chase(April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015)

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant
on the original "Star Trek" series, has died.

Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town
of Coarsegold, about 50 miles north of Fresno, according to her son Jonathan
Dweck. 

Whitney played Yeoman Janice Rand in the first eight episodes before being
written out of the series. In her 1998 autobiography "The Longest Trek: My
Tour of the Galaxy," she wrote that her acting career largely came to an end
and she became an alcoholic.

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