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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 44
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      2-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:18:12 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-27 births/deaths

    February 27th births

    02-27-1873 - Enrico Caruso - Naples, Italy - d. 8-2-1921
    tenor: On 12-13-1910 made experimental broadcast with Lee DeForest
    02-27-1880 - Georgia Burke - Atlanta, GA - d. 11-28-1985
    actor: Lily "When A Girl Marries"
    02-27-1888 - Lotte Lehmann - Perleberg, Prussia, Germany - d. 10-24-1976
    soprano: "Command Performance"; "Concert Hall"; "Here's to Veterans"
    02-27-1891 - David Sarnoff - Minsk, Russia - d. 12-12-1971
    executive: National Broadcasting Company"
    02-27-1891 - Rubey Cowan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-28-1957
    head of radio talent for NBC
    02-27-1892 - William Demarest - St. Paul, MN - d. 12-28-1983
    actor: Mr. Cobb "Cobbs"; "Eddie Bracken Show"
    02-27-1893 - Maurice Spitalny - Tetieff, Russia - d. 10-28-1986
    conductor: Music director for KDKA Pittsburgh
    02-27-1894 - Frank Munn - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-1-1953
    singer (The Golden Voice of Radio) Paul Oliver "Palmolive Hour"
    02-27-1894 - Upton Close - Kelso, WA - d. 11-14-1960
    commentator: "Events and Trends of the Week"; "Close-Ups of the :News"
    02-27-1897 - Marian Anderson - South Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-8-1993
    singer: "Ford Evening Sunday Hour"; "Telephone Hour"; "New World A'
    Coming"
    02-27-1899 - Ian Keith - Boston, MA - d. 3-26-1960
    actor "The O'Neill Cycle"
    02-27-1902 - Gene Sarazen - Harrison, NY - d. 5-13-1999
    golf legend: "Tops in Sports"
    02-27-1902 - Joe Tarto - d. 8-24-1976
    musician: "The Ipana Troubadors"
    02-27-1902 - John Steinbeck - Salinas, CA - d. 12-20-1968
    novelist: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen
    Director's Playhouse"
    02-27-1903 - Reginald Gardiner - Wimbledon, Surrey, England - d.
    7-7-1980
    actor: "Document A/777"
    02-27-1904 - Elisabeth Welch - NYC - d. 7-15-2003
    actress, singer: "Soft Lights and Sweet Music"
    02-27-1905 - Franchot Tone - Niagara Falls, NY - d. 9-18-1968
    actor: "Arch Oboler Plays"; "Free Company"; "Knickerbocker Playhouse"
    02-27-1907 - Kenneth Horne - England - d. 2-14-1969
    comedian: "Round the Horne"; "Ack Ack Beer Beer"; "Beyond Our Ken"
    02-27-1907 - Mildred Bailey - Tekoa, WA - d. 12-12-1951
    singer: (Rockin' Chair Lady) "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Camel Caravan"
    02-27-1909 - Carl Frank - Weehawken, NJ - d. 9-23-1972
    actor: Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"; Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
    02-27-1910 - Joan Bennett - Palisades, NJ - d. 12-7-1990
    actor: "Ford Theatre"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "Skippy Hollywood
    Theatre"
    02-27-1912 - Ralph Camargo - Glendale, CA - d. 1-15-1992
    actor: "X-Minus One"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    02-27-1913 - Irwin Shaw - NYC - d. 5-16-1984
    author: "Columbia Workshop";"Studio One"; "The Gumps"
    02-27-1914 - S. Carl Mark - NYC - d. 7-4-2000
    host: "Mutual Goes Calling"
    02-27-1915 - Donald Curtis - Cheney, WA - d. 5-22-1997
    actor: Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
    02-27-1917 - George Mitchell - Falkirk, Scotland - d. 8-27-2002
    gospel music: "Cabin in the Cotton"
    02-27-1920 - Jose Melis - Havana, Cuba - d. 4-7-2005
    bandleader: "Arthur Godfrey"s Talent Scouts"; "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    02-27-1921 - E. Jack Neuman - Ohio - d. 1-15-1998
    writer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Escape"
    02-27-1923 - Dexter Gordon - Los Angeles, Ca - d. 4-25-1990
    saxophonist: "Newport Jazz Festival";"White House Jazz Festival"
    02-27-1927 - Guy Mitchell - Detroit, MI - d. 7-1-1999
    singer: "Stars On Parade"; "1957 March of Dimes Galaxy of Stars"
    02-27-1927 - Ralph Stanley - Big Spraddle Creek, VA
    bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) "Farm and Fun Program"
    02-27-1928 - Jimmie Maddin - d. 9-1-2006
    host: "The Nighthawk Bandstand"
    02-27-1932 - Dame Elizabeth Taylor - London, England
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-27-1934 - Ralph Nader - Winsted, CT
    consumer advocate: "Meet the Press"

    February 27th deaths

    01-20-1899 - Joseph Buloff - Vilnius, Lithuania - d. 2-27-1985
    actor: Barney Glass "House of Glass"
    01-25-1958 - Linda Smith - Erith, England - d. 2-27-2006
    panelist: "Just a Minute"; "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", "The News Quiz"
    02-25-1908 - George Duning - Richmond, IN - d. 2-27-2000
    composer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    03-16-1889 - Elsie Janis - Columbus, OH - d. 2-27-1956
    First female announcer on network radio
    03-25-1924 - Harold Neal - Michigan - d. 2-27-1980
    announcer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Green Hornet"; "Lone Ranger"
    04-04-1908 - Ted McMichael - Marshalltown, IA - d. 2-27-2001
    singer: (The Merry Macs) "Bing Crosby Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
    04-12-1908 - Robert L. Scott - Waynesboro, GA - d. 2-27-2006
    wwII fighter pilot, author: "Mail Call"; "Hop Harrigan"
    04-13-1890 - Gene Rodemich - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-27-1934
    orchestra leader/singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
    04-16-1918 - Spike Milligan - Ahmednagar, India - d. 2-27-2002
    comedian: Eccles the Idiot, Miss Minnie Bannister, Count Moriarty
    "Goon Show"
    06-03-1900 - Frank Dailey - Bloomfield, NJ - d. 2-27-1956
    bandleader: "Matinee at Meadowbrook"
    06-16-1885 - Tom Howard - County Tyrone, Ireland - d. 2-27-1955
    comedian: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"; "Sunday Night Party"
    06-17-1919 - Gene De Paul - NYC - d. 2-27-1988
    composer, arranger, pianist: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-24-1909 - Milton Katims - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-27-2006
    violist, conductor: "NBC Symphony"; "Eternal Light"
    07-05-1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - Nahant, MA - d. 2-27-1985
    [removed] senator: "Information Please"
    07-14-1901 - George Tobias - NYC - d. 2-27-1980
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-18-1906 - [removed] Hayakawa - Vancouver, Canada - d. 2-27-1992
    [removed] senator: "Americana"
    07-23-1918 - Anne Ayars - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-27-1995
    vocalist: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    07-26-1912 - Monty Margetts - Vancouver, Canada - d. 2-27-1997
    announcer: "This Woman's Secret"
    08-09-1910 - Snag Werris - NYC - d. 2-27-1987
    writer: "The Comedy Writers Show"; "Quixie Doodles"
    10-14-1893 - Lillian Gish - Springfield, OH - d. 2-27-1993
    panelist: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Suspense"
    10-28-1895 - John Boles - Greenville, TX - d. 2-27-1969
    actor, singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"
    11-24-1925 - William F. Buckley - NYC - d. 2-27-2008
    conversative political commentator: "Larry King Live"
    11-30-1906 - John Dickson Carr - Uniontown, PA - d. 2-27-1977
    writer: "Suspense"; "Cabin B-13"; "Murder by Experts"
    12-31-1897 - Orry-Kelly - Kiama, New South Wales, Australia - d.
    2-27-1964
    costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-31-1914 - Pat Brady - Toledo, OH - d. 2-27-1972
    sidekick, stooge: "Roy Rogers Show"

    Ron

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