Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #75
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/20/2009 11:21 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 75
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      ADMINISTRIVIA: This Week's Cincy Con  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Sir Clement Freud                     [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Thomas radio                          [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      4-18 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 19-25 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Birthday Time                         [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Cincinnati                            [ KE0O <oldradiotimes@[removed]; ]
      A Question of Pianos                  [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      4-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Sammie Hill                           [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Hopalong Cassidy                      [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      4-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:01:59 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ADMINISTRIVIA: This Week's Cincy Convention

    Folks;

       As most of you know, the Cincinnati Old-Time Radio and Nostalgia
    Convention is later this week. After a long hiatus, my family and I will be
    attending this year, so the Digest will likely be a bit delayed over the week
    (not that it hasn't been somewhat unpredictable over the last few months,
    [removed]).

       Those of you who are attending, be sure to find me and say hello - I'll be
    the routund guy running around taking photos all over the place, probably
    with a constantly-refilled coffee in my hand. I haven't had the chance to
    build the new fundraiser discs I had hoped to bring with me, but I'll have a
    few copies of older discs available should anyone be interested. (No "hard
    sell," though, honest - donations always welcomed, but I really want to meet
    as many of you as possible.)

       I'll also be filling-in for Derek Tague in a conversation with Eddie
    Carroll on Saturday morning - while Derek will certainly be missed, I'm
    delighted he asked me to sub for him and chat with Eddie, one of the "good
    guys." Attendees will be able to ask questions of Eddie as well, and anyone
    not attending is welcomed to email your questions to me, and I'll include as
    many as time permits. I may even check my Twitter timeline during the
    conversation, to pick up any last-minute questions you might think of.
    Seriously, how "geek" is that?

       Speaking of those who _aren't_ attending, my plans call for
    "micro-blogging" via Twitter throughout the convention via my cell phone and
    the web. To add the updates to your timeline, simply follow CFSummers - if
    you don't have a Twitter account (don't worry, Twitter accounts are free),
    you can watch [removed] or even monitor the RSS feed there.
    (I had hoped to have programming in place by now to accumulate the Twitter
    posts once/day and post them to the blog, but that isn't finished yet,
    either.)

       I'm hoping once or twice a day to find some time to post a
    longer-than-140-character blog entry with photos, sound, or video to the
    Nostalgic Rumblings blog at [removed] so check that out
    occasionally as well. I _will_ be checking email throughout the weekend, but
    expect me to be slower than normal in responding to Digest-related questions.
    We'll be arriving at the hotel a little early so we can "rest up" from the
    drive - remind me to tell you sometime about the first year I attended,
    driving all night long to get there at 8:00am Friday [removed](*shudder*)

       Anyway, should be a lot of fun. For those attending, I'll see you soon -
    and hopefully, I'll be able to bring a little of the fun to the Net for those
    who can't make it!

             Charlie

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:07 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sir Clement Freud

    Various news outlets are reporting the death of Sir Clement Freud, best known
    to radio fans for his appearances on the long-running BBC radio panel game
    show "Just a Minute." According to the Just a Minute blog
    ([removed]), he appeared for 41 and a half years
    (beginning with the first show, and recording his last episode just a few
    weeks ago). He was on 543 episodes (winning 230, which must be a record). (He
    also appears on the cover of the Wings album "Band on the Run," standing
    between Paul McCartney and Christopher Lee.)

    His wonderfully dry wit was always appreciated on Just a Minute, and he will
    be missed.

    Kermyt

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:13 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Thomas radio

    An answer to Ted:

> >     Does anyone have one of those reproductions of old radios?  Specifically,
> >     Thomas brand.  If so, might you have either the box it came or the original
> >     paperwork?  I am trying to find the manufacturer's website as I need a
> >     couple replacement knobs.

    Well Ted I have news for you I have a Thomas radio Model: BD 109. I got
    for Christmas  1987 and  we use it every day. When I saw you request I
    ran to my filing cabinet and went through  many appliance instruction
    and document and there it was "Thomas Instruction Manual" , and that is
    all it is plus the wiring diagram and other technical [removed] it shows
    it was "Printed in Hongkong"
    No name or address of the manufacturer. Sorry but I tried. If you want a
    copy of what I have I will send it to you.
    Frank McGurn.

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:18 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-18 births/deaths

    April 18th births

    04-18-1857 - Clarence Darrow - Kinsman, OH - d. 3-13-1938
    lawyer: " Scopes "Monkey" trial, WGN Chicago"
    04-18-1880 - Donald Crisp - Aberfeldy, Scotland - d. 5-25-1974
    actor: Jonathan Trimble "Jonathan Trimble, Esquire"
    04-18-1882 - Leopold Stokowski - London, England - d. 9-13-1977
    conductor: "NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air"
    04-18-1887 - Bill Hay - Dumfires, Scotland - d. 10-12-1978
    announcer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
    04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
    comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-18-1902 - Harry Owens - O'Neil, NE - d. 12-12-1986
    bandleader: "Hawaii Calls"; "Sweet Leilani Time"; Harry Owens and His
    Orchestra"
    04-18-1904 - Pigmeat Markham - Durhan, N - d. 12-13-1981
    comedian: ("order in the court ' cuz here come da judge) "Jubilee"
    04-18-1907 - Miklos Rozsa - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-27-1995
    composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-18-1907 - Stephen Longstreet - NYC - d. 2-20-2002
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-18-1908 - Irra Petina - Petrograd, Russia - d. 1-19-2000
    singer: "The Railroad Hour"
    04-18-1911 - Louis Vittes - d. 4-21-1969
    writer: "Advs. of The Thin Man"; "Affairs of Peter Salem"; "The Lone
    Wolf"
    04-18-1912 - Al Hodge - Ravenna, OH - d. 3-19-1979
    actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Columbia Workshop"
    04-18-1912 - Fred De Denise - NYC
    drummer: "Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra"
    04-18-1912 - Wendy Barrie - Hong Kong, China - d. 2-2-1978
    hostess, actor: "Detect and Collect"; "Jack Haley Show"; "Star for a
    Night"
    04-18-1914 - Ben Bezoff - d. 12-30-1979
    newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
    04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
    actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
    04-18-1918 - Tony Mottola - Kearney, NJ - d. 8-9-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show"; "Burl Ives Sings"
    04-18-1921 - Barbara Hale - DeKalb, IL
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"
    04-18-1921 - Jay L. McMullen - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-18-1992
    news commentator: "Babies: [removed]"
    04-18-1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Vinton, LA - d. 9-10-2005
    singer, guitarist: "Newport Jazz Festival"
    04-18-1925 - Bob Hastings - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: Archie Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Jerry "Sea Hound"
    04-18-1929 - Walt Levinsky - New Jersey - d. 12-14-1999
    clarinetist: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Benny Goodman and His
    Orchestra
    04-18-1937 - Robert Hooks - Washington, [removed]
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    04-18-1941 - John J. Jackson - d. 3-17-2004
    rock-radio personality
    04-18-1949 - Larry Albert - Souix Falls, SD
    actor: Harry Nile "Advs. of Harry Nile"

    April 18th deaths

    02-18-1930 - John Patton, Jr. - Garland City, AR - d. 4-18-2005
    tenor: Hosted a popular radio program in Los Angeles
    02-25-1896 - John Parrish - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 4-18-1988
    actor: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "Life Can Be Beautiful"
    02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
    panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    03-14-1879 - Albert Einstein - Ulm, Germany - d. 4-18-1955
    physicist: "The Quick and the Dead"
    04-04-1901 - Gay Seabrook - Seattle, WA - d. 4-18-1970
    actor: Susabelle "Joe Penner Show"
    04-09-1916 - Ann Morrison - Sioux City, IA - d. 4-18-1978
    actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Escape"
    07-04-1911 - Olga Druce - d. 4-18-2004
    director: "House of Mystery"; "When a Girl Marries"
    08-03-1900 - Ernie Pyle - Dana, IN - d. 4-18-1945
    world war II correspondent: "Words at War"; "Cavalcade of America"
    08-27-1929 - Dick Vosburgh - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 4-18-2007
    writer: "Breakfast with Braden"
    09-03-1910 - Kitty Carlisle - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-18-2007
    singer: "Song Shop"; "RCA Magic Key"
    09-29-1915 - Norton Mockridge - NYC - d. 4-18-2004
    newspaper columnist: Hosted radio program on CBS radio (1964-1970)
    10-06-1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Larvik, Norway - d. 4-18-2002
    archaeologist: "London Column"
    10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
    host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-27-1907 - Mignon Schreiber - Chicago, IL - d. 4-18-1965
    actor: Jennie Fox "Foxes of Flatbush", Mrs. Kransky "Guiding Light"
    11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
    conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
    11-25-1897 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Goshen, NY - d. 4-18-1973
    jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
    comedian: British Radio

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:24 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 19-25 April

     From Those Were The Days

    4/19

    1924   The WLS Barn Dance began airing on WLS.

    4/20

    1935    Your Hit Parade was first broadcast.

    1947   Fred Allen didn't find things so funny when censors cut him off
    the air during his broadcast. Allen was telling a joke about a mythical
    network vice president when he was suddenly taken off the air. One
    moment [removed]

    4/21

    1940   Take It or Leave It, was first heard on CBS on this day. Bob Hawk
    offered contestants a top prize of $64. No, there were no lovely parting
    gifts or consolation prizes that we could find. Losers just left.

    1949   The prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Broadcasting was
    presented to You Bet Your Life star, "The one, the only, Groucho
    (Marx)." This was the first time the honor had been awarded to a comedian.

    4/22

    1940   The first all Chinese commercial radio program was broadcast over
    KSAN in San Francisco, CA.

    1946   Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg arrived at WEAF in New York City
    with an entertaining morning show called, Hi, Jinx.

    4/24

    1949   Dick Powell starred in Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC.
    The show stayed on the air for four years.

    1955   X Minus One, a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC.

    4/25

    1938   Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:36 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Birthday Time

    One of the most delightful items on any Digester's birthday agenda is
    reviewing the daily list of births posted by Ron Sayles. How
    interesting it is to find out the OTR stars with whom you share your
    birthday. So on my 73rd birthday, it was with great pleasure I read
    that I share my April 16th birthday with Marian Jordan, Les Tremayne,
    Joan Alexander, and Milton Cross.

    Three of them are deceased now, according to Ron's list; only Joan
    "Lois Lane" Alexander may still be with us (born 1918.)  When
    researching "Private Eyelashes," to cover her role in NBC's "It's
    Murder," I tried to provide some recent data on her, but the only
    material I could find was three decades old. In the 50s, she was an
    occasional panelist on "The Name's The Same" and "To Tell The
    Truth" (the latter hosted by her buddy, Bud Collyer.) She did get to
    voice the role of Lois Lane  in the late 60s when CBS-TV brought a
    weekly Superman cartoon series to the air. But after that, she seems
    to have dropped out of show-biz.

    Any recent sighting of Joan?

    On the other hand, Noel Neill, the Lois Lane we remember from TV, has
    remained in the spotlight (both TV and movies) and continues making
    personal appearances to date. This year Metropolis, IL will dedicate
    a life-like statue of her in its annual Superman festival which Noel
    will attend.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:47 -0400
    From: KE0O <oldradiotimes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincinnati

    If you're attending the Cincinnati convention next weekend and would be
    interested in a few old radios, let me know. I don't want any compensation
    for them; these are free. I'm weeding my collection and have a mid-40s Zenith
    console, an early-50s Philco, a couple 60s era table tops, and a couple other
    odds-and-ends. These are not in great shape and would need restoration work.
    Please save these from the trash and contact me if you'd like them. Hope to
    hear from someone.
    Ryan Ellett

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:15:13 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A Question of Pianos

    Did anyone record Catholic Charities Special: A Question Of Pianos, Bing
    Crosby, 4/18/48, NBC broadcast which was broadcast Saturday night on WRVO? I
    missed it. Andrew

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:15:18 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-19 births/deaths

    April 19th births

    04-19-1858 - May Robson - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-20-1943
    actor: Aunt May Webster "Lady of Millions"
    04-19-1888 - William Axt - d. 2-12-1959
    musical director: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program"
    04-19-1891 - Ralph Jewell - d. 5-xx-1964
    Played cornet for various bands around Detroit and WXYZ
    04-19-1897 - Vivienne Segal - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-29-1992
    actor: "Jantzen Radio Program"
    04-19-1900 - George O'Brien - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-23-1985
    actor: "Anchors Aweigh"
    04-19-1907 - Lin Basquette - San Mateo, CA - d. 9-30-1994
    actor: "Whatever Became of  . . . "
    04-19-1913 - Sylvia Froos - New York - d. 3-28-2004
    singer: "Sylvia Froos Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
    04-19-1915 - Albert Buhrman - Springfield, MO - d. 1-29-1999
    organist: "Murder at Midnight"; "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    04-19-1920 - Frank Fontaine - Cambridge, MA - d. 8-4-1978
    comedian: John L. C. Sivoney "Jack Benny Program"
    04-19-1937 - Elinor Donahue - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "The Search"
    04-19-1942 - Noah Adams - Ashland, KY
    host: "All Things Considered"
    04-19-1977 - Martin Grams. Jr. - Baltimore, MD
    old time radio historian

    April 19th deaths

    01-05-1910 - Lumpy Brannum - Sandwich, IL - d. 4-19-1987
    bass: "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians"
    02-20-1888 - Muriel Starr - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-19-1950
    actor: Susan Leighton "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    03-06-1917 - Frankie Howerd - York, England - d. 4-19-1992
    comedian: "Frankie Howerd Show"
    03-08-1911 - Heinie Beau - Calvary, WI - d. 4-19-1987
    composer/arranger: composed for radio, televison and movies
    04-05-1926 - Stan Levy - d. 4-19-2005
    jazz drummer: "Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra"
    04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
    actor: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"
    04-29-1897 - Charles Seel - NYC - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: "Romance"; "Four-Star Playhouse"; "The Halls of Ivy"
    05-10-1930 - June Knox-Mawer - Wrexham, England - d. 4-19-2006
    host: "The Women's Hour"
    05-13-1907 - Daphne du Maurier - London, England - d. 4-19-1989
    author: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Several of her works were adapted for
    radio
    05-18-1908 - Lorene Scott - d. 4-19-1983
    actor: Maria Hawkins "Young Widder Brown"
    06-18-1910 - Russ Hodges - Dayton, TN - d. 4-19-1971
    sportscaster: "Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant, Giants
    win the pennant"
    07-01-1920 - Ronnie Bonner - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-19-1991
    song writer: "Uncle Wip"
    07-30-1909 - Gordon Hughes - d. 4-19-1999
    director: "Lights Out"; "The Guiding Light"
    09-05-1914 - Nancy Ordway - Fort Warden, WA - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: Helen Holden "Helen Holden, Government Girl"
    09-10-1907 - Alvin Childress - Meridian, MS - d. 4-19-1986
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    10-02-1921 - Scott Crossfield - Berkely, CA - d. 4-19-2006
    test pilot: "Great Moments To Music"
    10-30-1911 - Ruth Hussey - Providence, RI - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-28-1891- Ethel Wilson - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: Aunt Harriett "The Aldrich Family"; May Case "Lora Lawton"
    11-29-1918 - Michael O'Duffy - Derry, Ireland - d. 4-19-2003
    lyric tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:15:43 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sammie Hill
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

    Ed Clute is trying to find information about Sammie Hill who was in several
    Gunsmokes.   You can send the information to me.   Ed doesn't have a
    computer.   Jay

      *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear ***
      ***                  as the sender intended.                   ***

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:15:55 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hopalong Cassidy

    Two things.  1)  Does anyone have a feel for what era the Hoppy shows are
    set in?  I don't mean when they were broadcast, but the era they represent
    such as the 1880s, etc.

    2)  I know the name of the theme songs for both the radio and TV series --
    the ones written by Albert Glasser.  I am trying to find a copy (even a
    photocopy) of the sheet music.

    Thanks.

    Ted

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    Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:16:06 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-20 births/deaths

    April 20th births		04-20-1889 - Adolf Hitler - Braunau, Austria
    - d.
    4-30-1945
    dictator: Propaganda broadcasts
    04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
    comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
    04-20-1897 - Gregory Ratoff - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 12-14-1960
    panelist: "Information, Please"
    04-20-1898 - Sidney Lanfield - Chicago, IL - d. 6-20-1972
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    04-20-1900 - Reed Kennedy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-12-1952
    vocalist: "Gulf Headliners"; "The Song Shop"
    04-20-1904 - Bruce Cabot - Carlsbad, NM - d. 5-3-1972
    actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Hollywood on the Air"
    04-20-1904 - John Sanford - Harlem, NY - 3-6-2003
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-20-1908 - Lionel Hampton - Louisville, KY - d. 8-31-2002
    vibraphone artist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Lionel Hampton and
    His Orchestra"
    04-20-1914 - Betty Lou Gerson - Chattanooga, TN - d. 1-12-1999
    actor: Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Charlotte Wilson "The
    Guiding Light"
    04-20-1915 - Evelyn Scott - Brockton, MA - d. 1-31-2002
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "The Smiths of Hollywood"
    04-20-1923 - Tito Puente - NYC - d. 5-31-2000
    percussionist, bandleader: "Manhattan Melodies"
    04-20-1924 - Nina Foch - Leyden, The Netherlands - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"
    04-20-1924 - Patricia Peardon - Allendale, NJ - d. 4-22-1993
    actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Joan Worthington "Orphans of
    Divorce"
    04-20-1926 - Elena Verdugo - Hollywood, CA
    actor: Millie Bronson "Meet Millie"

    April 20th deaths

    01-21-1924 - Benny Hill - Southampton, England - d. 4-20-1992
    comedian: "Educating Archie"
    01-29-1923 - Martin Ragaway - d. 4-20-1989
    writer: "The Abbot and Costello Show"; "The Milton Berle Show"
    03-27-1916 - Howard Merrill - NYC - d. 4-20-2002
    writer: "Advs. of Leonidas Witherall"; "Leave It to Mike"; "Secret
    Missions"
    04-12-1919 - Cy Bahakel - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-20-2006
    newscaster: WJRD Tuscaloosa, AL
    05-07-1892 - Archibald MacLeish - Glencoe, IL - d. 4-20-1982
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    05-10-1922 - Ric Throssell - Greenmount, Western Australia - d.
    4-20-1999
    writer: "The Day Before Tomorrow"
    05-20-1921 - Joel Kane - Los Angeles County, CA - d. 4-20-1993
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    06-19-1920 - Johnny Douglas - London, England - d. 4-20-2003
    host: "In the Still of the Night"
    06-25-1924 - Phil Nowlan - d. 4-20-2002
    writer: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century based on Nowlan"s comic strip
    06-28-1904 - Hector Chevigny - d. 4-20-1965
    writer: "Portia Faces Life"; "The Second Mrs. Burton"
    07-09-1925 - Alan Dale - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-20-2002
    singer, actor: "Sing It Again"
    08-08-1912 - Gail Henshaw - NYC - d. 4-20-1954
    actor: Kitty Keene "Kitty Keene"; Linda Munson "The Woman in White"
    08-22-1879 - Edward Johnson - Ontario, Canada - d. 4-20-1959
    operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    09-19-1910 - Dresser Dahlstead - Springville, UT - d. 4-20-1998
    announcer: "I Deal in Crime"; "Death Valley Days"; "I Love a Mystery"
    10-20-1897 - William A. Bacher - d. 4-20-1965
    producer, director: "Al Jolson Show"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Treasury
    Star Parade"
    10-26-1912 - Donald Siegel - Chicago, IL - d. 4-20-1991
    film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    11-08-1847 - Bram Stoker - Dublin, Ireland - d. 4-20-1912
    author: Many of his works adapted for radio
    11-20-1890 - Robert Armstrong - Saginaw, MI - d. 4-20-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-20-1889 - Ernest LaPrade - Memphis, TN - d. 4-20-1969
    conductor: "Collier's Hour"; "Orchestra of the Nation"

    Ron

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