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It’s the date of birth for Paul Simon, Marie Osmond, Nana Mouskouri, deejay Cousin Brucie Morrow, and Billy Bush. 'Kukla Fran & Ollie’ debuted on local Chicago TV, Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra co-hosted an ABC-TV special introducing Ford’s Edsel; the third Kennedy-Nixon Presidential debate was televised with the nominees a continent apart; and after 22 years CBS radio cancelled ‘Art Linkletter’s House Party. Leaving us this date were Ed Sullivan, Al Martino (pictured), Gary Collins, newsmen Douglas Edawards and Hughes Rudd, and actress Bea Benaderet. Details and ALL the Oct. 13th milestones INSIDE.

If you get most of your news from the old media establishment consisting of newspapers and TV network news, you’d be forgiven for not knowing about the damaging information contained in the latest batch of hacked emails publicly released by the whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

Ford had been on life support after an aneurysm ruptured in his abdomen.

She was Bill Hayes' wife on 'Days of Our Lives,' ran an international drug cartel on 'All My Children' and played the scheming Miss Sally on 'Guiding Light.'

Stirling Faux is back in the game...

Things got awkward quickly when Jim Norton immediately told Grace, “I’ve had a problem with you for a long time because I felt like you were capitalizing on tragedies.”

Neil O'Brien is also out from am 730, due to Restructuring?

Born this date were daytime radio star Jane Ace, Dick Gregory, Hugh Jackman, Nancy Kulp, Kirk Cameron, plus sportscasters Tony Kubek and Dan Russell. After 15 years on radio ‘Burns and Allen’ made their debut on CBS-TV; ‘Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons’ began its 18 year run on network radio; Walter Cronkite spent all 3 prime time hours on CBS-TV on the memoirs of Dwight Eisenhower; the late singer Karen Carpenter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and Vancouver-based Nickelback scored their first #1 album. Celebrities leaving us on Oct. 12th include announcers Joel Aldred and Johnny Olsen, musicians Ray Conniff, Carmen Cavallero, John Denver and Gene Vincent, Bullwinkle producer Jay Ward, and veteran actor Leon Ames. Details and ALL the Oct 12th milestones INSIDE.

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Kris Laudien, (pictured) is one of the original hosts and anchors of the morning show since it debuted on CTV Winnipeg in September 2011.