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In case you're not keeping close track of the Gabor sisters, Zsa Zsa was best known for being married a jillion times and being a guest star everywhere. Her sister Eva was the "GOODBYE CITY LIFE" voice of Green Acres. The third Gabor sister was Magda. Zsa had nine husbands, Eva had five, and Magda had six. George Sanders was married to both Zsa Zsa and Magda. Their mother Jolie made it a four-ring circus. She was married only three times.

Rosemary Gernetzke, aka Rosemary Gernette and Rosemary Ross, died back in May at age 81. She and her husband Howard Gernetzke were TV fixtures in Wausau and Milwaukee from the 1950s into the 1990s. "Howard and Rosemary" hosted the noon talk show on Milwaukee's channel 12 for 17 years. Ross and Gernette were both professional names. She became Rosemary Ross in Wausau when her husband was on one channel while she was doing commercials on all three channels. The name Gernette came about when channel 12 refused to let Howard use the name Gernetzke. Here's a video where Howard and Rosemary are interviewed by Jim Peck for the Wisconsin Broadcasting Museum: http://www.wisconsinbroadcastingmuseum.org/memory-salon/howard-rosemary-gernette/

Rose Marie "officially has the longest active career in entertainment — from 3 to 93." Happy Birthday to Star of Stage & Screen - Rose Marie!

We missed the death of Doris Roberts, 90, on April 18th. Doris Roberts, Mother on ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ Dies at 90 Roberts was nominated for seven Emmys for her role as "Marie Barone" on [cite]Everybody Loves Raymond[/cite], winning four times. She also won an Emmy for her portrayal of a homeless woman on a 1983 episode of [cite]St. Elsewhere[/cite]. In the 1980s, she played "Mildred Krebs" on [cite]Remington Steele[/cite]. In the 1970s, she was faith healer "Dorelda Doremus" on [cite]Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman[/cite]. She was originally intended to play "Vivian" on [cite]Maude[/cite]. However, the powers that be decided that her on-screen personality was too much like that of Bea Arthur, and Rue McClanahan was cast to play the role instead.

Mr. Ed was the only horse to hit an inside the park home run against Sandy Koufax.

Patty Duke’s death is somewhat of a surprise. MeTV had recently been showing her in a promo for reruns of [cite]The Patty Duke Show[/cite]. The promo was obviously recorded somewhat recently. Apparently, she fell ill about a week before she died. The theme hawing posted is definitely one of the greats in TV history. It was parodied on [cite]Roseanne[/cite] when that show recast one of its characters. Lyrics in the parody included lines like “one pair of matching actors, but only one part to play” and “they walk alike, they talk alike, abruptly leave the show alike.” William Schallert, who played Patty’s dad in [cite]The Patty Duke Show[/cite], has a cameo in the parody. Schallert is still with us at age 93. This video has a version of the original theme along with the [cite]Roseanne[/cite] version, which starts just after the one minute mark. Besides [cite]The Patty Duke Show[/cite], she’ll be remembered for her iconic role as Helen Keller in [cite]The Miracle Worker[/cite]. The play was originally performed on live TV, with Anne Bancroft playing her teacher, Anne Sullivan. After that, the play was adapted for Broadway, with Duke playing opposite Bancroft and later Suzanne Pleshette. Ultimately, the story became an Academy Award winning film starring Bancroft and Duke. In the late 1970s, Duke took on the role of Sullivan with Melissa Gilbert playing Keller. Here’s a scene from the film with Bancroft and Duke; Anne is trying to teach Helen to use a spoon and eat off of her own plate. Patty’s biggest contribution was probably that of a mental health advocate after making her successful treatment for bipolar disorder public. In this 1970 video, she’s almost certainly experiencing a bipolar episode during her bizarre acceptance speech for an Emmy award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcUYBKDADLE At the ceremony, she’s seated with Desi Arnaz Jr. Their relationship was all over the tabloids at the time as he was 17 and she was 23 and divorced. For years, Desi was thought to be the biological father of Patty’s son Sean Astin, who was adopted by her third husband John Astin. Sean says he has four fathers: John Astin, Desi, Michael Tell (Patty’s second husband and Sean's biological father according to DNA testing; they were married for 13 days before the marriage was annulled), and his stepdad, Michael Pearce (who was married to Patty from 1986 until her death).

Robert Horton, who played Flint McCullough on [cite]Wagon Train[/cite] died Wednesday at 91. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Robert-Horton-91-Wagon-Train-actor-6894461.php

George Martin, arranger and producer for the Beatles, turned 90 yesterday. We haven't seen a lot of him on TV, but we've certainly seen the results of his work over the past several decades.

One of Dick's 21st century endeavors has been to perform with an a cappella group called the Vantastix. Here they are performing the lyrics to the [cite]Dick Van Dyke Show[/cite] theme (written by Morey Amsterdam): The national anthem at a Lakers game: Chitty Chiity Bang Bang: Chim Chim Cheree and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious:

There's a [cite]Route 66[/cite] marathon this weekend on the Decades channel. The 1960–64 show, starring Milner as Tod Stiles and George Maharis (age 87) as Buz Murdock, is regarded as one of the more "literate" series that TV has seen and is definitely worth catching. Maharis was later replaced by Glenn Corbett, who played Lincoln 'Linc" Case. The show also airs weekly on MeTV (3:00 AM CT Mondays), and the first three seasons are on Hulu.

I associate her with John Wayne. He once said, "She's a great guy. I've had many friends, and I prefer the company of men. Except for Maureen O'Hara." Here's Maureen in a catfight with Lucille Ball in [cite]Dance Girl Dance[/cite] (1940): Maureen was the good girl, and Lucy was a stripper. She and Lucy sold tickets when the scene was filmed and donated the proceeds to charity.

Billie Jo had blond hair, Bobbie Jo was a brunette, and Betty Jo was a redhead. Pat Woodell was Bobbie Jo #1. Two actors played the part (Woodell and Lori Saunders). Three actors played Billie Jo (Jeannine Riley, Gunilla Hutton, and the late Meredith MacRae). Sharon Tate was the fourth Billie Jo; she was initially cast to play the part but never appeared in the series. She moved on to a recurring role on [cite]The Beverly Hillbillies[/cite]. Unfortunately, Tate is best known as one of the Manson family victims. Linda Kaye Henning played Betty Jo throughout the run of the series.

Jack Larson, playwright and the actor who played Jimmy Olson on [cite]The Adventures of Superman[/cite], passed away at age 87 on September 20. Jack Larson, who played Jimmy Olsen in TV’s ‘Superman’ series, dies at 87 Jack Larson, TV’s Jimmy Olsen and playwright, dies at 87 Still with us are Phyllis Coates (88) and Noel Neill (94), the two actors who played Lois Lane in the series.

Getting back to people who are living, Norman Lloyd, 100, appears in this year's film, [cite]Trainwreck[/cite]. His film and television career goes back to 1939. Notable parts include several episodes of [cite]Alfred Hitchcock Presents[/cite], the role of Headmaster Nolan in [cite]Dead Poets Society[/cite], and the role of Dr. Daniel Auschlander for six years on the series [cite]St. Elsewhere[/cite].

Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning at age 83.