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Happy Centennial Birthday, Walter Tetley!

Happy Centennial Birthday, Walter Tetley!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 2nd 2015

It wasn’t a drink from the legendary Fountain of Youth that kept today’s birthday celebrant seemingly young throughout his
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Happy Birthday, Don Ameche!

Happy Birthday, Don Ameche!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 31st 2015

Dominic Felix Amici was born on this date in Kenosha, WI in 1908. When Dominic changed his name to Don Ameche, however, tha
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Happy Birthday, Vincent Price!

Happy Birthday, Vincent Price!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 27th 2015

If actor Vincent Price—born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. on this date in St. Louis, Missouri in 1911—had decided to ignore th
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Happy Birthday, James Stewart!

Happy Birthday, James Stewart!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 20th 2015

James Maitland Stewart, the Academy Award-winning actor beloved by theatergoers as “the boy next door” was born on this dat
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Happy Birthday, Frank Nelson!

Happy Birthday, Frank Nelson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 6th 2015

It never fails…every time I tune into an episode of The Jack Benny Program (be it on radio or TV) and Jack needs help from
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“Heavenly days!”

“Heavenly days!”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 16th 2015

The day that writer Don Quinn crossed paths with Jim Jordan at WENR in Chicago would prove to be a most fortuitous one for
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