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Happy Birthday, Lawrence Dobkin!

Happy Birthday, Lawrence Dobkin!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 16th 2014

There are eight million stories in the naked city…and today we’ll highlight one of them, by celebrating the 95th birthday o
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Happy Centennial Birthday, Parley Baer!

Happy Centennial Birthday, Parley Baer!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 5th 2014

Simply put, the actor born in 1914 on this date in Salt Lake City, Utah possessed one of the most distinctive voices in the
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Happy Birthday, Jackson Beck!

Happy Birthday, Jackson Beck!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 23rd 2014

Though he personally considered himself foremost an actor, radio veteran Jackson Beck—born in New York City on this date in
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Happy Birthday, David Friedkin!

Happy Birthday, David Friedkin!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 8th 2014

The birth of one of radio’s most prolific and celebrated writers occurred on this date one hundred and two years ago. Davi
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Happy Birthday, Howard McNear!

Happy Birthday, Howard McNear!

Posted by Ivan D. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 27th 2014

In the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina—as seen on the popular situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show—the locus
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Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2013

When radio’s popular family sitcom The Aldrich Family came to television in the fall of 1949, it soon established a reputat
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