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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Richard Dawson, RIP

Posted on 9:48 AM by Unknown
I particularly liked Dawson's performance in The Running Man, which took some character given that he is essentially parodying himself.

NYT obituary here (with not one but two corrections and missing any reference to his years on Match Game) and wikipedia page here.
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