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! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY !
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On November 29th, 1948, "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" made its debut on NBC.
In 1959, the Record of the Year Grammy Award went to Bobby Darin for "Mack The Knife." Frank Sinatra's "Come Dance With Me" won the Album of the Year award. Sinatra didn't show up to the ceremony, supposedly because he had gotten shut out at the very first Grammys, only six months earlier.
In 1969, John Lennon was convicted of marijuana possession and was fined.
In 1976, Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player, Norman "Butch" Owens, twice in the chest while trying to hit a soda bottle. Lewis was charged with shooting a firearm within the city limits.
In 1979, the four original members of Kiss performed together for what they thought was the last time. They reunited in 1996.
Also in 1979, model Anita Pallenberg, Keith Richard's common law wife, was cleared of murder charges. Her young male companion had been found shot to death in her home in New York state.
In 1981, actress Natalie Wood drowned off Santa Catalina Island, California, at age 43. The death was ruled accidental.
In 1986, actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
In 1995, singer Sammy Hagar married Kari Karte (CAR'-tay) on a mountain in northern California.
In 1997, singer Whitney Houston canceled an appearance at the last minute at a Unification Church mass wedding in Washington, citing illness. She had said earlier she didn't know the Unification Church was behind it when she agreed to the event.
In 2001, musician George Harrison died in Los Angeles after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 58.
Today's Birthdays: Blues musician John Mayall is 76. Actress Diane Ladd is 74. Musician Chuck Mangione (man-jee-OH'-nee) is 69. Country singer Jody Miller is 68. Singer-keyboardist Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals is 67. Comedian Garry Shandling is 60. Director Joel Coen is 55. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 54. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 49. Actress Kim Delaney ("NYPD Blue") is 48. Actor Tom Sizemore is 48. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 47. Actor Don Cheadle is 45. Singer Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 41. Guitarist Martin Carr of the Boo Radleys is 41. Actor Larry Joe Campbell ("According to Jim") is 39. Keyboardist Frank Delgado of Deftones is 39. Actress Gena Lee Nolin is 38. Actor Brian Baumgartner ("The Office") is 37. Actress Anna (AH'-nuh) Faris ("Scary Movie") is 33. Rapper The Game is 30. Drummer Ringo Garza of Los Lonely Boys is 28. Actor Lucas Black ("Sling Blade," ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift") is 27.
(Above for release Sunday, November 29th)
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