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Sid Troy was born on 20 March 1908 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rebel (1959). He died on 10 June 1978 in Panorama City, California, USA.- Actor
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Songwriter, announcer, composer and author, educated at the Business College. For seven years he worked as a stockbroker, then began a thirty-year career as a radio and television announcer. He also wrote a number of commercial jingles over a twelve-year period. Joining ASCAP in 1954, his chief musical collaborators included Al Hoffman, Al Stillman, Walter Kent, and Bob Emmerich. His popular-song compositions include "Believing", "Starlite and Music", "One Misty, Moisty Morning", and "Snerling Through the Flowers".
Beginning in the 1930s at WAAT in New Jersey he was the announcer on Frank Sinatra's first radio show. He moved to New York to work as announcer and disc jockey on WNEW. In 1946 he was hired by KFWB in Hollywood, where he became the highest paid DJ on the Coast. A few years later, he moved to KNX, the Los Angeles CBS affiliate. There he and his wife, Lillian Hayton wrote and produced "Memory Lane", which played songs based on the request letters received from listeners. This show eventually was broadcast weekly to 11 Western states, while at the same time, he had a daily DJ show on KNX from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. He was the announcer/spokesman for many commercials, and did voice-over work on many films.- Ralf Berzsenyi was born on 26 February 1909 in Fiume, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Rijeka, Croatia]. He died on 10 June 1978 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Erik Melbye Brekke was born on 14 July 1911 in Bergen, Norway. He was an actor, known for Vildanden (1963), Nine Lives (1957) and Det kunne vært deg (1952). He died on 10 June 1978 in Oslo, Norway.
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Frank Barnes was born on 27 July 1893 in North Carolina, USA. He is known for Legend of the Northwest (1978), The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954) and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948). He died on 10 June 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.