| Born this day in 1905, Arthur Lake (Arthur Silverlake Jr.) Corbin, Kentucky 6' comic actor “Dagwood Bumstead” in Blondie film, radio and television. He died 01/09/1987 of a heart attack at age 81. |  |  |
| Born this day in 1920, Genevieve (Ginette Marguérite Auger) Paris, France, on Jack Paar’s Tonight Show. She died 03/14/2004 of a stroke at age 83. |  | |
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Born this day in 1896, Señor Wences (Wenceslao Moreno) Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Salamanca, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, painted faces on his hands and did funny voices. He died 04/20/1999 of natural causes at age 103. |   |
“S'all Right?' S'all Right.” |
| Died this day in 1987, Dick Shawn (Richard Schulefand) aka Richy Shawn, Buffalo, New York, actor The Producers, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Born 12/01/1923, he died of a heart attack while performing on stage at age 63. |  |  |
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