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Gilda Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked with Lucille Ball and other comedy legends of the highest caliber. She was born on June 28, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan, the younger of two children of Henrietta (Dworkin), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a businessman.
She had an older brother, Michael. Her family were Jewish immigrants (from Russia, Poland, and Lithuania). Radner grew up with a nanny she always called Dibby, on whom she based her famous Saturday Night Live (1975) character, hard-of-hearing news correspondent Emily Litella.
She was very close to her father, not as close to her mother, and tragically, her father died when she was 14, leaving her heartbroken. She was very overweight as a child, and because of this, she suffered from anorexia and bulimia and became very thin. She overcame these disorders by 16 and was normal weight, yet if you watch some of her episodes of Saturday Night Live (1975) you can see that her weight sometimes goes down very low and she looks anorexic again.
She graduated from the Liggett school for Girls and enrolled at the University of Michigan but dropped out and followed a boyfriend to Canada, where she made her stage debut in Godspell. In 1975, Gilda was the first person ever cast for Saturday Night Live (1975), the show that would make her famous.
She stayed on SNL for 5 years, from 1975 to 1980 and had a brief marriage to the SNL band guitarist G.E. Smith. On this show, she created characters like Emily Litella, loudmouthed Roseanne Roseannadanna, nerd Lisa Loopner, and Baba Wawa, a talk show host with a speech impediment.
Gilda left the show in 1980 and married actor Gene Wilder, whom she met on a movie set and fell in love with nearly on the spot. A short while after, Gilda started having pains in her upper legs, and she was eventually diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
She went through lots of chemotherapy and treatment, and finally her doctors told her that she was in remission. In this period of time, Gilda wrote her autobiography, called "It's Always Something," about her battles with cancer.
However, cancer was found in her liver and her lungs after a more comprehensive check a while later. Now it was too late to do anything. Gilda died in her sleep on May 20, 1989.- Peter Evans was born on 27 May 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Arthur (1981), Remington Steele (1982) and Nine to Five (1982). He died on 20 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Judith Byfield was born on 6 September 1951 in the UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), Bergerac (1981) and Wuthering Heights (1978). She died on 20 May 1989.
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Lyn Murray was born on 6 December 1909 in London, England, UK. Lyn was a composer, known for To Catch a Thief (1955), Trading Places (1983) and Monte Carlo (2011). Lyn was married to Margaret Pexton. Lyn died on 20 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Pavel Jurácek was born on 2 August 1935 in Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970), Kazdy mlady muz (1966) and Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967). He died on 20 May 1989 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Warren Grant Magnuson is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1937-1944) and a U.S. Senator (1944-1981) from Washington. He served over 36 years in the Senate, and was the most senior member of the body during his final two years in office.
Warren Magnuson was born in Moorhead, Minnesota. Magnuson attended Moorhead High School, where he played quarterback on the football team and was captain of the baseball team. While attending high school, he ran a YMCA camp, worked in the wheat farms, and delivered newspapers and telegrams in Moorhead and in nearby Fargo, North Dakota. He graduated in 1923, and then enrolled at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. In 1924, he transferred to the North Dakota Agricultural College in Fargo, which he attended for a year.
Magnuson followed to Seattle, Washington, where he entered the University of Washington in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926, and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1929. - Esko Vettenranta was born on 2 May 1913 in Viipuri, Finland. He was an actor, known for Kuudes käsky (1947), Kyläraittien kuningas (1945) and Opri (1954). He was married to Aija Vilanto. He died on 20 May 1989 in Turku, Finland.
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James Z. Flaster was born on 21 April 1907. James Z. is known for Vanished (1971), The Chase (1966) and The Wrecking Crew (1968). James Z. died on 20 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Erzsébet Galgóczi was born on 27 August 1930 in Ménfõcsanak, Hungary. She was a writer, known for A közös bün (1978), Félúton (1963) and Pókháló (1974). She died on 20 May 1989 in Ménfõcsanak, Hungary.