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Tony Martin (1913-2012)

Tony Martin (1913-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 31st 2012

Singer-actor Tony Martin, who starred in such films as Ziegfeld Girl and Casbah, left this world for a better one on Friday,
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Celeste Holm (1917-2012)

Celeste Holm (1917-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 16th 2012

A surviving excerpt of radio’s The Fitch Bandwagon from April 23, 1944 features Broadway sensation Celeste Holm singing (co
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Andy Griffith (1926-2012)

Andy Griffith (1926-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 5th 2012

In 1979, veteran radio producers Fletcher Markle and Elliott Lewis attempted to resurrect the lost art of radio drama with
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Doris Singleton (1919-2012)

Doris Singleton (1919-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 28th 2012

The recurring character of Caroline Appleby, rival/nemesis of housewife Lucy Ricardo on the classic television sitcom I Lov
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Ann Rutherford (1917-2012)

Ann Rutherford (1917-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 13th 2012

It was her recurring role in M-G-M’s series of Andy Hardy films that firmly cemented Ann Rutherford’s onscreen “girl next doo
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Frank Cady (1915-2012)

Frank Cady (1915-2012)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 12th 2012

Bucolic was the watchword for many TV sitcoms during the 1960s: a trend that had actually started earlier (back in 1957) with
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