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 Remembering a great actor who was born on this day in 1932.  He became legendary as the stiff moving monotone speaking butler Lurch on "The Addams Family" in the 1960's.  He took his unique voice to several cartoons in the 1970's but sadly he left us on January 16, 1979 at the young age of 46.  In Memoriam Remembers: Ted Cassidy

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September 3, 1932 - July 28, 2013 In Memoriam Remembers: Eileen Brennan 

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Here is a list of the people that would have turned 100 in 2013... Vivien Leigh Burt Lancaster Lloyd Bridges Hedy LeMarr Alan Ladd Danny Kaye Jim Backus Loretta Young Red Skelton Anna Lee Trevor Howard Howard Duff Geraldine Fitzgerald Noah Beery, Jr. Frances Langford John McGiver Douglas Seale Mary Martin Barney Phillips Macdonald Carey Don DeFore William Prince Robert Lowery Dorothy Kilgallen Louis Nye Lou Jacobi Paulene Myers Ralph Edwards Harry Bartell Jess Oppenheimer Jane Rose Lee Sholem Virginia Carroll

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Happy Birthday! William Powell (1892) Lloyd Bochner (1924) 

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Happy Birthday! Rudy Vallee (1901) Bill Goodwin (1910) Ann Doran (1911) 

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Happy Birthday! Judith Lowry (1890) Keenan Wynn (1916) Don Galloway (1937) At Rest: Bob Hope (2003) 

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 February 29, 1944 - July 22, 2013 In Memoriam Remembers: Dennis Farina

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Happy Birthday! Joseph Sweeney (1882) Gracie Allen (1895) Vivian Vance (1909) Stacy Harris (1918) 

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Happy Birthday! Walter Brennan (1894) Ralph Dumke (1899) Jack Gilford (1908) Harold "Hal" Peary (1908) Estelle Getty (1923) Jerry Paris (1925) 

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Happy Birthday! Mabel Albertson (1901) Jacqueline Brookes (1930) At Rest: Barbara Colby (1975) Chad Everett (2012) Sherman Hemsley (2012) 

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Happy Birthday! Helen Martin (1909) Jackson Beck (1912) Sandra Gould (1916) Bert Convy (1933) 

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July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008 5 years after her passing... In Memoriam Remembers: Estelle Getty 

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Happy Birthday! Don Knotts (1924) Paul Burke (1926) At Rest: Basil Rathbone (1967) Herb Edelman (1996) Robert Young (1998) 

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Happy Birthday! Verna Felton (1890) K.T. Stevens (1919) Natalie Wood (1938) At Rest: Sandra Gould (1999) James Doohan (2005) 

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Celebrating 900 posts...! It all began on June 6, 2008 and now five years and more than a thousand rememberances later we've reached the big 900.   Coming shortly....901! Let's prepare for the big 1000!   

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Happy Birthday! Billy Nelson (1903) Lou Krugman (1914) Pat Hingle (1924) At Rest: Jack Warden (2006) 

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Happy Birthday! Harriet Hilliard Nelson (1909) Hume Cronyn (1911) Red Skelton (1913) Jane Frazee (1918) Dolph Sweet (1920) Darlene Conley (1934) At Rest: Rebecca Schaeffer (1989) 

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Happy Birthday! Art Linkletter (1912) Phyllis Diller (1917) At Rest: Geraldine Fitzgerald (2005) Walter Cronkite (2009) 

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 Happy Birthday! Charles Eggleston (1882) Barbara Stanwyck (1907) Ginger Rogers (1911) Barnard Hughes (1915)

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2013 is more than half over...today we remember those we have lost so far... Ned Wertimer Tony Lip Conrad Bain Patty Andrews Robin Sachs Dale Robertson Bonnie Franklin Malachi Throne Richard Griffiths Milo O'Shea Annette Funicello Jonathan Winters Frank Bank Allan Arbus Deanna Durbin Jeanne Cooper Steve Forrest Jean Stapleton Maxine Stuart Harry Lewis James Gandolfini These people are not just names on a list, each one entered our homes and our hearts either once a week on television or through the silver screen...they will always be remembered. 

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 Happy Birthday! Donald Meek (1878) Spencer Williams, Jr. (1893) George Tobias (1901) William Hanna (1910) Dale Robertson (1923)

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May 15, 1925 - May 11, 1997 Remembering a great character actor...he appeared on several different shows spanning several decades. "Kraft Theatre" "True Story" "Naked City" "My Favorite Martian" "Get Smart" "Bewitched" "That Girl" "Love on a Rooftop" "Tarzan" "The Bill Cosby Show" "I Dream of Jeannie" "Adam-12" "The Partridge Family" "Rod Sterling's Night Gallery" "The Odd Couple" "Marcus Welby, M.D." "Eight is Enough" "All in the Family" "Good Times" "Diff'rent Strokes" "The Incredible Hulk" "WKRP in Cincinnati" "Fantasy Island" "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" "Sanford" "The Jeffersons" "One Day at a Time" "Alice" "Gimme a Break!&q

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Happy Birthday! Cheerio Meredith (1890) Milton Berle (1908) Joe DeRita (1909) Keith Andes (1920) Beah Richards (1920) 

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Happy Birthday! Harry Von Zell (1906) Gene Evans (1922) Brett Somers (1924) 

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Happy Birthday! Jeff Donnell (1921) Fred Gwynne (1926) At Rest: Mel Blanc (1989)

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Happy Birthday! Jester Hairston (1901) Vince Edwards (1928) Ronnie Burns (1935) At Rest: Rod Steiger (2002) Isabel Sanford (2004) Charles Lane (2007) 

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NO POST TODAY - TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 

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"Great Caesar's Ghost!" Today I continue this weekend tribute to the supporting players in the DC Comics Universe.  The Daily Planet's dedicated Editor-in-Chief has always been a part of Superman's life... On Radio: Julian Noa (1879-1958) on "The Adventures of Superman" (1940-1951) Movie Serials: Pierre Watkin (1889-1960) in Superman (1948) & Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Television: John Hamilton (1887-1958) on "Adventures of Superman" (1952-1958) Lane Smith (1936-2005) on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993-1997) Films: Jackie Cooper (1922-2011) -Superman (1978) -Superman II (1980) -Superman III (1983) -Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Animation: Julian Noa in several Fleischer cartoons (1941-1943) Jackson Beck (1912-2004) on "The New Adventures of Superman" (1966-1967) Stanley Ralph Ross (1935-2000) on "Superman" (1988) ---------

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Happy Birthday! Sebastian Cabot (1918) Merv Griffin (1925) John Rich (1925) Janet Leigh (1927) At Rest: Buddy Ebsen (2003) Kasey Rogers (2006) 

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Batman began in the comic books in 1939 and finally made it to live action media in 1943.  Throughout his history he has always had two very important allies by his side. Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth has appeared in several varations in the form of many people: Movie Serials: William Austin (1884-1975) in The Batman (1943) Eric Wilton (1882-1957) in Batman and Robin (1949) Television: Alan Napier (1903-1988) on "Batman" (1966-1968) Ian Abercrombie (1934-2012) on "Birds of Prey" (2002-2003) Major Films: Alan Napier in Batman: The Movie (1966) Michael Gough (1916-2011) -Batman (1989) -Batman Returns (1992) -Batman Forever (1995) Batman & Robin (1997) Animation: Olan Soule (1909-1994) in "The Batman/Superman Hour" (1968-1969) Misc: Michael Gough appeared as Alfred in a 1989 Diet Coke commerical, 1994 BBC radio-drama presentation of the story "Knightfall" and a 2001 OnStar commercial.

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Happy Birthday! Johnny Lee (1898) Gloria Stuart (1910) At Rest: Eva Gabor (1995) June Haver (2005) Evelyn Keyes (2008) 

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Happy Birthday! George Sanders (1906) At Rest: Ross Martin (1981) Rudy Vallee (1986) Jim Backus (1989) Curly Joe DeRita (1993) Andy Griffith (2012) 

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Happy Birthday! Brock Peters (1927) Kenneth McMillan (1932) Barbara Colby (1940) Ron Silver (1946) At Rest: Betty Grable (1973) Fred Gwynne (1993) James "Jimmy" Stewart (1997) 

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Happy Birthday! Charles Laughton (1899) Florence Stanley (1924) Farley Granger (1925)