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SCREENWRITER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Jarre, who wrote the screenplays for the movies
Rambo: First Blood Part ll (1985), Glory (1989), and Tombstone (1993), has
died at the age of 56. His aunt, Patty Briley Bean, told the Los Angeles Times
that Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on Sunday, April 3 at his Santa
Monica home.  

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HUGH O’BRIAN IS 86 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Actor Hugh O’Brian, known for his starring role in the ABC television series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955- 1961).

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Wyatt Earp cap gun (1959)

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WILD BILL HICKOK DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1951

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(Left to right: Guy Madison and Andy Devine) 

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok was originally a western action radio series
that ran for 271 episodes from April of 1951 through December of 1954 on the
Mutual Broadcasting System. The main cast members were, Guy Madison as
U.S.Marshal James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok, and Andy Devine as Deputy Marshal
‘Jingles’ P. Jones (pictured above) The show was about a U.S. Marshall and his
300 pound sidekick who brought bad guys to justice in the old west. The first
episode was titled Behind Southern Lines. Unlike most series that made the
transition from radio to TV, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok kept the
same cast as the radio show.

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Kellogg’s cereal was the sponsor of the show

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DENNIS QUAID TURNED 57 TODAY

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Actor Dennis William Quaid became known during the 1980s after
appearing in several successful films, including  Jaws 3-D (1983),
in Dreamscape (1984), Innerspace (1987), Flight of the Phoenix
(2004), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Quaid also earned
good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983) and achieved
acclaim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire
(1989). He is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid.

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Quaid as Doc Holiday in Wyatt Earp (1994)
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JOHN WAYNE RECEIVED HIS OSCAR ON THIS DATE IN 1970

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John Wayne is pictured with presenter Barbra Streisand at the 42nd Annual
Academy Awards. He received his first and only Academy Award for Best 
Actor in a Leading Role for the film True Grit. He had been in over 200  
movies.

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John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn

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