JOE PESCI BECAME 68 TODAY

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Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci , actor, comedian, singer and musician has
starred in a number of  films such as Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), 
My Cousin Vinny (1992), JFK (1991), and Home Alone (1990). Pesci
won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1990 for his
role as movster Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas.

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TODAY IS DAVID BRENNER’S 75th BIRTHDAY

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David Brenner  is a standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker. Prior to
beginning his standup career, he wrote and directed over a hundred made-for-TV documentaries, which garnered him many awards, including an Emmy. Making his national television debut on the The Tonight Show, he has since become the most frequent guest on the show, with 158 appearances.

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GARRY MOORE WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1915

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Garry Moore was a game show host and comedian best known for his
work in television.  Moore entered show business as a radio personality
in the 1940s and was a television host on several game and variety show  
programs during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s such as The Garry Moore
Show
on CBS-TV from 1959 to 1967 and I’ve got a secret from 1952 to
1967 on CBS. Moore was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1976 and
retired from television. He died on November 28, 1993.

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W.C. FIELDS ~ JANUARY 29, 1880–DECEMBER 25, 1946

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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was a comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields was known for his comic roles as a cantankerous and
hard-drinking egotist who was a compassionate character despite his snarling
contempt for dogs, children, and women. 

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JOHN BELUSHI WAS BORN ON THE DATE IN 1949

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John Adam Belushi  was a comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC-TV comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live in the early 1970’s and for his roles in the films National Lampoon’s Animal House(1978)
and The Blues Brother(1980). He died of a drug overdose on March 5, 1982 at
the age of 33. John was the older brother of Jim Belushi.

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