GAVIN MACLEOD BECAME 81 TODAY

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Gavin MacLeod is an actor most known for playing Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS-TV, 1970 – 1977) and Captain Merrill Stubing (above left) on The Love Boat (ABC-TV, 1977 – 1986). MacLeod’s first movie appearance was a small , un-credited role in The True Story of Lynn Stuart in 1958. Soon thereafter, he landed a credited role in I Want to Live!, a  1958 prison drama starring Susan Hayward. He was soon noticed by Blake Edwards, who in 1958 cast him in Operation Petticoat with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The movie proved to be a breakout role for Macleod.

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Gavin Macleod with Mary Tyler Moore

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OREGON’S HOWARD HESSEMAN TURNED 71 TODAY

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Howard Hesseman is best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever
on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978 – 1982) and schoolteacher
Charlie Moore on Head of the Class (ABC 1986 – 1991). Hesseman was
born in Lebanon, Oregon and attended the university of Oregon.

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Howard as Johnny Fever

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DEBRA JO RUPP TURNED 60 TODAY

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Debra Jo Rupp is best known for her role as Kitty Forman on the long-running Fox
sitcom, That ‘70s Show (1998 – 2006). She is also known for playing the role of  
Alice on the fourth and fifth seasons of Friends on NBC-TV. Debra is currently
starring on the ABC sitcom Better With You.

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Debra Jo Rupp in That ‘70s Show

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Debra in a scene from Better With You

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ABE VIGODA IS 90 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Abe Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably
as elder mobster Salatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972). He gained
further fame playing Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the ABC sitcom Barney 
Miller
from 1975 to 1977.

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Abe Vigoda, left, with Al Pacino in The Godfather

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Abe Vigoda in Barney Miller

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RADIO SHOW SIMULCAST FOR FIRST TIME ON THIS DATE IN 1954

BREAKFAST CLUB   
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The Breakfast Club was a long-run morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio originating in Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Don McNeill (shown above).The radio program ran from June 23, 1933 through December 27, 1968. McNeill’s 35½-year run
as host remains the longest tenure for an emcee of a network entertainment program, surpassing Johnny Carson (29½ years) on The Tonight Show and Bob Barker (34⅔ years) on The Price is Right. For one year, beginning on February 22, 1954, the show
was simulcast on ABC radio and television, ending on February 25, 1955. 

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Picture of Don McNeill (right) taken during a simulcast of The Breakfast Club

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