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hunter

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6. Dick Lane, the guy on the soapbox, was a Roller Derby and Wrestling announcer in Los Angeles...

Reply to Dave Starsky (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 10:39 AM

Sep 2020

... for KTLA-TV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Lane_%28announcer%29

He retired from full time television in 1972, and occasionally worked as a character actor after that.

I wish my grandma and her sister were still around telling Hollywood stories. They were USO volunteers in World War II. My grandfather was an Army Air Corp officer. My other grandma and grandpa worked in the shipyards building and repairing Liberty and Victory ships.

Is this the problem with human societies? Too many forget what fascism looks like.

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