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Don Pardo (1918–2014) Born: February 22, 1918 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA Died: August 18, 2014 (age 96) in Tucson, Arizona, USA Married to: Catherine (Kay) Lyons (1938 – 8 July 1995) (her death) (5 children) [for his famous Saturday Night Live introduction, which is cried out at the end of…
Month: August 2017
Died Today (August 18th) – Director John Sturges (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven)
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John Sturges (1910–1992) Born: January 3, 1910 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA Died: August 18, 1992 (age 82) in San Luis Obispo, California, USA When he met Akira Kurosawa, Kurosawa told him that he loved The Magnificent Seven (1960), which was a remake of Kurosawa’ Seven Samurai (1954). Sturges always…
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