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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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