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    Les Crane (born Lesley Stein; December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting...
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    cheerful" to "be careful," notably in the 1971 spoken-word recording by Les Crane. Ehrmann's widow renewed the copyright in 1954. In 1967, Robert L. Bell...
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  • California, the daughter of radio announcer/television talk show host Les Crane and actress Tina Louise. After she graduated from New York University...
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    Desiderata is a 1971 album by Les Crane with music by Broadway composer Fred Werner and concept and various lyrics by David C. Wilson. It is a spoken-word...
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    announcer/interviewer Les Crane, with whom she had one daughter, Caprice, who became an MTV producer and a novelist. Tina Louise and Les Crane appeared together...
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    Cheryl Christina Crane (born July 25, 1943) is an American former model, retired real estate broker, author, and the only child of actress Lana Turner...
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    known as The Les Crane Show, the program had included Crane's exchanges with members of the audience in addition to celebrity guests. Crane's style was described...
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  • originated in the 1960s and early 1970s with series hosted by Joe Pyne, Les Crane, and Phil Donahue; the format was popularized by personal confession-filled...
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  • "Deteriorata" is a comedy record released as a single in 1972. It is a parody of Les Crane's 1971 spoken word recording of "Desiderata", the early 20th-century poem...
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    Hollywood Walk of Fame. Since 2017, Burton has created and hosted the podcast LeVar Burton Reads, often described as "Reading Rainbow for adults." Burton was...
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