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Mel Allen
Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1913 - 1996
Mel Allen was a sportscaster and lead announcer for the New York Yankees baseball team from 1940 to 1964. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
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(1913-1996)
Radio Personality, Television Personality
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James Arness
Television Actor, Radio Personality / 1923 - 2011
James Arness is an American actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV show Gunsmoke for 20 years.
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(1923-2011)
Television Actor, Radio Personality
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Paul Harvey
Radio Personality / 1918 - 2009
American radio commentator Paul Harvey spent a long life delivering conservative broadcasts on current events, reaching, at his peak, 24 million people daily.
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(1918-2009)
Radio Personality
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Jim Backus
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality, Writer / 1913 - 1989
Jim Backus was a film and TV actor known for his roles in Rebel Without a Cause and Gilligan’s Island, as well as being the voice of Mr. Magoo.
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(1913-1989)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality, Writer
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Red Barber
Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1908 - 1992
American sportscaster Walter "Red" Barber is best known for his play-by-play radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball in the early 1900's.
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(1908-1992)
Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Ethel Barrymore
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Radio Personality / 1879 - 1959
Ethel Barrymore was an American stage and film actress whose distinctive style, voice, and wit made her the “first lady” of the American theatre.
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(1879-1959)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Radio Personality
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Jack Benny
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality / 1894 - 1974
For more than 50 years, comedian Jack Benny was a star of radio, the stage and screen. His radio show, The Jack Benny Program, was a forerunner of the sitcom genre.
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(1894-1974)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality
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Edgar Bergen
Comedian, Radio Personality / 1903 - 1978
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen took his comedy act from vaudeville to radio with his dummy Charlie McCarthy. He was also the father of actress Candice Bergen.
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(1903-1978)
Comedian, Radio Personality
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Milton Berle
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1908 - 2002
Milton Berle was a Jewish-American comedian who started in vaudeville acts, and was a success in the early days of TV, becoming known as "Uncle Miltie."
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(1908-2002)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Chris Berman
Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, News Anchor / 1955 -
Chris Berman has served as a host, anchor, and commentator on numerous ESPN programs, including NFL Countdown, NFL Sundays, SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight.
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(1955-)
Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, News Anchor
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Fanny Brice
Film Actress, Comedian, Singer, Radio Personality / 1891 - 1951
Fanny Brice was a popular American singing comedienne who was long associated with the Ziegfeld Follies. She was portrayed by Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl.
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(1891-1951)
Film Actress, Comedian, Singer, Radio Personality
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Joyce Brothers
Psychologist, Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, Journalist / 1927 - 2013
Dr. Joyce Brothers was a famous psychologist and multimedia personality known for dispensing frank advice on relationships, intimacy, sexuality and self-worth.
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(1927-2013)
Psychologist, Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, Journalist
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Emma Bunton
Singer, Radio Personality / 1976 -
Emma Bunton was known as "Baby Spice" in the all-girl, British pop group the Spice Girls. She became engaged to R&B singer Jade Jones in 2011.
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(1976-)
Singer, Radio Personality
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George Burns
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1896 - 1996
George Burns was a comedian who worked in vaudeville, radio, film and television. His long-time performance partner and wife was comedienne Gracie Allen. Burns lived until age 100.
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(1896-1996)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Eddie Cantor
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality / 1892 - 1964
Comedian Eddie Cantor was a superstar of early 20th Century radio, stage, and film, most notably on NBC Radio's The Chase and Sanborn Hour.
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(1892-1964)
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality
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Alistair Cooke
Scholar, Critic, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist / 1908 - 2004
Alistair Cooke was a British-born journalist who worked in newspaper, radio and television. He hosted television's Masterpiece Theatre.
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(1908-2004)
Scholar, Critic, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist
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Alice Cooper
Film Actor, Singer, Radio Personality / 1948 -
Considered the Godfather of Shock Rock, singer Alice Cooper came to fame in the 1970s, alarming audiences with his garish, often ghoulish stage performances.
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(1948-)
Film Actor, Singer, Radio Personality
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Joseph Cotten
Film Actor, Radio Personality / 1905 - 1994
Film actor Joseph Cotten was a member of Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio ensemble. He also appeared in the movie Citizen Kane.
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(1905-1994)
Film Actor, Radio Personality
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Ann Coulter
Lawyer, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist / 1961 -
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has insulted Jews, 9/11 widows and a variety of Democratic politicians, yet she continues to have a loyal fan base.
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(1961-)
Lawyer, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist
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Jeff Foxworthy
Comedian, Radio Personality, Game Show Host, Writer / 1958 -
American comedian Jeff Foxworthy, who hails from the South, is known for spoofing "rednecks." He starred in the situation comedy The Jeff Foxworthy Show.
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(1958-)
Comedian, Radio Personality, Game Show Host, Writer
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Ira Glass
Radio Personality / 1959 -
American radio personality Ira Glass is the creator, host and executive producer of the award-winning public radio show “This American Life.”
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(1959-)
Radio Personality
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Red Grange
Football Player, Radio Personality / 1903 - 1991
Red Grange was an American football player best known for his frequent touchdowns, earning him the nickname "the Galloping Ghost."
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(1903-1991)
Football Player, Radio Personality
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Charles Grodin
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host / 1935 -
Charles Grodin is an actor, comedian and talk show host known for his roles in The Heartbreak Kid and Beethoven.
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(1935-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host
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Steve Harvey
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Writer / 1957 -
Comedian Steve Harvey is a radio and TV show host who has also written relationship advice books.
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(1957-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Talk Show Host, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Writer
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1942 -
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is best known as one of two African-American students first admitted to the University of Georgia and is an award-winning journalist.
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(1942-)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality, Writer / 1942 -
Humor writer and radio personality Garrison Keillor hosts the program A Prairie Home Companion and tells stories about the fictional town Lake Wobegon.
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(1942-)
Radio Personality, Writer
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Charles Kuralt
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1934 - 1997
Charles Kuralt was a multiple Emmy and Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist who produced the well-loved "On The Road" segments for the CBS Evening News.
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(1934-1997)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Art Linkletter
Radio Personality, Television Personality, Author / 1912 - 2010
Art Linkletter was a family-friendly radio and television personality who incorporated ordinary people into his broadcasts with comic results.
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(1912-2010)
Radio Personality, Television Personality, Author
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Spike Milligan
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Writer / 1918 - 2002
Spike Milligan was an Irish writer and comedian best known for his work on The Goon Show.
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(1918-2002)
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Writer
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Bill Murray
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality / 1950 -
Comedian and actor Bill Murray is best known for his roles on Saturday Night Live and in the classic comedies Caddy Shack and Stripes. More recently, he was cast as FDR in the film Hyde Park on Hudson.
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(1950-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Radio Personality
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Edward R. Murrow
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1908 - 1965
American radio and television news broadcaster Edward R. Murrow gave eyewitness reports of WWII for CBS and helped develop journalism for mass media.
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(1908-1965)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Joe Nuxhall
Baseball Player, Radio Personality / 1928 - 2007
Baseball player Joe Nuxhall made his Major League debut as a pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds at the age of 15, the youngest to play in the modern MLB era.
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(1928-2007)
Baseball Player, Radio Personality
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Jean Vander Pyl
Film Actress, Television Actress, Radio Personality / 1919 - 1999
Jean Vander Ply was an American actress on radio, television and film. He is best known as the voice of Wilma Flintstone from the cartoon The Flintstones.
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(1919-1999)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Radio Personality
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Phil Rizzuto
Baseball Player, Radio Personality / 1917 - 2007
Italian-American Phil Rizzuto was an American Major League Baseball
shortstop who spent his 13 year athletic career playing for the New York
Yankees.
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(1917-2007)
Baseball Player, Radio Personality
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Tokyo Rose
Radio Personality / 1916 - 2006
Tokyo Rose, whose real name was Iva Toguri, was an American-born Japanese woman who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio program aimed at U.S. troops during World War II.
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(1916-2006)
Radio Personality
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Laura Schlessinger
Educator, Medical Professional, Philanthropist, Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, Journalist / 1947 -
Controversial radio host Laura Schlessinger, also known as "Dr. Laura," is an expert at giving listeners—and readers—a piece of her mind when it comes to moral living and leading a successful family life.
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(1947-)
Educator, Medical Professional, Philanthropist, Radio Personality, Talk Show Host, Journalist
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Joel Siegel
Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1943 - 2007
Known for his wit and warm personality, critic Joel Siegel gave film reviews and interviewed film stars on Good Morning America for more than 25 years.
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(1943-2007)
Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Red Skelton
Film Actor, Television Actor, Painter, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1913 - 1997
Son of a circus clown, Red Skelton was a radio and television comedian and host best known for his emotionally complex routines.
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(1913-1997)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Painter, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Jimmy Swaggart
Musician, Radio Personality, Evangelist, Television Personality / 1935 -
Jimmy Swaggart is a Pentecostal radio and television evangelist. He also recorded best-selling gospel albums before his career unraveled due to a scandal.
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(1935-)
Musician, Radio Personality, Evangelist, Television Personality
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Lowell Thomas
Radio Personality, Writer / 1892 - 1981
Lowell Thomas was a radio commentator and writer best known for his book Lawrence of Arabia.
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(1892-1981)
Radio Personality, Writer
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Dorothy Thompson
Radio Personality, Journalist / 1893 - 1961
Outspoken and ambitious, Dorothy Thompson became a well-known journalist during the 1930s to the 1950s.
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(1893-1961)
Radio Personality, Journalist
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Mel Torme
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer, Radio Personality, Journalist / 1925 - 1999
Mel Torme was a singer, jazz vocalist, and composer active from the 1940s-1990s. He also wrote biographies of Judy Garland and Buddy Rich.
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(1925-1999)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer, Radio Personality, Journalist
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Peter Ustinov
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright / 1921 - 2004
Peter Ustinov was an English actor, writer and director who is known for his Oscar-winning performances in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964).
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(1921-2004)
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright
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Mike Wallace
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1918 - 2012
Mike Wallace is an interviewer and reporter who has been working in TV and radio since 1939. He joined the program 60 Minutes in 1968.
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(1918-2012)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Ted Williams
Actor, Radio Personality / 1957 -
Ted Williams was homeless in 2011 when a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch made him famous with a viral Internet video story.
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(1957-)
Actor, Radio Personality
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Walter Winchell
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1897 - 1972
Walter Winchell was a TV and radio personality whose news reports brought him a huge audience and great influence from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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(1897-1972)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist