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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 163
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      9-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      9-18 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:59:33 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-17 births/deaths

    September 17th births

    09-17-1890 - Gabriel Heatter - NYC - d. 3-30-1972
    news, commentator: "News and Comment"; "We, the People"
    09-17-1897 - Charles L. Bates - Villisca, IA - d. 8-5-1937
    organized and accompanied the Rhythm Girls with Paul Whitemen
    09-17-1902 - Esther Ralston - Bar Harbor, ME - d. 1-14-1994
    actor: Martha Jackson "Woman of Courage"; Kathy Marsh "Portia Faces
    Life"
    09-17-1903 - Frank Barton - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1995
    announcer: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "One Man's Family"
    09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
    comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
    09-17-1905 - Dolores Costello - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-1-1979
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Second Sunday"
    09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - South Dakota - d. 10-28-2000
    actor: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    09-17-1907 - Warren Burger - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-25-1995
    chief justice of the supreme court: "We Hold These Truths"
    09-17-1910 - Roberta Semple Salter - Hong Kong - d. 1-25-2007
    researcher: "Hobby Lobby"
    09-17-1914 - Charles Isaacs - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 12-13-2002
    witer: "Al Pearce and His Gang"; "The Texaco Star Theatre"
    09-17-1914 - Lindsay Hardy - Victor Harbor, South Australia - d.
    2-7-1994
    writer: "26 Hours"
    09-17-1915 - John Witty - Bristol, England - d. 1-14-1990
    Began radio broadcasting for the BBC in 1944
    09-17-1916 - Mary Stewart - Sunderland, Durham, England
    author: "Nine Coaches Waiting"
    09-17-1918 - Tom Moore - Meridian, MS - d. 3-31-2007
    executive: President ABC Radio and Television
    09-17-1923 - Hank Williams - Georgiana, AL - d. 1-1-1953
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"; "Grand Ole Opry"; "Health and Happiness"
    09-17-1925 - Art Baer - NYC - d. 9-17-2006
    producer, director, creator: "The Funny Side Up"
    09-17-1928 - Roddy McDowall - London, England - d. 10-3-1998
    panelist: "Keep Up with the Kids"
    09-17-1929 - Patricia Crowley - Olyphant, PA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-17-1931 - Anne Bancroft - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-6-2005
    actor: "Image Minorities"
    09-17-1934 - David McRobbie - Glasgow, Scotland
    writer: "Shops"
    09-17-1934 - Robin Ray - North London, England - d. 11-29-1998
    actor, musician: "Robin Ray's Record Review"
    09-17-1941 - Robert Takeo Matsui - Sacremento, CA - d. 1-1-2005
    congressman: Democratic response to President's radio address
    09-17-1943 - Beverly Aadland - Hollywood, CA - d. 1-5-2010
    actor: "Whatever Became of . . ."

    September 17th deaths

    01-16-1914 - Roger Wagner - Le Puy, France - d. 9-17-1992
    chorale director: "It's Time for Johnny Mercer"; "America Sings"
    01-25-1881 - Emil Judwig - Breslau, Selisia, Germany - d. 9-17-1948
    writer: "Information Please"
    02-03-1928 - Frankie Vaughan - Liverpool, England - d. 9-17-1999
    singer: "Al Jolson Centenary"
    02-13-1916 - James Griffith - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1993
    actor: "Gunsmoke"
    02-14-1920 - Jack Lesberg - Boston, MA - d. 9-17-2005
    jazz bassist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    02-16-1884 - Bert Kalmer - NYC - d. 9-17-1947
    lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"
    04-06-1887 - Max Montesole - London, England - d. 9-17-1942
    author of several radio plays
    04-23-1919 - Clifford Kendrick - d. 9-17-1996
    drums: "Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets"
    05-07-1915 - Win Elliot - Chelsea, MA - d. 9-17-1998
    sportscaster, emcee: "Fish Pond"; "County Fair"; "Quick as a Flash"
    05-12-1932 - Tom Aaker - d. 9-17-1999
    newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
    05-29-1913 - Iris Adrian - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1994
    actor: Abbott and Costello Show"
    06-21-1922 - Wade Denning - Albermarle, NC - d. 9-17-2007
    composer, arranger: "Let's Go On With the Show"
    06-28-1908 - John W. Harrington - NYC - d. 9-17-1974
    announcer: "Just Plain Bill"
    07-18-1913 - Red Skelton - Vincennes, IN - d. 9-17-1997
    comedian: "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
    08-09-1902 - Zino Francescatti - Marseilles, France - d. 9-17-1991
    violinist: "Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour"; "Concert Hall
    Program"
    08-15-1909 - Hugo Winterhalter - d. 9-17-1973
    pop-music conductor, arranger: "Johnny Desmond Program"; "Musical
    Showcase"
    08-31-1914 - Richard Basehart - Zanesville, OH - d. 9-17-1984
    actor: "Document A/777"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
    09-06-1918 - Jay Stewart - Summitville, IN - d. 9-17-1989
    announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "Spotlight on
    Music"
    09-13-1903 - Ken Trietsch - Arcadia, IN - d. 9-17-1987
    musician-singer: (Hoosier Hot Shots) "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    09-17-1925 - Art Baer - NYC - d. 9-17-2006
    producer, director, creator: "The Funny Side Up"
    10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-12-1911 - Claudia Morgan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-17-1974
    actor: Carolyn Allen Walker Kramer Nelson MacDonald; "Right to
    Happiness"
    11-14-1881 - Clayton Hamilton - NYC - d. 9-17-1946
    writer: "Radio Guild"; "Great Plays"; "Brownstone Theatre"
    11-19-1918 - Spiro Agnew - Towson, MD - d. 9-17-1996
    [removed] vice president: "Meet the Press"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:59:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-18 births/deaths

    September 18th births

    09-18-1873 - Charles K. Field - Montpelier, VT - d. 9-1-1948
    host: (Cherrio) "Cherrio"; "Arco Birthday Party"
    09-18-1881 - Wythe Williams - Meadville, PA - d. 7-13-1956
    newscaster: "As the Clock Strikes"
    09-18-1886 - Powel Crosley, Jr. - Cincinnati, OH - d. 3-28-1961
    owner of WLW radio station in Cincinnati
    09-18-1894 - Willard Robison - Shelbina, MO - d. 6-24-1968
    orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) "Plantation Echoes"
    09-18-1905 - Eddie Anderson - Oakland, CA - d. 2-28-1977
    actor: Rochester Van Jones "Jack Benny Program"
    09-18-1905 - Greta Garbo - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 4-15-1990
    actor: "Conquest"
    09-18-1908 - Blair Walliser - Chicago, IL - d. 8-31-1996
    writer, director: "Romance of Helen Trent"; "Backstage Wife"
    09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
    actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
    09-18-1916 - Samuel Badillo - d. 9-27-1992
    newscaster: WIAC San Juan, PR
    09-18-1917 - June Foray - Springfield, MA
    actor: Junie "Smile Time" "Stan Freberg Show"; "It's a Great Life"
    09-18-1919 - Diana Lewis - Asbury, NJ - d. 1-18-1997
    actor: "G. I. Journal"; "Radio's Reader Digest"
    09-18-1920 - Jack Warden - Newark, NJ - d. 7-19-2006
    actor: "Stagestruck"
    09-18-1929 - Phyllis Kirk - Syracuse, NY - d. 10-20-2006
    actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-18-1932 - Patricia Roe - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-18-1939 - Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, PA
    singer: "Frankie Avalon Show"
    09-18-1948 - Ken Brett - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-18-2003
    part of the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast team

    September 18th deaths

    01-07-1888 - Myrtle Vail Damerel - Joilet, IL - d. 9-18-1978
    actor: Myrtle Spear "Myrt and Marge"
    01-17-1917 - Sam Locke - Peabody, MA - d. 9-18-1998
    scriptwriter: "Grand Central Station"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
    02-27-1905 - Franchot Tone - Niagara Falls, NY - d. 9-18-1968
    actor: "Arch Oboler Plays"; "Free Company"; "Knickerbocker Playhouse"
    03-03-1900 - Edna Best - Hove, East Sussex, England - d. 9-18-1974
    director: "Sherlock Holmes"; "Silver Theatre"
    05-15-1890 - Katherine Anne Porter - Indian Creek, TX - d. 9-18-1980
    author: "NBC University Theatre"
    05-31-1879 - Frances Alda - Christchurch, New Zealand - d. 9-18-1952
    soprano: "Atwater Kent Hour"
    06-01-1890 - Frank Morgan - NYC - d. 9-18-1949
    actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
    07-08-1917 - Pamela Brown - London, England - d. 9-18-1975
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre On the Air"
    07-14-1904 - Annabella - La Varenne Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France - d.
    9-18-1996
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-08-1923 - Jimmy Witherspoon - Gurdon, AR - d. 9-18-1997
    blues singer: (Jay McShann's Band) "Jubilee"
    08-10-1902 - Franklyn Ferguson - Texas - d. 9-18-1969
    announcer: "The Breakfast Club"; "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    08-10-1915 - Jack Lester - Oklahoma - d. 9-18-2004
    actor: Sky King "Sky King"; ""Whistlin' Jimmy Steele"
    08-14-1902 - Harriet Allyn - d. 9-18-1998
    actor: Aggie Horn "In the Case of Aggie Horn"
    08-23-1902 - Charles Paul - NYC - d. 9-18-1990
    organist: "Kate Smith"; "As the Twig is Bent"
    08-24-1896 - Cyril Armbrister - d. 9-18-1966
    producer, director: "Chandu the Magician"; "Strange As It Seems";
    "Terry and the Pirates"
    09-04-1914 - Leonard Sterling - d. 9-18-1992
    announcer: "The Brighter Day"; "We Are Always Young"
    09-10-1917 - Jean Ruth Hay - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-18-2004
    disc jockey: "Reveille with Beverly"
    09-27-1893 - Phil Cook - Coldwater, MI - d. 9-18-1958
    comedian: "Radio Chief"; "Quaker Oats Man"; "Morning Almanac"

    Ron

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