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RIP Lyle Waggoner
1935-2020 Lyle Wesley Waggoner was born in Kansas City, Kansas. A former model, he was best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show” from 1967 to 1974, and for playing the role of Steve Trevor on “Wonder Woman” from 1975 to 1979. Waggoner worked with Lucille Ball for all four of Ball’s appearances on “The Carol Burnett…
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Madelyn Pugh
March 15, 1921 – April 20, 2011 Pugh was co-writer of the following Lucille Ball television shows: 180 episodes of “I Love Lucy” (1951-57) 5 episodes of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” (1957-58) 58 episodes of “The Lucy Show” (which she helped create; 1961-64) 29 episodes of “Here’s Lucy” (1968-74) 5 episodes of “Life With Lucy” (which she helped create;…
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ETHEL for PRESIDENT!
Randy Rainbow’s “Any Dem Will Do” In satirist Randy Rainbow’s video “Any Dem Will Do” none other than Ethel Mertz is on a laundry list of potential nominees for the Democratic nominee for President in 2020. Rainbow’s song parody uses two songs from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – “Any Dream Will Do” and “Joseph’s Coat.” Watch for…
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RIP James Lipton
1926-2020 James Louis Lipton was an American writer, producer, host, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He was the executive producer, writer and host of the cable television series “Inside the Actors Studio” which debuted in 1994. He retired from the show in 2018. His production…
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Henry Durrell Ball
September 16, 1887 – February 28, 1915 Lucille Ball’s father, Henry Durrell Ball, known as “Had” to friends and family, died on February 28, 1915, at 1am, according to his death certificate. Oddly, his death certificate lists the date as February 27, possibly due to the death occurring at 1am. The official cause of death was…
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RIP Robert Conrad
1935-2020 Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk) was an actor probably best known for his role as the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West in “The Wild, Wild West” (1964-68) and later as World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (syndicated as “Black Sheep Squadron”) from 1976 to 1978.…
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RIP Kirk Douglas
1916-2020 Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch) was an actor, producer, director and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in 1946. He went on to become one of Hollywood’s most enduring and popular actors, earning three Oscar nominations and receiving an honorary Oscar in 1996. In…
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