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On the day of HIS birthday:

 

Stephen Wootton, actor, 32 titles; guest, (“I Love Lucy”) “Mertz and Kurtz”, 1954; Desilu Productions', Cavalcade of America “That They Might Live”, “The American Thanksgiving; Its History and Meaning”, 1955, ”The Blessed Midnight”, “Star and Shield”, 1956; as well as Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse “The Comeback”, 1959; is born this date, 7/8, in 1945.

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Kenneth L. 'Ken' Westcott Property Master - no biographical data available: Desilu Playhouse, the Untouchables; The Lucy Show, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, ('Here's Lucy'), Vacation Playhouse, Yours, Mine, Ours, The Carol Channing Show,

 

 

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A bit of a stretch; but, found it among today's 'happenings':

 

 

While awaiting the Dream Girl tour, Lucille is grand marshal in a torchlight parade that begins a fund drive by 3000 women for a new medical center of the New York Infirmary Building, in the pouring rain she sat in open carriage for three hours holding an umbrella and smiling in the procession of 600 torches and 35 floats moving down Fifth Avenue, in 1947.

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Another stretch, from 7/11:

 

Lucille Ball’s First Hollywood Contract (Research note: now resides in the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum, thanks to benefactors, the Rapaports, 2006) with Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd., ‘guaranteeing that Lucille will receive railroad transportation from NY to LA and a salary for role(s) to be selected by the producer in film to be designated by the producer,’ the first of which is Eddie Cantor’s, Roman Scandals, and ‘may be extended for up to seven years;’ ultimately resulting in more than 79 titles; more than 100 radio programs; and more than 500 television episodes during Lucille’s lifetime, is inked this date in 1933.

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Michael Woulfe, d. 8/30/07; costume design, 38 titles; costume design/wardrobe, 10 titles; gowns for Vivian Vance (Lucy's Ethel Mertz) and co-star, Jane Cowl, The Secret Fury, 1950; as well as appears with Lucille Ball, RKO/BBC, Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story “Howard's Way”; 1987, is born this date, 6/2, in 1918.

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Morgan Woodward, actor, 126 titles; guest, Desilu Productions', The Texan “Town Divided”, as Mark Jordan, 1960; Desilu Studios'-filmed, (3 episodes) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 51 episodes, as Gibbs, and Langley, 1958-61; Lucille Ball guest, The Lucy Show “Lucy and John Wayne”, as Pierce, 1966; as well as Desilu Studios'-filmed, The Guns of Will Sonnett “Trail's End”, as Wilk, 1969; is born this date, 9/16, in 1925.

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Another 'stretch', from the 'keeper of the dates', for this date, 7/15:

 

 

TV Guide Dwight Whitney: The President Wore a Dress to the Stockholders Meeting – “Lucille Ball was followed and approached by an attorney in meetings she was having with Jackie Gleason in Miami, trying to get him to appear in a movie she planned to make; needing to make contact with her in her role as President of the largest TV-producing facility in the world. Gulf and Western wanted to buy up Desilu; but, Lucille couldn’t make up her mind – after she had an hour to weep, she said ‘yes,’” published for this week in 1967.

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On the DAY of his birth:

 

 

William Woodson, actor; 92 titles; Lucille Ball guest, The Lucy Show “Lucy and the Safe Cracker”, as Larry McAdoo, 1963; guest, Desilu Productions', The Greatest Show on Earth “Love the Giver”, as ringmaster, 1964; as well as The Lucy Show “Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs”, as M.C., 1966; is born this date, 7/16, in 1917.

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On the day of HIS passing:

 

 

Walter Cronkite, b. 11/4; appears with Lucille Ball: CBS: The Stars' Address, 1963; Host, CBSOn the Air: A Celebration of 50 Years, on which Lucille co-hosts, Part II, 1978; with Lucille, in her Honor, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1986; and, as Master of Ceremonies, 1987; with Lucillle, archivally, Fame in the Twentieth Century, 1993; with Lucille, archivally, and Lucie Arnaz, Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, 1993, as well as with Lucie, CBS at 75, 2003, dies this date, 7/17, in 2009.

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Chill Wills, actor, 132 titles; Lucille Ball film career co-star, Best Foot Forward, as Chester Short, 1943; William Frawley (Lucy's Fred Mertz) co-star, Miracle on 34th Street, as Judge Henry X. Harper, 1947; guest, Desilu Productions', The Texan “The Eyes of Captain Wylie”, as Captain Wylie, 1959; as well as appears with Lucille, archivally, That's Entertainment! III, 1994, is born this date in 1903.

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On the Day of HIS passing:

 

Jack Warden, b. 9/18/20; guest, Desilu Productions’, The Untouchables, 1959, 1960; Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, 1960, as well as with Lucie Arnaz, Night of 100 Stars, 1982, dies this date, 7/19, in 2006.

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On the day of HER birth:

 

Natalie Wood, d. 11/29/81; actress, 70 titles; William Frawley (Lucy's Fred Mertz) co-star, Miracle on 34th Street, 1947; Chicken Every Sunday, 1949; Vivian Vance (Lucy's Ethel Mertz) co-star, The Blue Veil, 1951; appears with the Arnazes, Toast of the Town, 1956; with Vivian, The Great Race, 1965; with Lucille, archivally, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1992; with the Arnazes, all three archivally, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's, 1997; as well as with Lucille, each archivally, Bob Hope at 100, 2003, is born this date in 1938.

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On the day of HIS birth:

 

 

 

Robin Williams, Academy Award-winning actor, 97 titles; writer, producer, director; of Mork & Mindy fame, 94 episodes, 1978-82; appears with Lucie Arnaz, V.I.P. Night on Broadway Benefit, 1979; appears with Lucie, Night of 100 Stars; with Desi Arnaz, IV, I Love Liberty, 1982; appears with Lucille Ball, The 61st Annual Academy Awards, 1989; with the Arnazes, archivally, Junket Whore, 1998; as well as with Lucille, archivally, Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, “Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts”, Billy Crystal, Host, 2009; is born this date in 1951.

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On the day of HER birth:

 

 

Margaret Whiting, singer, actress, 40 titles; one-half sister singing team; friend of the Arnazes; appears with the (“I Love Lucy”) cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley, (The Mertzes), Stars in the Eye, among others, 1952; star, with sister, Barbara, Desilu Productions', Those Whiting Girls, 26 episodes, 1955-57; guest, Here's Hollywood, 1960; as well as with the Arnazes, American Masters - Judy Garland: By Myself, 1983, is born this date in 1924.

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