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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 45
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      3-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      3-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:56:48 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-7 births/deaths

    March 7th births

    03-07-1878 - Percy Hemus - Auckland, New Zealand - d. 12-22-1943
    actor: Dr. Winslow "Road of Life"; Old Wrangler "Tom Mix"
    03-07-1880 - Sidney Scott Booth - Birmingham, England - d. 3-5-1946
    radio performer
    03-07-1882 - J. W. Fincher - Arkansas - d. 8-xx-1951
    country music: "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    03-07-1886 - Ray Largay - Wisconsin - d. 9-28-1974
    actor: Mr. Farnum "Ma Perkins"; Frederick Nelson "Young Widder Brown"
    03-07-1889 - Lula Vollmer - Keyser, NC - d. 5-2-1955
    writer: "Moonshine and Honeysuckle"
    03-07-1890 - George H. Shackley - Quincy, MA - d. 10-25-1959
    conductor/composer: "Ava Maria Hour"; "Homemaker's Exchange"
    03-07-1905 - Ruth Freed Akst - Vancouver, Canada - d. 8-7-1989
    composer/violinist lead singing and instrumental trio on radio
    03-07-1906 - Edward Mabley - Binghampton, NY - d. 12-16-1984
    writer: "The American School of the Air"
    03-07-1906 - Louis Pelletier - NYC - d. 2-11-2000
    writer: "The FBI in Peace and War"
    03-07-1907 - George Beck - NYC - d. 10-6-1999
    screenwriter: "Good News of 1939"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"
    03-07-1913 - Smokey Montgomery - Rinard, IA - d. 6-6-2001
    banjo picker: (Member of the Light Crust Dough Boys) "Columbia's
    Country Caravan"
    03-07-1916 - Vivian Smolen - d. 6-11-2006
    actor: Laurel Grosvenor "Stella Dallas"; Sunday Brinthrope "Our Gal
    Sunday"
    03-07-1917 - Hubert Bisping - d. 7-26-1992
    newscaster: KUTA Salt Lake City, Utah
    03-07-1921 - Elanor Summerfield - London, England - d. 7-13-2001
    actor: "Many a Slip"
    03-07-1923 - Arthur Julian - Memphis, TN - d. 1-30-1995
    writer: "The Beulah Show"
    03-07-1925 - Rene Gagnon - Manchester, NH - d. 10-12-1979
    raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima:: "Interview programs"
    03-07-1925 - Richard Vernon - Reading, England - d. 12-4-1997
    actor: Slartibartfast "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
    03-07-1929 - Marion Marlowe - St. Louis, MO
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    03-07-1934 - Willard Scott - Alexandria, VA
    disc jockey: (The Joy Boys)
    03-07-1937 - Anne Kristen - Scotland - d. 8-7-1996
    actor: "Carver"

    March 7th deaths

    01-01-1913 - Norman Rosten - d. 3-7-1995
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "An American in Russia"
    01-01-1916 - Earl Wrightson - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-7-1993
    singer: "Highways in Melody"; "Getting the Most Out of Life"
    02-18-1914 - Pee Wee King - Abrams, WI - d. 3-7-2000
    singer, songwriter, accordionist: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Pee Wee King Show"
    03-06-1914 - Kiril Kondrashin - Moscow, Russia - d. 3-7-1981
    conductor: "Van Cliburn Concert"
    03-23-1910 - Paula Winslowe - Grafton, ND - d. 3-7-1996
    actor: Peg Riley "Life of Riley"; Jill "Joe E. Brown Show"
    03-25-1903 - Frankie Carle - Providence, RI - d. 3-7-2001
    bandleader, pianist: "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
    05-18-1904 - Jacob K. Javits - NYC - d. 3-7-1986
    [removed] senator new york: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    05-24-1880- Arthur "Doc" Bagley - d. 3-7-1952
    father of radio excercise programs
    06-20-1905 - Matt Crowley - New Haven, CT - d. 3-7-1983
    actor: Mark Trail "Mark Trail"; Buck Rogers "Buck Rogers"
    07-23-1910 - Nat Brandywine - NYC - d. 3-7-1978
    pianist, bandleader: "Wonderful City"
    08-21-1882 - Helen Carew - Kansas - d. 3-7-1980
    actor: Vera Johnson "Stella Dallas"; "Mrs. Mitchell "Barry Cameron"
    08-23-1924 - Frank Pacelli - d. 3-7-1997
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Sportsman Club"; "War Town"
    09-12-1901 - Ben Blue - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 3-7-1975
    actor, comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"
    10-20-1927 - Priscilla Lyon - Washington County, NC - d. 3-7-1980
    actor: Corliss Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"; Amy Foster "Those We Love"
    11-05-1879 - Will Hays - Sullivan, IN - d. 3-7-1954
    puritanical censor: "Republican National Convention 1948"; "A Tribute
    to FDR"
    11-14-1926 - Leonie Rysanek - Vienna, Austria - d. 3-7-1998
    soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    12-24-1916 - Morton Fine - d. 3-7-1991
    writer: "Bold Venture"; "Broadway Is My Beat"; "The Front Page"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:57:51 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-8 births/deaths

    March 8th births

    03-08-1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes - Boston, MA - d. 3-6-1935
    On his 90th birthday he delivered a short radio speech
    03-08-1889 - Rosario Bourdon - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
    conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
    03-08-1891 - Sam Jaffe - NYC - d. 3-24-1984
    actor: "Fannie Hurst Presents"; "New World A-Coming"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    03-08-1893 - Victor Arden - Wenona, IL - d. 7-31-1962
    pianist and orchestra director with various radio appearances
    03-08-1899 - Gladys Thornton - Madison. Fl - d. 9-2-1964
    actor: Aunt Addie "My Son and I"; Mrs. Tasek "The O'Neills"
    03-08-1902 - Louise Beavers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-26-1962
    actor: Beulah "Beulah"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-08-1906 - Franklyn MacCormack - Waterloo, IA - d. 6-12-1971
    announcer: "Caroline's Golden Store"; "Jack Armstrong"
    03-08-1909 - Anthony Donato - Prague, NE - d. 10-29-1990
    composer: "Surprise Serenade"
    03-08-1909 - Claire Trevor - NYC - d. 4-8-2000
    actor: Lorelei Kilbourne " Big Town", Theresa Travers "Results, Inc."
    03-08-1910 - Victor Wolfson - NYC - d. 5-23-1990
    author of radio plays
    03-08-1911 - Eunice Hanger - Mount Chalmers, Australia - d. 10-16-1972
    writer: "From the Diary of a Bush Schoolmaster"
    03-08-1911 - Heinie Beau - Calvary, WI - d. 4-19-1987
    composer/arranger: composed for radio, televison and movies
    03-08-1912 - David Friedkin - d. 10-15-1976
    writer: "Bold Venture"; "Broadway Is My Beat"; "The Front Page"
    03-08-1918 - Alan Hale, Jr. - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-2-1990
    actor: "Smiths of Hollywood"
    03-08-1918 - Sam Donahue - Detroit, MI - d. 3-22-1974
    saxaphonist, bandleader: dance band remotes
    03-08-1919 - Mavor Moore - Toronto, Canada - d. 12-18-2006
    actor: Nero Wolfe "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "The Crusoe Boys"
    03-08-1921 - Cyd Charisse - Amarillo, TX - d. 6-17-2008
    actor, dancer: Guest: "Spike Jones Show"
    03-08-1922 - Al Gionfriddo - Dysart, PA - d. 3-14-2003
    sportscaster: KONG Visalia, CA
    03-08-1924 - Sean McClory - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-10-2003
    actor: "Favorite Story"; "NBC University Theatre"
    03-08-1928 - Judy Johnson - Norfolk, VA
    singer: "Stars for Defense"; "Broadway in Review"
    03-08-1929 - Betty Carter - d. 9-26-1998
    jazz vocalist: "Jazz Alive"
    03-08-1943 - Lynn Redgrave - London, England - d. 5-2-2010
    actor: "Artist Descending a Staircase"; "Vile Bodies"

    March 8th deaths

    02-15-1918 - Hank Locklin - Mc Lellan, FL - d. 3-8-2009
    played guitar and sang on radio stations across the South as a teenager
    02-26-1928 - John Ewart - Melbourne, Australia - d. 3-8-1994
    actor: "Snow White"
    03-06-1916 - Red Callender - Richmond, VA - d. 3-8-1992
    jazz bass player: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    03-16-1906 - Arch Presby - Canada - d. 3-8-1987
    announcer, emcee: "Smilin' Ed and His Buster Brown Gang"
    04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
    comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
    04-29-1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham - St. Helens, England - d. 3-8-1961
    conductor: "Information Please"
    06-02-1889 - Martha Wentworth - NYC - d. 3-8-1974
    actor: Wintergreen Witch "Cinnamon Bear"; Nancy "Witch's Tale"
    07-08-1914 - Billy Eckstine - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
    jazz vocalist: "Yessiree . . .It's Mr. B!"; "ABCs of Music";
    "Julilee"; "Big Show"
    07-15-1908 - Parke Levy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
    creator, writer, director: "Joe Penner"; "My Friend Irma"
    07-19-1930 - Rhoda Williams - Denver, CO - d. 3-8-2006
    actor: Betty Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "Life of Riley"
    07-27-1901 - Henrietta Drake-Brockman - Perth, Australia - d. 3-8-1968
    writer: "The Quick and the Dead"
    08-17-1922 - Jack Sperling - Trenton, NJ - d. 3-8-2004
    drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
    09-13-1876 - Sherwood Anderson - Camden, OH - d. 3-8-1941
    writer: "The Free Company"
    09-13-1944 - Carol Barnes - Norwich, England - d. 3-8-2008
    report for the BBC
    10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
    actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"; Nathan Hale "Roses and Drums"
    10-15-1908 - Herman Chittison - Flemingsburg, KY - d. 3-8-1967
    jazz pianist: "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "The Gloom Dodgers"
    10-15-1921 - Allan Drake - Massachusetts - d. 3-8-1986
    actor: "The Ethel Merman Show"
    10-18-1924 - Anne Manahan - County Waterford, Ireland - d. 3-8-2009
    actor: "All That Fall"
    11-20-1918 - Kathie Kay - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 3-8-2005
    singer: "Billy Cotton Band Show"
    11-25-1914 - Joe DiMaggio - Martinez, CA - d. 3-8-1999
    baseball superstar: "Joe DiMaggio Show"
    12-08-1904 - George Stevens - Oakland, CA - d. 3-8-1975
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-12-1909 - Karen Morley - Ottumwa, IA - d. 3-8-2003
    blacklisted actor: "War Town"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
    actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"

    Ron

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