LEGENDARY GAME SHOW HOST IS DEAD
Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023)
Bob Barker, longtime game show host for "The Price is
Right" has died. He also hosted Truth or Consequences
from 1956 to 1975. He was 99.
FIRST TELEVISED BASEBALL GAME IN 1939
On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball
game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was
to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber (below) called
the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn
Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
FORMER LOCAL TV ANCHOR HAS PASSED
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN-TV) — Mike Donahue, who became one
of the most trusted journalists ever in Portland during a 44-
year career with KOIN 6 News, has died following a lengthy
battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.
VERSATILE MUSICIAN ~ 69 YEARS OLD TODAY
Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus)
Experts in pop and rock music consider Costello to be one of the
most gifted and versatile songwriters of his generation.
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