Eleanor Mondale
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Born on January 19, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Eleanor Mondale was an American radio personality television host, and actress. Mondale dropped out of college in 1981 to move to Hollywood. She worked briefly as an extra and had one speaking line in the TV series 240-Robert. She then returned to college, graduating in 1982. By January 1983, Mondale was back in Hollywood, where she had small roles on TV shows such as Three’s Company, Dynasty, and Matt Houston. Mondale was a regular guest on Howard Stern’s E! TV show during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Mondale died of brain cancer at her home in Minnesota on September 17, 2011, aged 51.
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Frank Potenza was a former New York City police officer who turned to comedy as “Uncle Frank” on his nephew Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show. Potenza, 77 years of age, served as a police officer for two decades and as a private security guard before Kimmel asked him to join his fledgling show as a guard and cast member in 2003.
Potenza died on August 23, 2011.
Comments OffElwy Yost
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Born on July 10, 1925 in Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Elwy Yost was a television host, best-known for hosting CBC’s weekday Passport to Adventure series from 1965–67, and TVOntario’s weekday Magic Shadows, from 1974 until the mid-1980s, and Saturday Night at the Movies from 1974–99. Elwy wrote a mystery novel, White Shadows, which was published in 2003.
Yost died in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 21, 2011, aged 86.
Comments OffBill Nimmo
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Born in 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Nimmo died on February 22, 2011 in Milford. He was 93.
Bill Nimmo was a television and radio personality during a career that spanned seven decades. He was probably best known for two roles. The first was Mike the Bartender on the Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts which appeared on CBS, in which he appeared live during the commercials to promote the sponsor, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. The second, and probably more notable, was as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the show Who Do You Trust?.
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Frederick William Foy
Born March 21, 1921 Detroit Michigan
Fred Foy died on December 22, 2010 of natural causes.
Fred Foy was an American radio and television announcer, who used Fred Foy as his professional name. He is best known for his narration of The Lone Ranger. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as “the announcer, perhaps the greatest announcer-narrator in the history of radio drama.”
Comments OffJames Dibble-Television
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Born February 4, 1923
James Dibble died of cancer on 13 December 2010, at the of aged 87.
James Dibble was an Australian television presenter, best known as the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Sydney news, reading the first news bulletin in 1956, and remaining with the ABC for 27 years up until his retirement in 1983. His last broadcast was on 10 June of that year.
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Born August 1, 1953 Youngstown, Ohio.
Mark Dailey survived prostate cancer but announced on September 9, 2010, on his 11 o’clock newscast, that he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer. The cancer spread to his lungs, and he died at the age of 57, from lung cancer on December 6, 2010 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
Mark Dailey was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer. He was the host of 11 p.m. weeknight CityNews newscasts in Toronto, Ontario, and a prominent continuity announcer voicing interstitial program announcements on Citytv.
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